''Ophiocoma'' is a genus of

brittle star Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (; ; referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star) are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, closely related to starfish. They crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms for locom ...

s belonging to the

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Ophiocomidae Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina. Systematics and phylogeny Ophiocomidae has been placed (along with Ophionereididae) to the superfamily Ophiocomidea and infraorder Gnathophiurina or suborder Gnathophiurina ...

Selected species

* '' Ophiocoma aethiops'' (Lütken, 1859) * ''

Ophiocoma echinata ''Ophiocoma echinata'', the spiny ophiocoma, is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. It is the type species of the genus ''Ophiocoma'' and is found in the tropical west Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) * ''

Ophiocoma erinaceus ''Ophiocoma erinaceus'' is a species of echinoderms An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, ...

'' (Müller & Troschel, 1842) * ''

Ophiocoma scolopendrina ''Ophiocoma scolopendrina'' is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. Restricted to life in the intertidal, they live in the Indo-Pacific. They can typically be found within crevices or beneath borders on intertidal re ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Ophiocoma wendtii'' (

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& Troschel, 1842)

References

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Ophiocomidae Ophiuroidea genera Taxa named by Louis Agassiz {{Ophiuroidea-stub