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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Ophiuroidea</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Echinodermata</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>brittle star</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>brittle stars</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>brittle-stars</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>brittlestars</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ophiuroids</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>serpent stars</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stars, brittle</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Members of a class containing 2,100 living species of marine invertebrates having a body comprising a central round disk from which radiate five long, slender, fragile arms used for locomotion; the arms can be broken off but quickly regenerate. ]]></note></mads>