Mottled Brittle Star, Breviturma brevipes

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Updated 9/12/2022

Family Ophiocomidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Breviturma brevipes

Kaiona, Oahu, 4 feet
Punalu'u, Oahu, 3 feet

MOTTLED BRITTLE STAR

Occasional under rocks in shallow water. Attains overall diameter of 3 inches. Red Sea to Hawaii, Clipperton, and Easter Island. Formerly known as Ophiocoma brevipes.