| Ophiocoma scolopendrina | |
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| Ophiocoma scolopendrina at Sharm El Sheik, Red Sea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Family: | Ophiocomidae |
| Genus: | Ophiocoma |
| Species: | O. scolopendrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816)
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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. They can typically be found within crevices or beneath borders on intertidal reef platforms.[1] Unlike other Ophiocoma brittle stars, they are known for their unique way of surface-film feeding, using their arms to sweep the sea surface and trap food.[2] Regeneration of their arms are a vital component of their physiology, allowing them to efficiently surface-film feed.[3] These stars also have the ability to reproduce throughout the year, and have been known to have symbiotic relationships with other organisms.[4]
- ^ Liao, Y (1995). The Echinoderms of Southern China. Beijing: Science Press. p. 23.
- ^ Oak, T.; Scheibling, R.E. (2006-03-15). "Tidal activity pattern and feeding behaviour of the ophiuroid Ophiocoma scolopendrina on a Kenyan reef flat". Coral Reefs. 25 (2): 213–222. Bibcode:2006CorRe..25..213O. doi:10.1007/s00338-006-0089-6. ISSN 0722-4028. S2CID 36668801.
- ^ Soong, K. (1997). "Regeneration and Potential Functional Differentiation of Arms in the Brittlestar, Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)". Zoological Studies. 36 (2): 90–97.
- ^ Hendler, Gordon; Grygier, Mark J.; Maldonado, Elisa; Denton, Jessica (1999). "Babysitting Brittle Stars: Heterospecific Symbiosis between Ophiuroids (Echinodermata)". Invertebrate Biology. 118 (2): 190. doi:10.2307/3227060. ISSN 1077-8306. JSTOR 3227060.