Index Echinodermata

Sea stars/starfishes, brittle stars, sea urchins & sea cucumbers

Divided in classes and in alphabetical order of scientific name.
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 Class Asteroidea - starfishes 

Asterias rubens - common starfish - NL: gewone zeester
5-1-2012


Crossaster papposus - common sun star/rose star - NL: zonnester
24-11-2012

Dermasterias imbricata - leather star
24-11-2012 - 11-5-2014

Evasterias troschelii – mottled star
5-1-2013

Henricia leviuscula anectens - blood star
5-1-2013

Henricia leviuscula leviuscula - blood star

Leptasterias aequalis - six-rayed sea star
5-1-2013

Leptasterias hexactis - six-rayed sea star
5-1-2013

Mediaster aequalis - vermilion star
24-11-2012

Orthasterias koehleri - rainbow star
5-1-2013

Pisaster brevispinus - giant pink star
5-1- 2013

Pisaster ochraceus - ochre or purple star
13-9-2008 - 4-10-2008 - 21-10-2008 - 5-1-2013

Pycnopodia helianthoides - sunflower star
21-10-2008 - 23-12-2012

Solaster dawsoni - morning sun star
24-11-2012

Solaster endeca - northern sun star
24-11-2012

Solaster paxillatus - orange sunstar
24-11-2012



 Class Ophiuroidea - brittle stars 

Ophioderma brevispina - brittle star
5-1-2012

Ophiopholis aculeata - crevice brittle star (syn. daisy brittle star)
9-1-2014

Ophiothrix fragilis - common brittle star - NL: brokkelster
9-1-2014 - 21-8-2016

Ophiura ophiura - serpent star - NL: gewone slangster
9-1-2014

Ophiura species
23-12-2012

 Class Echinoidea - sea urchins & heart urchins 

Echinus esculentus - edible sea urchin - NL: eetbare zeeappel
9-1-2014

Psammechinus miliaris - shore sea urchin - NL: gewone zeeappel
9-1-2014

Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis - green sea urchins
22-4-2011 - 5-1-2012

Strongylocentrotus pallidus - white sea urchin
11-5-2014


 Class Holothuridea - sea cucumbers 

Parastichopus californicus - california sea cucumber
24-11-2012