Ophiurina
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Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species.
Ophiura ophiura
Brittle star
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Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locomotion. The ophiuroids generally have five long,
Ophiurina
…Ophiurina are a suborder of brittle stars containing the majority of living brittle star species. Ophiurina contain a large number of ophiuroids with characteristics ranging from skin just…
Brittle star in Kona, Hawaii
Ophiopetra lithographica from the Lower Hienheim Beds (Lower Tithonian, Upper Jurassic) near Regensburg, Germany
Asteriacites, a trace fossil of an ophiuroid; Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic), near Gunlock, Utah; scale bar is 10 mm.