Ophiolepis cincta
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| Ophiolepis cincta | |
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| At La Réunion | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Amphilepidida |
| Family: | Ophiolepididae |
| Genus: | Ophiolepis |
| Species: | O. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiolepis cincta | |
Ophiolepis cincta is a brittle star in the family Ophiolepididae, first described in 1842 by Johannes Peter Müller and Franz Hermann Troschel.[1][2]
Ophiolepis garretti is said to be a synonym,[3] but this is disputed.[1]
