Ophiuridae

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 : 31-32

Fam: Ophiuridae

Ophiura albida Forbes, 1839

Material: 3669 specimens; stations: T2, S3, t1, t2; depth: 20-30 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Tortonese (1965), Zavodnik (1977, 1997), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Specimens recorded only inside the Bay of Kotor.

Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material: 27 specimens; stations: t3, t6, t7; depth: 25-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Tortonese (1965), Zavodnik (1997), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected only by trawl nets.