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Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &
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Blunt-Spined Brittle Star
Ophiocoma echinata
Blunt-Spined Brittle Star
Category: Brittle Stars
Scientific Name: Ophiocoma echinata
Size: disk 0.75 to 1 in. (1.8 to 2.5 cm)
Depth: 5-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Asterozoa (Subphylum)
└Ophiuroidea (Class)
└Ophintegrida (Superorder)
└Ophiacanthida (Order)
└Ophiocomidae (Family)
└Ophiocoma (Genus)
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