Description

Diagnosis. Numerous small spines covering entire disc surface dorsally and ventrally. Two (rarely fewer) oral papillae on each jaw side. 4 – 5 arm spines at arm base, distalmost spines transformed into denticulate hooks. Single, very small tentacle scale.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Echinodermata

Class: Ophiuroidea

Order: Ophiacanthida

Family: Ophiobyrsidae

Genus: Ophiobyrsa

Species: Ophiobyrsa intorta (Koehler, 1922)