Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ophiolimna bairdi
Estrellas quebradizas, Brittle stars
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Ophiuroidea
Order
Ophiacanthida
Suborder
Ophiacanthina
Family
Ophiacanthidae
Genus
Ophiolimna
Species
bairdi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ophiacantha bairdi Lyman, 1883 (Horton et al., 2021). MCCDRS-9339
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: North Atlantic ocean (Horton et al., 2021). North of the Galapagos Islands (Salinas-de-León et al., 2020)
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ophiolimna bairdi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18694. Accessed 10 June 2025.