Phylum:

Echinodermata

Class:

Ophiuroidea

Habitat:

Hard soil

Occurrence:

North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic, Mediterranean
Photophobic, only under stones/on dark muddy bottoms up to 4000 m depth
(often only arms visible)

Size:

Appearance:

Highly variable colour with alternating segments of 2 different colours,
14 long, transparent spines per segment, often toothed, fragile