Ophiuroidea (class)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Echinodermata (phylum)

Descripción

Members of a class containing 2,100 living species of marine invertebrates having a body comprising a central round disk from which radiate five long, slender, fragile arms used for locomotion; the arms can be broken off but quickly regenerate.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300258573

Otros términos

  • brittle stars [en]
  • brittle star [en]
  • stars, brittle [en]
  • brittlestars [en]
  • brittle-stars [en]
  • serpent stars [en]
  • ophiuroids [en]