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Ophiacantha
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ophiacantha setosa
speciesOphiacantha setosa
Ophiacantha bidentata
speciesOphiacantha bidentata
Ophiacantha diplasia
speciesOphiacantha diplasia
brooding spiny brittle star
speciesOphiacantha vivipara
Ophiacantha rosea
speciesOphiacantha rosea
Little Ophiacanthid
speciesOphiacantha rhachophora
Ophiacantha alternata
speciesOphiacantha alternata
Ophiacantha trachybactra
speciesOphiacantha trachybactra
Ophiacantha eurypoma
speciesOphiacantha eurypoma
Ophiacantha shepherdi
speciesOphiacantha shepherdi
Ophiacantha similis
speciesOphiacantha similis
Ophiacantha quadrispina
speciesOphiacantha quadrispina
Ophiacantha phragma
speciesOphiacantha phragma
Ophiacantha inconspicua
speciesOphiacantha inconspicua
Ophiacantha cyrena
speciesOphiacantha cyrena
Ophiacantha hirta
speciesOphiacantha hirta
Ophiacantha antarctica
speciesOphiacantha antarctica
Ophiacantha bathybia
speciesOphiacantha bathybia
Ophiacantha composita
speciesOphiacantha composita
Ophiacantha duplex
speciesOphiacantha duplex
Ophiacantha pentagona
speciesOphiacantha pentagona
Ophiacantha moniliformis
speciesOphiacantha moniliformis
Ophiacantha abyssa
speciesOphiacantha abyssa
Ophiacantha baccata
speciesOphiacantha baccata
Ophiacantha imago
speciesOphiacantha imago
Ophiacantha striolata
speciesOphiacantha striolata
Ophiacantha indica
speciesOphiacantha indica
Ophiacantha otagoensis
speciesOphiacantha otagoensis
Ophiacantha prolata
speciesOphiacantha prolata
Ophiacantha spinosella
speciesOphiacantha spinosella
Ophiacantha trivialis
speciesOphiacantha trivialis
Ophiacantha densispina
speciesOphiacantha densispina
Ophiacantha pentactis
speciesOphiacantha pentactis
Ophiacantha pyriformis
speciesOphiacantha pyriformis
Ophiacantha vilis
speciesOphiacantha vilis
Ophiacantha paramedea
speciesOphiacantha paramedea
Ophiacantha brachygnatha
speciesOphiacantha brachygnatha
Ophiacantha fidelis
speciesOphiacantha fidelis
Ophiacantha funebris
speciesOphiacantha funebris
Ophiacantha hospes
speciesOphiacantha hospes
Ophiacantha helenae
speciesOphiacantha helenae
Ophiacantha nitens
speciesOphiacantha nitens
Ophiacantha aenigmatica
speciesOphiacantha aenigmatica
Ophiacantha benigna
speciesOphiacantha benigna
Ophiacantha exilis
speciesOphiacantha exilis
Ophiacantha legata
speciesOphiacantha legata
Ophiacantha pacata
speciesOphiacantha pacata
Ophiacantha severa
speciesOphiacantha severa
Ophiacantha sollicita
speciesOphiacantha sollicita
Ophiacantha angolensis
speciesOphiacantha angolensis
Ophiacantha parasema
speciesOphiacantha parasema
Ophiacantha densa
speciesOphiacantha densa
Ophiacantha levis
speciesOphiacantha levis
Ophiacantha curima
speciesOphiacantha curima
Ophiacantha lasia
speciesOphiacantha lasia
Ophiacantha mesembria
speciesOphiacantha mesembria
Ophiacantha metallacta
speciesOphiacantha metallacta
Nine-armed Brittle Star
speciesOphiacantha enneactis
Ophiacantha lepidota
speciesOphiacantha lepidota
Ophiacantha lophobrachia
speciesOphiacantha lophobrachia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195639.