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Family: Ophiactidae (See list of species below)

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42 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Hemipholis elongata [Blood brittle star]	No picture found Hemipholis gracilis []	No picture found Histampica canescens []
No picture found Histampica duplicata []	No picture found Ophiactis abyssicola []	No picture found Ophiactis affinis []
No picture found Ophiactis algicola []	No picture found Ophiactis amator []	No picture found Ophiactis asperula [Shaggy brittle star]
No picture found Ophiactis balli []	No picture found Ophiactis definita []	No picture found Ophiactis flexuosa []
No picture found Ophiactis fuscolineata []	No picture found Ophiactis hemiteles []	No picture found Ophiactis hexacantha []
No picture found Ophiactis hirta []	No picture found Ophiactis lymani []	No picture found Ophiactis macrolepidota []
No picture found Ophiactis maculosa []	No picture found Ophiactis modesta []	No picture found Ophiactis nama []
No picture found Ophiactis picteti []	No picture found Ophiactis plana []	No picture found Ophiactis profundi []
No picture found Ophiactis quadrispina []	No picture found Ophiactis quinqueradia [Five-armed ophiactis]	No picture found Ophiactis resiliens []
No picture found Ophiactis savignyi [Savigny's brittle star]	No picture found Ophiactis simplex []	No picture found Ophiactis tricolor []
No picture found Ophiactis tyleri []	No picture found Ophiactis versicolor []	No picture found Ophiactis virens []
No picture found Ophiodaphne formata []	No picture found Ophiodaphne materna []	No picture found Ophiodaphne scripta []
Ophiopholis aculeata [Daisy brittle star]	No picture found Ophiopholis bakeri [Roughspine brittlestar]	No picture found Ophiopholis japonica []
No picture found Ophiopholis kennerlyi []	No picture found Ophiopholis longispina []	No picture found Ophiosphaera insignis []

42 Species of Family Ophiactidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Hemipholis elongata	Blood brittle star	Western Atlantic
Hemipholis gracilis		Eastern Pacific
Histampica canescens		Southwest Pacific
Histampica duplicata		Pacific Ocean
Ophiactis abyssicola		Eastern Atlantic and Sout
Ophiactis affinis		Western Pacific
Ophiactis algicola		Western Central Atlantic
Ophiactis amator		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Ophiactis asperula	Shaggy brittle star	Southern Ocean.
Ophiactis balli		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Ophiactis definita		Western Central Pacific
Ophiactis flexuosa		Southwest Pacific
Ophiactis fuscolineata		Northwest Pacific
Ophiactis hemiteles		Indo-West Pacific.	0.5 WD
Ophiactis hexacantha		Western Pacific
Ophiactis hirta		Southwest Pacific
Ophiactis lymani		Southwest Atlantic
Ophiactis macrolepidota		Indo-Pacific and the Medi
Ophiactis maculosa		Western Central Pacific	0.2 WD
Ophiactis modesta		Pacific Ocean.	0.3 WD
Ophiactis nama		Southwest Pacific
Ophiactis picteti		Indo-West Pacific.
Ophiactis plana		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Ophiactis profundi		Western Pacific
Ophiactis quadrispina		Western Pacific
Ophiactis quinqueradia	Five-armed ophiactis	Western Central Atlantic
Ophiactis resiliens		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiactis savignyi	Savigny's brittle star	Cosmopolitan.	2 TL
Ophiactis simplex		Eastern Pacific and Weste
Ophiactis tricolor		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ophiactis tyleri		Northeast Atlantic.
Ophiactis versicolor		Western Central Pacific
Ophiactis virens		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Ophiodaphne formata		Western Central Pacific
Ophiodaphne materna		Western Pacific
Ophiodaphne scripta		Indo-West Pacific
Ophiopholis aculeata	Daisy brittle star	Arctic-Circumboreal
Ophiopholis bakeri	Roughspine brittlestar	Northeast Pacific.
Ophiopholis japonica		Northeast Pacific.
Ophiopholis kennerlyi		Northeast Pacific.
Ophiopholis longispina		Northeast Pacific.
Ophiosphaera insignis		Indo-West Pacific

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