Species Detail - Serpent's Table Brittlestar (Ophiura albida) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing".

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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Ophiura albida
Serpent's Table Brittlestar
NBNSYS0000176876 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opalb
Forbes, 1839
Echinoderm
Species
137
30
18
09/01/2012
02/02/2024
9 January (recorded in 2012)
16 December (recorded in 2014)
Marine Institute, Water Framework Directive (WFD) Benthos Monitoring (Ireland) 2012 - ongoing, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Serpent's Table Brittlestar (Ophiura albida), accessed 15 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/440/Species/27467

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)