Breviturma paucigranulata
Spiny Brittle Star
As recorded: Ophiocoma paucigranulata Devaney, 1974
Animalia › Echinodermata › Ophiuroidea › Ophiacanthida › Ophiocomidae
- Collected by
- F. Hotchkiss
- Locality
- Carrie Bow Cay
- Island
- Belize
- Region
- Belize
- Identified by
- F. Hotchkiss
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Breviturma paucigranulata observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2022-07-29.
2022-07-29
Riviera Beach, FL, USA
(c) Kent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
2021-04-24
Monroe County, FL, USA
(c) Kent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
2019-01-24
Machalilla, Ecuador
(c) abbeyusc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2018-12-11
Réserve Cousteau, Bouillante, Guadeloupe
(c) Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-04-15
Baní, DO-PV, DO
(c) Ana Carolina Hernández-Oquet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-04-15
Peravia Province, Dominican Republic
(c) Patricia Torres Pineda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Breviturma paucigranulata. BPBM 2381. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37834626. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/w/2381.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37834626 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026