Species Detail - Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra) - 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).
Ophiocomina nigra
Black brittlestar
NHMSYS0021054171
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opnig
(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Echinoderm
Species
10
2
1
15/06/1983
01/06/2009
31 January (recorded in 2025)
16 December (recorded in 2024)
Ulster Museum, Sponges of Rathlin Island, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black brittlestar (Ophiocomina nigra), accessed 14 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/48/Species/286708