Species Detail - Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Explore Your Shore".
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
82
26
17
21/08/2020
16/09/2025
9 January (recorded in 2012)
17 December (recorded in 2024)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Explore Your Shore, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/305/Species/286714