''Ophiomastix'' is a genus of
echinoderms
An echinoderm () is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally symmetrical as larv ...
belonging to the family
Ophiocomidae
Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.
Systematics and phylogeny
Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina or suborder Gnathophiurina ...
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The species of this genus are found in Tropical and Subtropical regions.
Species:
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Ophiomastix annulosa''
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Ophiomastix asperula''
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Ophiomastix australis''
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Ophiomastix brocki''
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Ophiomastix caryophyllata''
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Ophiomastix corallicola''
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Ophiomastix elegans''
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Ophiomastix endeani''
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Ophiomastix flaccida''
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Ophiomastix janualis''
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Ophiomastix koehleri''
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Ophiomastix lymani''
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Ophiomastix macroplaca''
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Ophiomastix marshallensis''
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Ophiomastix mixta''
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Ophiomastix occidentalis''
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Ophiomastix ornata''
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Ophiomastix palaoensis''
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Ophiomastix pictum''
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Ophiomastix stenozonula''
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Ophiomastix variabilis''
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Ophiomastix venosa''
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Ophiomastix wendtii
''Ophiomastix wendtii'', also known by its common name, the red ophiocoma, and formerly as ''Ophiocoma wendtii'', is a species of brittle stars that inhabits coral reefs from Bermuda to Brazil, primarily in the Caribbean sea. These brittle stars ...
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References
Ophiocomidae
Ophiuroidea genera
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