Ten brittle star species compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs of their discs, arms, bands and spines. An editorial selection, not a scientific ranking. Attribution: 1. File:Ophiothrix-fragilis 4338.jpg; Bernard Picton; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiothrix-fragilis_4338.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:Ophiura ophiura.jpg; Hans Hillewaert; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiura_ophiura.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:Ophiure noire (Ophiocomina nigra) (Ifremer 00572-68385 - 26256).jpg; Olivier Dugornay; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiure_noire_(Ophiocomina_nigra)_(Ifremer_00572-68385_-_26256).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Ofiura lisa (Ophioderma longicauda), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-31, DD 50.jpg; Diego Delso; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ofiura_lisa_(Ophioderma_longicauda),_Parque_natural_de_la_Arr%C3%A1bida,_Portugal,_2020-07-31,_DD_50.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Ophiolepis superba Réunion.jpg; Christophe Cadet; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiolepis_superba_R%C3%A9union.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:ОФИУРА или ЗМЕЕХВОСТКА. Schlangensterne (Ophiuroidea),Stachelhäuter (Echinodermata) 2H1A5211WI.jpg; Kora27; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9E%D0%A4%D0%98%D0%A3%D0%A0%D0%90_%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%9C%D0%95%D0%95%D0%A5%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%9A%D0%90._Schlangensterne_(Ophiuroidea),Stachelh%C3%A4uter_(Echinodermata)_2H1A5211WI.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Western Spiny Brittle Star imported from iNaturalist photo 305517028 on 16 November 2023.jpg; (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY); CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Spiny_Brittle_Star_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_305517028_on_16_November_2023.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Ophiothrix suensonii 182176758.jpg; Jean-Paul Boerekamps; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiothrix_suensonii_182176758.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:Ophiura albida.jpg; Hans Hillewaert; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiura_albida.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:Ophiarachna incrassata - High Rock 01.jpeg; © Anne Hoggett; CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ophiarachna_incrassata_-_High_Rock_01.jpeg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars.