Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Ophiurida
Species
Unidentified brittlestar 2
Colours
Distinguishing features
The distinctive colour of the photographed individual does not match any species known from the Lizard Island area.
A photo showing an animal with similar colour and markings is identified as Ophiomastix flaccida by Coleman (2007, pp. 63, 64). That species occurs in northern Australia (Clark and Rowe, 1971) but there are no records of it from there in Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 28 Jan 2019).
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Ophiomastix flaccida
has similar colour pattern and shape and it could well be that species but Ophiomastix flaccida has not yet been more reliably identified from this area.
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.
- Coleman, N. (2007). Sea Stars: Echinoderms of the Asia/Indo-Pacific Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic, Springwood, Qld. Australia.