List of echinoderms of Ireland
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There are 75 species of echinoderm (phylum Echinodermata) recorded in Ireland.[1][2][3][4]
Class Asteroidea (sea stars)
[edit | edit source]Order Forcipulatida
[edit | edit source]Family Asteriidae
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- Asterias rubens (common sea star)
- Leptasterias muelleri (northern sea star)
- Marthasterias glacialis (spiny sea star)
- Stichastrella rosea
Order Paxillosida
[edit | edit source]Family Astropectinidae
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- Astropecten irregularis (sand sea star)
Family Luidiidae
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- Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)
- Luidia sarsi
Order Spinulosida
[edit | edit source]Family Echinasteridae
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- Henricia oculata (bloody Henry starfish)
- Henricia sanguinolenta (northern henricia, bloody henry)
Order Valvatida
[edit | edit source]Family Asterinidae
[edit | edit source]- Anseropoda placenta
- Asterina gibbosa (starlet cushion star)
- Asterina phylactica
Family Poraniidae
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Order Velatida
[edit | edit source]Family Solasteridae
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- Crossaster papposus (common sunstar)
- Solaster endeca (purple sunstar, northern sunstar, smooth sun star)
Class Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars)
[edit | edit source]Order Comatulida (feather stars)
[edit | edit source]Family Antedonidae
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- Antedon bifida (rosy feather star)
- Antedon petasus
- Leptometra celtica
Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)
[edit | edit source]Order Camarodonta
[edit | edit source]Family Parechinidae
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- Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)
- Psammechinus miliaris (green sea urchin / shore sea urchin)
Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)
[edit | edit source]Family Echinocyamidae
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- Echinocyamus pusillus (pea urchin)
Order Echinoida
[edit | edit source]Family Echinidae
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- Echinus esculentus (European edible sea urchin)
Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)
[edit | edit source]Family Loveniidae
[edit | edit source]- Echinocardium cordatum (sea potato)
- Echinocardium flavescens (yellow sea potato)
- Echinocardium pennatifidum
Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
[edit | edit source]Order Apodida
[edit | edit source]Family Synaptidae
[edit | edit source]Order Holothuriida
[edit | edit source]Family Holothuriidae
[edit | edit source]- Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber / cotton-spinner)
Order Dendrochirotida
[edit | edit source]Family Cucumariidae
[edit | edit source]- Aslia lefevrei
- Cucumaria frondosa (orange-footed sea cucumber)
- Leptopentacta elongata
- Ocnus lacteus
- Ocnus planci
- Paracucumaria hyndmani (Hyndman's sea apple)
- Pawsonia saxicola (sea gherkin)
- Thyonidium drummondii
Family Phyllophoridae
[edit | edit source]Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)
[edit | edit source]Order Ophiurida
[edit | edit source]Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars)
[edit | edit source]- Amphipholis squamata (brooding snake star, dwarf brittle star)
- Amphiura brachiata
- Amphiura chiajei
- Amphiura filiformis
- Amphiura securigera
Family Ophiactidae
[edit | edit source]- Ophiactis balli
- Ophiopholis aculeata (crevice brittle star, daisy brittle star)
Family Ophiocomidae
[edit | edit source]- Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star / black serpent star)
- Ophiopsila annulosa
Family Ophiothricidae
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- Ophiothrix fragilis (common brittle star)
Family Ophiuridae
[edit | edit source]- Ophiocten affinis
- Ophiura albida (serpent’s table brittle star)
- Ophiura ophiura (serpent star)
References
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- Koehler R., 1921 Echinodermes. Faune de France n°1 240 p., 153 fig.PDF(11 Mo) Identification