Breviturma Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013

Chang, Kai & Shih, Hsi-Te, 2025, Description of a new brittle star of the genus Breviturma (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae), with a new record from Taiwan, European Journal of Taxonomy 997, pp. 28-50 : 33

Genus Breviturma Stöhr, Boissin & Hoareau, 2013

Diagnosis

The disc is more or less densely covered with fine, rounded granules, which extend ventrally into the interradial area. Dorsal arm plates are oval or elliptical. The number of arm spines is identical on both sides of the arm. The shape of the arm spines varies among species: slender and elongated in Breviturma longispina , B. paucigranulata , and B. pica ; hollow and fragile in B. pusilla ; short and thick in B. brevipes , B. dentata , B. doederleini , and B. krohi . Two tentacle scales are present.