OPHIACTIDAE, Matsumoto, 1915

Mead, A., Carlton, J. T., Griffiths, C. L. & Rius, M., 2011, Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa, Journal of Natural History 45 (39 - 40), pp. 2463-2524 : 2502

Family OPHIACTIDAE

Ophiactis savignyi (Müller and Troschel, 1842) Introduced

This small six-armed brittlestar is common in fouling communities and we therefore consider ship fouling to be the most probable vector. It is originally from the Indo-west Pacific but is now cosmopolitan. It was reported in Durban Bay on the east coast of South Africa by Day and Morgans (1956) based on samples collected between 1950 and 1952.