Spiny Brittle Star, Ophiothrix spiculata

Updated 12/5/2012

Family Ophiotrichidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Ophiothrix spiculata

Rock Quarry, Catalina Island, California, 30 feet








Underwater Island, Anacapa, CA, 50 feet

SPINY BRITTLE STAR

Abundant in holdfasts of Giant Kelp, also forms dense beds in soft sediment. Central California to the Galapagos.