Species Detail - Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Ophiocomina nigra
Black brittlestar
NHMSYS0021054171 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opnig
(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Echinoderm
Species
2
2
2
06/06/2016
11/06/2016
1 February (recorded in 2004)
16 December (recorded in 2024)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/286708>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)