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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms
  4. Brittle Stars
  5. Amphilepididans
  6. Gnathophiurina
  7. Ophiactoidea

superfamily

Ophiactoidea

Ophiactoidea

Includes
9 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Ophiotrichidae 5 native
  • Ophiopholidae 2 native
  • Ophiactidae 2 native

Range

United States

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

Most observed native Ophiactoidea All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Western Spiny Brittle Star Ophiothrix spiculata 4,457 observations
  • Little Six-arm Brittle Star Ophiactis savignyi 558 observations
  • Ophiactis simplex 14 observations

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