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    Brittle stars, serpent stars, or ophiuroids (from Latin ophiurus 'brittle star'; from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis) 'serpent' and οὐρά (ourá) 'tail'; referring...
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    alexandri, known as Alexander's spiny brittle star or banded brittle star, is a species of marine brittle star. It was first described to science by Theodore...
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    species of brittle star in the order Ophiurida. It is found around the coasts of western Europe and is known in Britain as the common brittle star. It is...
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    Ophionereis schayeri, Schayer's brittle star, is a brittle star in the family Ophionereididae. The central disk is up to 2.5 centimetres wide, with arms...
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    wendtii, is a species of brittle stars that inhabits coral reefs from Bermuda to Brazil, primarily in the Caribbean sea. These brittle stars have long, thin...
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    their survival. And lastly, larval development, following fertilization, brittle star larvae undergo various developmental stages before transitioning into...
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    benefits to the octocorals, such as receiving a cleaning action by the brittle star as it slowly moves around the coral. In some cases, a close relationship...
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    the phylum Echinodermata (/ɪˌkaɪnoʊˈdɜːrmətə/), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile...
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    Ophionereis reticulata, the reticulated brittle star, is a brittle star in the family Ophionereididae. It is found in shallow parts of the western Atlantic...
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    Ophiopholis aculeata, the crevice brittle star or daisy brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Ophiactidae. It has a circum-polar distribution...
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  • ResearchGate. Thuy B, Landman NH, Larson NL, Numberger-Thuy LD (June 2018). "Brittle-star mass occurrence on a Late Cretaceous methane seep from South Dakota,...
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    Amphiodia occidentalis, the long-armed brittle star, is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Amphiuridae. It is found in the Eastern Pacific...
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  • urtica, commonly known as the burrowing brittle star or the long arm brittle star, is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Amphiuridae. It...
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    Amphipholis squamata, common names brooding snake star and dwarf brittle star, is a species complex of brittle stars in the family Amphiuridae. This species...
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    Ophiothrix suensoni, Suenson's brittle star or the sponge brittle star, is a species of marine invertebrate in the order Ophiurida. It is found in the...
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    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...
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    commonly known as the banded brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Ophionereididae. The banded brittle star occurs in the eastern Pacific...
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    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...
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    savignyi is a species of brittle star in the family Ophiactidae, commonly known as Savigny's brittle star or the little brittle star. It occurs in the tropical...
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  • Nitin Sawhney Production companies Jericho Motion Pictures Intake Films Brittle Star Pictures 42 Distributed by Vertigo Releasing Release dates 18 June 2021 (2021-06-18)...
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    Ophiura ophiura (redirect from Serpent star)
    Ophiura ophiura or the serpent star is a species of brittle star in the order Ophiurida. It is typically found on coastal seabeds around northwestern...
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    much less than Stichopodids. Brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) The largest known specimen of brittle star is the basket star Astrotoma agassizii. This species...
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    (differential ommatidia count). The body of Ophiomastix wendtii, a type of brittle star, was previously thought to be covered with ommatidia, turning its whole...
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    first solo album, Among the Fires of Hell. A species of prehistoric brittle star, Brezinacantha tolis, was named after him and his brother Themis Tolis...
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    1 single with "The Dirt I'm Buried In". Also in 2023, the Cretaceous brittle star Ophiocoma avatar was named after the band. In April 2024, Eckerström...
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    a botanical name. Amphipholis squamata, the brooding snake star and the dwarf brittle star. McIntosh, William Carmichael (1873). A Monograph of the British...
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    next destination, Armenia, without hassle. A species of prehistoric brittle star, Brezinacantha tolis, was named after the Tolis brothers. Early in their...
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    Floor Jansen (category Star One (band) members)
    in 2017 by Finnish biologist Jukka Salmela. In 2020, a new species of brittle star, Ophiomitrella floorae of the late Maastrichtian age (c. 66.7 Ma), was...
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    Ophiura albida is a species of brittle star in the order Ophiurida. It is typically found on the seabed in the north eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the...
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    Breviturma pica, the yellow-spotted brittle star, is a species of brittle star in the family Ophiocomidae. The species epithet, pica, translates to "magpie"...
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