Species Detail - Crevice Brittlestar (Ophiopholis aculeata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Sponges of Rathlin Island".
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).
Ophiopholis aculeata
Crevice Brittlestar
NBNSYS0000176868
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opacu
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Echinoderm
Species
8
3
1
07/06/1983
26/06/1985
22 January (recorded in 2012)
12 September (recorded in 1996)
Ulster Museum, Sponges of Rathlin Island, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Crevice Brittlestar (Ophiopholis aculeata), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/48/Species/27461