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Cruise on R/V Yellowfin off San Pedro, Los Angeles Co., CA, February 6, 2026

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In 2016 (see link), I tentatively identified this long-armed brittle star as Amphiodia urtica, which has a planktotrophic (feeding) larval stage known in such brittle stars as an ophiopluteus larva. However, there may be multiple similar species in this genus. - link	-	-
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