species: Breviturma brevipes in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Breviturma brevipes


©Anne Hoggett: Breviturma brevipes with disc diameter about 12 mm from under rubble on the reef flat at Eyrie Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Oral surface of Breviturma brevipes with disc diameter about 12 mm from under rubble on the reef flat at Eyrie Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Breviturma brevipes from under rubble exposed at low tide, Coconut Beach reef flat, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Family Ophiocomidae
Genus Breviturma
Species Breviturma brevipes

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

A pale cream and greenish brittlestar with both surfaces of the disc covered densely with evenly-sized granules. Two tentacle scales. Found under rubble on sand in the same habitat as the larger and darker Breviturma dentata.

World Register of Marine Species (accessed 25 Aug 2017, link below) provides a good description.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • Stohr, S., E. Boissin and T.B. Hoareau (2013). Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the Ophiocoma brevipes group (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea), with description of a new subgenus (Breviturma) and a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 68: 1-26. LIRS catalog number 90298.