Ophiolepis cincta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiurida |
| Family: | Ophiolepididae |
| Genus: | Ophiolepis |
| Species: | O. cincta
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| Ophiolepis cincta | |
Ophiolepis cincta is a brittle star in the family Ophiolepididae, first described in 1842 by Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel.[1][2] Ophiolepis garretti is said to be a synonym,[3] but this is not certain.[1]
Distribution
In Australia this brittle star is found at depths of 0-30 m off the coasts of the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia, from Rowley Shoals, WA to Swain Reefs in Queensland.[1] Elsewhere it is found in tropical intertidal and subtidal waters in Indian Ocean and west and central Pacific Ocean.[4][3]
References
- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Ophiolepis cincta". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ No label or title -- debug: Q51393288, p. 90, Wikidata Q51393288
- ^ a b No label or title -- debug: Q51419335, p. 143, Wikidata Q51419335
- ^ Toshihiko Fujita (2016). "Brittle stars of Ophiodermatidae and Ophiolepididae (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida: Ophiurina) collected from the Singapore Strait" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement. 34: 619–626.
External links
- Ophiolepis cincta images and occurrence data from GBIFError: "Q3544982" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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