Ophiocoma

Ophiocoma
Ophiocoma scolopendrina at Sharm El Sheik, Red Sea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Stelleroidea
Subclass: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiurida
Suborder: Gnatophiurina
Family: Ophiocomidae
Genus: Ophiocoma
L. Agassiz, 1835

Ophiocoma is a genus of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.

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