Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Amphilepidida
Ophiactoidea
Ophiotrichidae
Ophiothrix
purpurea
Sea Fan Brittle Star
Purple Snake-hair
Similar Species
Ophiothrix spiculata
Ophiothrix foveolata
Ophiothrix suensonii
Ophiothela mirabilis
