Location: Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Variable Brittle Star
Ophiomastix variabilis
Variable Brittle Star
Category: Brittle Stars
Scientific Name: Ophiomastix variabilis
Size: Arms up to 3 in. (8 cm)
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Asterozoa (Subphylum)
└Ophiuroidea (Class)
└Ophintegrida (Superorder)
└Ophiacanthida (Order)
└Ophiocomidae (Family)
└Ophiomastix (Genus)
└O. variabilis (Species)
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