Species Detail - Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Ophiocomina nigra
Black brittlestar
NHMSYS0021054171
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opnig
(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Echinoderm
Species
72
16
13
01/02/2004
06/10/2019
31 January (recorded in 2025)
16 December (recorded in 2024)
Seasearch, SeaSearch records from Irish coastal waters, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), accessed 28 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/158/Species/286708>