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Scientific Name: Breviturma brevipes (Peters, 1851)
Synonym: Ophiocoma brevipes (Currently unaccepted)
English Name: Brittle-Star
Local/Bangla Name: Not Known
Photo: David R
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodarmata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Family: Ophiocomidae
Description:
The coloration is a creamy off-white hue, featuring uneven green or brown patterns on the central disc and light green stripes on the arms. The upper arm plates and arm spines exhibit a green coloration. There are two pale spots on each side of the arm’s base. The oral shields come in various shapes, more commonly longer than they are wide and they are predominantly white with one or multiple brown spots. The upper arm plates have an oval shape, wider than they are long with rounded corners on the sides.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint martin’s island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) 2009 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 16. Annelida Echainodermata Acanthocephala and Minor Phyla.. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 232 pp.
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