Species Detail - Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Lagoon Surveys".
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).
Ophiothrix fragilis
Common Brittlestar
NHMSYS0021054177
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opfra
(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Echinoderm
Species
1
1
1
25/09/1998
26/09/1998
9 January (recorded in 2012)
17 December (recorded in 2024)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303/Species/286714