Species Detail - Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".

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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Ophiothrix fragilis
Common Brittlestar
NBNSYS0000176873 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
opfra
(Abildgaard, 1789)
echinoderm
Species
63
22
13
21/08/2020
17/12/2024
11 January (recorded in 2024)
17 December (recorded in 2024)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/27464>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)