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Serpent Starfish – Brittle Starfish – Stella Serpentina liscia – Ophioderma longicauda – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-05-20-14h41m28s121
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Ophioderma longicauda

Among the many starfish that inhabit the Mediterranean Sea we find the funny Ofiure known  Brittle Starfish, Serpent starfish or Ophiuroid, (Ophioderma longicauda). They belong to the phylum Echinodermata, class Ophiuroidea, to the family Ophiodermatidae. The Brittle starfish is present throughout the Mediterranean Sea and generally lives hidden in the crevices of the cliffs or sheltered under rocks or debris present in the sea.
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Basket Star on Savalia savaglia – Stella Gorgone su Savalia savaglia – Astrospartus mediterraneus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-05-22-17h44m18s711
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Astrospartus mediterraneus

The Basket Star (Astrospartus mediterraneus), (Risso,1826) is a echinoderm belongs to the phylum Echinodermata, to the Ophiuroidea class, Gorgonocephalidae family. The Basket Star is characterized by five tentacles, each branched several times, with which it clings to the branches of the soft corals and which are opened at night to feed on. The body has a diameter that can reach 8 centimeters, ...
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Funny brittle Starfish

The Brittle starfish: Ophiodermatidae is present throughout the Mediterranean Sea and generally lives hidden in the crevices of the cliffs or sheltered under rocks or debris present in the sea.
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La Stella Gorgone – The Basket Star – Astrospartus mediterraneus – intotheblue.it – vlcsnap-2019-11-27-10h10m19s383
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Basket Star

The Basket Star is characterized by five tentacles, each branched several times, with which it clings to the branches of the soft corals and which are opened at night to feed on.
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Common Brittle Star

The common brittle star is extremely variable in colouration, ranging from violet, purple or red to yellowish or pale grey, often spotted with red. The arms are usually white or grey with pink bands. The central disc is about one centimetre in diameter with the five arms being about five times as long.
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La Stella Serpentina Liscia – The Brittle Starfish – Ophiodermatidae – intotheblue.it – vlcsnap-2019-10-19-17h04m28s512
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Brittle Starfish

The brittle starfish is present throughout the Mediterranean Sea and generally lives hidden in the crevices of the cliffs or sheltered under rocks or debris present in the sea. We find it with great ease starting from the surface up to the depth of a hundred meters.
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