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Ophiocomina
Genus of echinoderms
Ophiocomina is a genus of brittle stars belonging to the family Ophiotomidae. They are distributed worldwide.
01Selected species
There are two species:
- Ophiocomina arnaudi O'Hara & Thuy, 2022
- Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Ophiocomina australis is now recognized as Clarkcoma australis.
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