Ophiocoma echinata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Ophiacanthida
- Family
- Ophiocomidae
- Genus
- Ophiocoma
- Species
- Ophiocoma echinata
- Scientific Name
- Ophiocoma echinata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ophiocoma echinata
Ophiocoma echinata, the spiny ophiocoma, is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. It is the type species of the genus Ophiocoma and is found in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
...Ophiocoma echinata in languages:
- English
- Blunt-spined Brittle Star
- English
- Spiny Ophiocoma
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