Species Detail - Brittle Star (Ophiuroidea) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Ophiuroidea
Brittle Star
NHMSYS0021054119 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
N/A
Gray, 1840
Echinoderm
Class
2
2
2
27/04/2022
11/06/2023
15 February (recorded in 2015)
12 December (recorded in 2020)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Brittle Star (Ophiuroidea), accessed 14 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/286656

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)