Harlequin Brittle Star
Ophioderma appressum
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Class
- Ophiuroidea
- Order
- Ophiacanthida
- Family
- Ophiodermatidae
- Genus
- Ophioderma
Where to Find
Found in 28 diving areas across 22 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 19 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 6 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 3 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 2 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 1 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 6 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 21 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 24 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 19 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 8 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 9 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 24 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 21 records
- Utila, Honduras - 21 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 49 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 53 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 10 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 21 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records