species: Unidentified brittlestar 6 in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Unidentified brittlestar 6


©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified brittlestar 6 in a colony of coral Montipora monasteriata cf. on a vertical surface at MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Several Unidentified brittlestar 6 in a colony of coral Montipora monasteriata cf. on a vertical surface at MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Several Unidentified brittlestar 6 in a colony of coral Montipora monasteriata cf. on a vertical surface at MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Ophiurida
Species Unidentified brittlestar 6

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Disc hidden within coral, arms exposed for filter feeding. Possibly a species of Ophiactis. Similar (same?) species lives densely within large, solid, black sponges (Rhopaloeides odorabile)- no photo yet.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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