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Ophiactis abyssicola, a common deep sea species of brittle star distributed throughout New Zealand waters and in temperate regions in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.
Owen Anderson / Earth Sciences New Zealand

Ophiactis abyssicola, a common deep sea species of brittle star distributed throughout New Zealand waters and in temperate regions in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.