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List of echinoderms of Ireland

There are 75 species of echinoderm (phylum Echinodermata) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4]

Test (hard shell) of the sea potato
Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber)
Ocnus planci, a sea cucumber
Amphipholis squamata (brooding snake star, dwarf brittle star)

Class Asteroidea (sea stars) edit

Order Forcipulatida edit

Family Asteriidae edit

 
Asterias rubens, the common sea star (starfish)
 
Spiny sea star

Order Paxillosida edit

Family Astropectinidae edit

 
Astropecten irregularis on the seabed.

Family Luidiidae edit

 
Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)

Order Spinulosida edit

Family Echinasteridae edit

 
Henricia sanguinolenta (bloody henry)

Order Valvatida edit

Family Asterinidae edit

Family Poraniidae edit

 
Porania pulvillus: aboral and oral ends.

Order Velatida edit

Family Solasteridae edit

 
Common sunstar

Class Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars) edit

Order Comatulida (feather stars) edit

Family Antedonidae edit

 
Rosy feather star (Antedon bifida)
 
Antedon petasus, a feather star
 
Leptometra celtica, a feather star

Class Echinoidea (sea urchins) edit

Order Camarodonta edit

Family Parechinidae edit

 
Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)

Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars) edit

Family Echinocyamidae edit

 
Pea urchin (Echinocyamus pusillus)

Order Echinoida edit

Family Echinidae edit

 
Echinus esculentus

Order Spatangoida (heart urchins) edit

Family Loveniidae edit

Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers) edit

Order Apodida edit

Family Synaptidae edit

Order Holothuriida edit

Family Holothuriidae edit

Order Dendrochirotida edit

Family Cucumariidae edit

Family Phyllophoridae edit

Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars) edit

Order Ophiurida edit

Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars) edit

Family Ophiactidae edit

Family Ophiocomidae edit

Family Ophiothricidae edit

 
Ophiothrix fragilis photographed in Strangford Lough

Family Ophiuridae edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Species Browser".
  2. ^ Nichols, A. R. (1902). "A List of Irish Echinoderms". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section B. 24: 231–267. JSTOR 20516926.
  3. ^ O'Connor, Brendan (1981). "Some Echinoderms from the West Coast New to the Irish Fauna". The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 20 (6): 247–249. JSTOR 25538494.
  4. ^ "Details".
  • Koehler R.,1921 Echinodermes. Faune de France n°1 240 p., 153 fig.PDF(11 Mo) Identification

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