List of echinoderms of Ireland
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)
There are 75 species of echinoderm (phylum Echinodermata) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4]
Class Asteroidea (sea stars)[]
Order Forcipulatida[]
Family Asteriidae[]
Asterias rubens, the common sea star (starfish)
Spiny sea star
- Asterias rubens (common sea star)
- Leptasterias muelleri (northern sea star)
- Marthasterias glacialis (spiny sea star)
- Stichastrella rosea
Order Paxillosida[]
Family Astropectinidae[]
Astropecten irregularis on the seabed.
- Astropecten irregularis (sand sea star)
Family Luidiidae[]
Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)
- Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)
- Luidia sarsi
Order Spinulosida[]
Family Echinasteridae[]
Henricia sanguinolenta (bloody henry)
- Henricia oculata (bloody Henry starfish)
- Henricia sanguinolenta (northern henricia, bloody henry)
Order Valvatida[]
Family Asterinidae[]
- Asterina gibbosa (starlet cushion star)
- Asterina phylactica
Family Poraniidae[]
: aboral and oral ends.
Order Velatida[]
Family Solasteridae[]
- Crossaster papposus (common sunstar)
- Solaster endeca (purple sunstar, northern sunstar, smooth sun star)
Class Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars)[]
Order Comatulida (feather stars)[]
Family Antedonidae[]
Rosy feather star (Antedon bifida)
Antedon petasus, a feather star
Leptometra celtica, a feather star
- Antedon bifida (rosy feather star)
- Antedon petasus
- Leptometra celtica
Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)[]
Order Camarodonta[]
Family Parechinidae[]
Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)
- Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)
- Psammechinus miliaris (green sea urchin / shore sea urchin)
Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)[]
Family Echinocyamidae[]
Pea urchin (Echinocyamus pusillus)
- Echinocyamus pusillus (pea urchin)
Order Echinoida[]
Family Echinidae[]
- Echinus esculentus (European edible sea urchin)
Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)[]
Family Loveniidae[]
- Echinocardium cordatum (sea potato)
Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)[]
Order Apodida[]
Family Synaptidae[]
Order Holothuriida[]
Family Holothuriidae[]
- Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber / cotton-spinner)
Order Dendrochirotida[]
Family Cucumariidae[]
- Aslia lefevrei
- Cucumaria frondosa (orange-footed sea cucumber)
- Leptopentacta elongata
- Ocnus planci
- (Hyndman's sea apple)
- Pawsonia saxicola (sea gherkin)
Family Phyllophoridae[]
Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)[]
Order Ophiurida[]
Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars)[]
- Amphipholis squamata (brooding snake star, dwarf brittle star)
- Amphiura chiajei
- Amphiura filiformis
Family Ophiactidae[]
- Ophiopholis aculeata (crevice brittle star, daisy brittle star)
Family Ophiocomidae[]
- Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star / black serpent star)
- Ophiopsila annulosa
Family Ophiothricidae[]
- Ophiothrix fragilis (common brittle star)
Family Ophiuridae[]
- Ophiura albida (serpent’s table brittle star)
- Ophiura ophiura (serpent star)
References[]
- ^ "Species Browser".
- ^ Nichols, A. R. (1902). "A List of Irish Echinoderms". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section B. 24: 231–267. JSTOR 20516926.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Details".
- Koehler R.,1921 Echinodermes. Faune de France n°1 240 p., 153 fig.PDF(11 Mo) Identification
External links[]
Categories:
- Echinoderms of Europe
- Lists of echinoderms