Family: Ophiactidae
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Ophiactis luteomaculata
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Ophiactis macrolepidota
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Ophiactis modesta
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Ophiactis perplexa
Little Six-arm Brittle Star - Ophiactis savignyi
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
> Subphylum: Asterozoa (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars)
> Class: Ophiuroidea(Sea Stars)
> Subclass: Myophiuroida
> Infraclass: Metophiurida
> Superorder: Ophintegrida
> Order: Amphilepidida
> Suborder: Gnathophiurina
> Superfamily: Ophiactoidea
> Family: Ophiactidae
> Genus: Ophiactis
> Species: O. luteomaculata
> Species: O. macrolepidota
> Species: O. modesta
> Species: O. perplexa
> Species: O. savignyi - Little Six-arm Brittle Star
^ = possibly
* = likely
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