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

Order Paxillosida

Family Astropectinidae

Family Luidiidae

Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)

Order Spinulosida

Family Echinasteridae

Henricia sanguinolenta (bloody henry)

Order Valvatida

Family Asterinidae

Family Poraniidae

Order Velatida

Family Solasteridae

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

Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)

Order Camarodonta

Family Parechinidae

Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)

Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)

Family Echinocyamidae

Order Echinoida

Family Echinidae

Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)

Family Loveniidae

Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

Order Apodida

Family Synaptidae

Order Holothuriida

Family Holothuriidae

Order Dendrochirotida

Family Cucumariidae

Family Phyllophoridae

Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

Order Ophiurida

Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars)

Family Ophiactidae

Family Ophiocomidae

Family Ophiothricidae

Family Ophiuridae

References

  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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