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