Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star
Blunt-Spined Brittle Star
Scientific Name: Ophiocoma echinata
Order: Ophiurida
Family: Ophiocomidae
Category: Brittle Stars
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

Echinoderms
Brittle Stars

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star

Spiny Brittle Star

Circle-Marked Brittle Star

Smooth Brittle Star

Ruby Brittle Star

Scaly Brittle Star

Reticulated Brittle Star

Crevice Brittle Star

Oersted's Brittle Star

Sponge Brittle Star

Sponge Brittle Star (Juvenile)

Burrowing Brittle Stars



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