Species Detail - Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) - 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).
Ophiothrix fragilis
Common Brittlestar
NHMSYS0021054177
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opfra
(Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
Echinoderm
Species
42
3
1
07/06/1983
12/06/2009
11 January (recorded in 2024)
17 December (recorded in 2024)
Ulster Museum, Sponges of Rathlin Island, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/48/Species/286714