Photo of Animalia: species: Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Ophiocoma scolopendrina from under granite slab, exposed to air at low tide, Coconut Beach, Lizard Island. Disc diameter is about 1.8 cm. Note pairs of small, pale, pointed radial sheilds at the base of each arm and banded arm spines.

© Anne Hoggett