Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Ophiolimna bairdi (Lyman, 1883)

Estrellas quebradizas, Brittle stars

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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)

References

  • 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.