Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Spiny Brittle Star
Breviturma paucigranulata
Spiny Brittle Star
Category: Brittle Stars
Scientific Name: Breviturma paucigranulata
Synonyms: Ophiocoma paucigranulata
Size: disk 0.75 to 1 in. (1.8 to 2.5 cm)  
Depth: 5-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida Keys
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Asterozoa (Subphylum)
 └Ophiuroidea (Class)
  └Ophintegrida (Superorder)
   └Ophiacanthida (Order)
    └Ophiocomidae (Family)
     └Breviturma (Genus)
      └B. paucigranulata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1306673🔗
iNaturalist ID: 1655013🔗

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