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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms
  4. Brittle Stars
  5. Ophintegrida
  6. Amphilepididans

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Amphilepididans

Amphilepidida

Includes
24 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Gnathophiurina 18 native
  • Ophionereidina 5 native
  • Ophiopsilina 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native amphilepididans All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Western Spiny Brittle Star Ophiothrix spiculata 4,457 observations
  • Dwarf Brittle Star Amphipholis squamata 3,057 observations
  • Banded Brittle Star Ophionereis annulata 3,042 observations
  • Long-armed Brittle Star Amphiodia occidentalis 830 observations
  • Esmark's Brittle Star Ophioplocus esmarki 773 observations
  • Little Six-arm Brittle Star Ophiactis savignyi 558 observations
  • Ophiactis simplex 14 observations
  • Ophiophragmus filograneus 11 observations

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