Species Gallery (Ophiuroidea)
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Acrocnida brachiata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A group of Amphipholis squamata on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Amphipholis squamata.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Oral sides of one large and one small brittlestar.
Copyright: Nigel Sawyer
Close up of Amphiura filiformis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Amphiura filiformis arms protruding through sand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of arms and disc of Amphiura filiformis.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Asteronyx loveni collected during EVHOE 2020 Cruise
Copyright: Gabin Droual
Ophiocomina nigra at a depth of 15 m.
Copyright: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Ophiocomina nigra.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiocomina nigra
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Ophiocomina nigra (black brittlestar)
Copyright: Julian Madle
Black brittlestar in an aquarium.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Lone black Ophiocomina nigra on a rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiopholis aculeata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiopholis aculeata specimen, approximately 10 cm across.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Bed of the brittlestar Ophiopholis aculeata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiothrix fragilis brittlestar bed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiothrix fragilis
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
Ophiothrix fragilis arms waving upwards.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Ophiothrix fragilis exposed on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Ophiothrix fragilis on kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A common brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Two individuals on sand.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ophiura ophiura in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Ophiura ophiura at the Breakwater Fort in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiura ophiura at Three Cliffs Bay, Gower.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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