Ophidiasteridae

Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), Zootaxa 2275, pp. 21-40 : 30

Fam: Ophidiasteridae

Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840

Material: 34 specimens; stations: T7, T9, S5, S6, S7, S8; depth: 5-35 m; substrates: rocks, rocky cliffs within coralligenous communities, stones.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Tortonese (1965), Zavodnik (1997).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Babić (1913), Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1986).

Ophidiaster ophidianus (Lamarck, 1816)

Material: 38 specimens; stations: T6, T7, T9, S5, S7, S8, S12; depth: 1-35 m; substrates: rocks, stones. Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Zavodnik (1997). Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Babić (1913), Kolosváry (1937). Remarks: Recorded for the second time after the first finding by Kolosváry (1937).