Hawai'i Coral Reef Network

Marine Invertebrates of Hawai'i

Class Ophiuroidea -- Brittlestars


Ophiocoma Ophiocoma spp.

Description: long, slender armed with numerous lateral spines; often black or brown.

Size: up to 15 cm diameter.

Habitat: shallow water under rocks, or in holes on the reef.

 


Last update: 1/25/2005