Species
Ophiopholis aculeata (Daisy brittle star)
Ophiopholis aculeata. Photo: (c) Ian Manning, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Ophiopholis aculeata, the crevice brittle star or daisy brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Ophiactidae. It has a circum-polar distribution and is found in the Arctic Ocean, the northern Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Class: Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars)
- Subclass: Myophiuroida
- Infraclass: Metophiurida
- Superorder: Ophintegrida
- Order: Amphilepidida (Amphilepididans)
- Suborder: Gnathophiurina
- Superfamily: Ophiactoidea
- Family: Ophiopholidae
- Genus: Ophiopholis
- Species: Ophiopholis aculeata (Daisy brittle star)
- Genus: Ophiopholis
- Family: Ophiopholidae
- Superfamily: Ophiactoidea
- Suborder: Gnathophiurina
- Order: Amphilepidida (Amphilepididans)
- Superorder: Ophintegrida
- Infraclass: Metophiurida
- Subclass: Myophiuroida
- Class: Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars)
- Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea stars and brittle stars)
- Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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