Spiny Brittle Star
Ophiocoma echinata
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Ophiacanthida
- Family
- Ophiocomidae
- Genus
- Ophiocoma
Where to Find
Found in 30 diving areas across 22 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 12 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 3 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 5 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 5 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 5 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 9 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 9 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 4 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 35 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 41 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 12 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 9 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 35 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 45 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 31 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 4 records
- Utila, Honduras - 31 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 59 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 75 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 9 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 50 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 28 records