A brittlestar
Two individuals on sand.
Image width ca XX cm.
Image: David Connor / Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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Ophiura albida A brittlestar |
Two individuals on sand. Image width ca XX cm. Image: David Connor / Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
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Phylum | Echinodermata |
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Class | Ophiuroidea |
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Habitat Information |
| Found sublittorally on a variety of soft substrata but mainly fine muddy sands. |
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Species description |
| A red-brown brittlestar with a disc up to 15 mm in diameter, smaller than Ophiura ophiura. The arms are about four times the diameter of the disc which is covered, on the upper surface, with coarse scales. The arm spines lie almost flat against the arms. |
| PMF archive information |
| Unavailable |
| Species name is listed in the PMF at the following locations: |
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>Eddystone (inner) Channel Grounds Eddystone (outer) Channel Grounds Mewstone Dredging Ground Rame-Eddystone or Middle Grounds Stoke Point Grounds |