Image of Western Spiny Brittle Star
Description:
Often found in sand, rocky crevices, and kelp holdfasts. They entrap plankton with sticky secretions on their arms. Sometimes aggregate in huge numbers.These collected individuals were photographed in our lab. Disc diam. 18 mm.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Asterozoa ("Starfish, brittle stars, and basket stars")
- Ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars)
- Gnathophiurina
- Ophiotrichidae
- Ophiothrix (Ophiurid Brittle Stars)
- Ophiothrix spiculata (Western Spiny Brittle Star)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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