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Ophiocoma

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Ophiocoma is a genus of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae. [1]

15 relations: Animal, Brittle star, Echinoderm, Family (biology), Franz Hermann Troschel, Gnathophiurina, Johannes Peter Müller, Ophiocoma echinata, Ophiocoma scolopendrina, Ophiocoma wendtii, Ophiocomidae, Ophiurida, Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh, Stelleroidea.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Brittle star

Brittle stars or ophiuroids are echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea closely related to starfish.

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Echinoderm

Echinoderm is the common name given to any member of the phylum Echinodermata (from Ancient Greek, ἐχῖνος, echinos – "hedgehog" and δέρμα, derma – "skin") of marine animals.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau.

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Gnathophiurina

The Gnathophiurina are a group of Ophiuroidea mostly treated as suborder (but at first as an order Gnathophiurida, and sometimes as infraorder of Ophiurina or not used at all).

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Johannes Peter Müller

Johannes Peter Müller (14 July 1801 – 28 April 1858) was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist, known not only for his discoveries but also for his ability to synthesize knowledge.

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Ophiocoma echinata

Ophiocoma echinata, the spiny ophiocoma, is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.

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Ophiocoma scolopendrina

Ophiocoma scolopendrina is a species of brittle star belonging to the family Ophiocomidae.

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Ophiocoma wendtii

Ophiocoma wendtii is a species of brittle stars that inhabits coral reefs from Bermuda to Brazil.

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Ophiocomidae

Ophiocomidae are a family of brittle stars of the suborder Ophiurina.

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Ophiurida

The Ophiurida are an order of echinoderms within the class Ophiuroidea.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

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Sharm El Sheikh

Sharm El Sheikh (شرم الشيخ) is a city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, Egypt, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea.

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Stelleroidea

Stelleroidea is a superclass of marine echinoderms including three classes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocoma

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