Global InformationOphiocomella alexandri information
| Ophiocomella alexandri | |
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| Opiocomella alexandri in the Gulf of California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Family: | Ophiocomidae |
| Genus: | Ophiocomella |
| Species: | O. alexandri
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| Ophiocomella alexandri (Lyman, 1860)
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Ophiocomella alexandri, known as Alexander's spiny brittle star or banded brittle star, is a species of marine brittle star. It was first described to science by Theodore Lyman in 1860.[1] Lyman states in his description that the animal is named for his friend, Alexander E. R. Agassiz, the son of Lyman's mentor, Louis Agassiz.
- ^ Lyman, Theodore (1860). "Descriptions of new Ophiuridae, belonging to the Smithsonian Institution and to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 252–262.