Species Detail - Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra) - 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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Ophiocomina nigra
Black brittlestar
NHMSYS0021054171 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opnig
(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Echinoderm
Species
14
9
8
23/08/2021
31/05/2025
21 January (recorded in 2015)
16 December (recorded in 2024)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), accessed 21 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/286708

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)