User:Lyliahnlee90/Ophiocoma erinaceus

Comments (by A.Faucci): Great job! You have all the necessary information, references in the correct formatting!

Things to add/change:

- I would change the Habitat section to Distribution & Habitat. Yes, the distribution part is already in the lead but you can repeat that info under distribution. maybe you are even able to add more specifics. Like is it found in all of the Pacific and Indian ocean? Or just in the tropics of that? Any specific places it doe or does not occur?

- The English of the current lead seems to have some issues. It's ok to change/improve that too.

- If you want to get fancy and improve the article even more, you can link certain words to existing articles in Wikipedia (I was thinking words like Hawaii, saponin, etc.)

Lead
Ophiocoma erinaceus is an echinoderm, more specifically a brittle star of the Ophiocomidae family.

Description
Ophiocoma erinaceus is black with red tube feet. On the arm segments, there are three arm spines on one segment while the other has four. The next segment occurs in reverse order. In Hawaii, it is the largest brittle star, with sizes of the arms going up to 5 ½ inches, and the disk can be about 1 inch in diameter.

''-> Comment by Anuschka: great description. Maybe you can phrase that first sentence a little more clear? it is a little confusing/convoluted as is.''

Distribution & Habitat
Ophiocoma erinaceus is distributed within the Indo-Pacific oceans and can be found under rocks and stones.

-> Comment by Anuschka: When starting a new section, always write out the species (common or scientific name) so it is clear what is meant with "it"

Human Uses
The saponin and antioxidants Ophiocoma erinaceus produces is the subject of interest to researchers as it has been studied for medical research. It has been observed that the saponin extracted from Ophiocoma erinaceus can decrease and inhibit the growth of HeLa human cervix cancer cells.

-> Comment by Anuschka: see above about "it"