Species Galleries
Sub-gallery for Ophiuroidea
![[KHiscock_Acrocnida_brachiata_Durgan_Helford_2021-10-28]: <em>Acrocnida brachiata</em>](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_KHiscock_Acrocnida_brachiata_Durgan_Helford_2021-10-28.jpg)
Acrocnida brachiata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ampsqu]: A group of <i>Amphipholis squamata</i> on a rocky shore.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ampsqu.jpg)
A group of Amphipholis squamata on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
![[ampsqu3]: <i>Amphipholis squamata</i>.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ampsqu3.jpg)
Amphipholis squamata.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
![[nsawyer20090705_1]: Oral sides of one large and one small brittlestar.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_nsawyer20090705_1.jpg)
Oral sides of one large and one small brittlestar.
Copyright: Nigel Sawyer
![[Keith-Hiscock-Amphiura_filiformis_closeup_Batten_Bay_120914]: Close up of <em>Amphiura filiformis</em>](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_Keith-Hiscock-Amphiura_filiformis_closeup_Batten_Bay_120914.jpg)
Close up of Amphiura filiformis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ampfil2]: <i>Amphiura filiformis</i> arms protruding through sand.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ampfil2.jpg)
Amphiura filiformis arms protruding through sand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ampfil]: Close up of arms and disc of <i>Amphiura filiformis</i>.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ampfil.jpg)
Close up of arms and disc of Amphiura filiformis.
Copyright: Crown copyright
![[Asteronyx-loveni-Gabin-Droual-2021-04-07]: <em>Asteronyx loveni</em> collected during EVHOE 2020 Cruise](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_Asteronyx-loveni-Gabin-Droual-2021-04-07.jpg)
Asteronyx loveni collected during EVHOE 2020 Cruise
Copyright: Gabin Droual
![[ophnig]: <i>Ophiocomina nigra</i> at a depth of 15 m.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophnig.jpg)
Ophiocomina nigra at a depth of 15 m.
Copyright: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
![[Keith-Hiscock-LR_Ophiocomina_nigra_West_Hoe_160421]: <em>Ophiocomina nigra</em>.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_Keith-Hiscock-LR_Ophiocomina_nigra_West_Hoe_160421.jpg)
Ophiocomina nigra.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[tpearman20111013]: <i>Ophiocomina nigra</i>](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_tpearman20111013.jpg)
Ophiocomina nigra
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
![[jmadle20110901_2]: <i>Ophiocomina nigra</i> (black brittlestar)](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_jmadle20110901_2.jpg)
Ophiocomina nigra (black brittlestar)
Copyright: Julian Madle
![[dfenwick20040105_8]: Black brittlestar in an aquarium.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_dfenwick20040105_8.jpg)
Black brittlestar in an aquarium.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
![[ophnig2]: Lone black <i>Ophiocomina nigra</i> on a rock.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophnig2.jpg)
Lone black Ophiocomina nigra on a rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ophacu]: <i>Ophiopholis aculeata</i>](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophacu.jpg)
Ophiopholis aculeata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ophacu3]: <i>Ophiopholis aculeata</i> specimen, approximately 10 cm across.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophacu3.jpg)
Ophiopholis aculeata specimen, approximately 10 cm across.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
![[ophacu2]: Bed of the brittlestar <i>Ophiopholis aculeata</i>.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophacu2.jpg)
Bed of the brittlestar Ophiopholis aculeata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ophfra]: <i>Ophiothrix fragilis</i> brittlestar bed.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophfra.jpg)
Ophiothrix fragilis brittlestar bed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[apearson20110621_2]: <i>Ophiothrix fragilis</i>](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_apearson20110621_2.jpg)
Ophiothrix fragilis
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
![[ophfra2]: <i>Ophiothrix fragilis</i> arms waving upwards.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophfra2.jpg)
Ophiothrix fragilis arms waving upwards.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
![[ophfra4]: <i>Ophiothrix fragilis</i> exposed on a rocky shore.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophfra4.jpg)
Ophiothrix fragilis exposed on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
![[ophfra3]: <i>Ophiothrix fragilis</i> on kelp.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophfra3.jpg)
Ophiothrix fragilis on kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
![[tpearman20101201_3]: A common brittlestar <i>Ophiothrix fragilis</i>.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_tpearman20101201_3.jpg)
A common brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
![[ophalb]: Two individuals on sand.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophalb.jpg)
Two individuals on sand.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
![[ophoph]: <i>Ophiura ophiura</i> in a laboratory.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophoph.jpg)
Ophiura ophiura in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
![[ophoph3]: <i>Ophiura ophiura</i> at the Breakwater Fort in Plymouth Sound.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophoph3.jpg)
Ophiura ophiura at the Breakwater Fort in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
![[ophoph2]: <i>Ophiura ophiura</i> at Three Cliffs Bay, Gower.](/assets/images/marlin/species/web/o_ophoph2.jpg)
Ophiura ophiura at Three Cliffs Bay, Gower.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
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