Location: Bonaire
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)
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