Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Dark Red-Spined Brittle Star
Dark Red-Spined Brittle Star
Scientific Name: Ophiothrix purpurea
Order: Ophiurida
Family: Ophiotrichidae
Category: Brittle Stars
Size: Arms up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia

Echinoderms
Brittle Stars

Dark Red-Spined Brittle Star

Sponge Brittle Star

Sponge Brittle Star (Juvenile)

Burrowing Brittle Stars

Blunt-Spined Brittle Star

Spiny Brittle Star

Variable Brittle Star

Circle-Marked Brittle Star

Smooth Brittle Star

Ruby Brittle Star

Banded Brittle Star

Reticulated Brittle Star

Crevice Brittle Star

Oersted's Brittle Star



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