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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)

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Order Forcipulatida

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Family Asteriidae

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

Order Paxillosida

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Family Astropectinidae

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Astropecten irregularis on the seabed.

Family Luidiidae

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Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)

Order Spinulosida

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Family Echinasteridae

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Henricia sanguinolenta (bloody henry)

Order Valvatida

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Family Asterinidae

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Family Poraniidae

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Porania pulvillus: aboral and oral ends.

Order Velatida

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Family Solasteridae

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Common sunstar

Class Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars)

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Order Comatulida (feather stars)

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Family Antedonidae

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

Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)

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Order Camarodonta

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Family Parechinidae

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Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)

Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)

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Family Echinocyamidae

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Pea urchin (Echinocyamus pusillus)

Order Echinoida

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Family Echinidae

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Echinus esculentus

Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)

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Family Loveniidae

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Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

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Order Apodida

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Family Synaptidae

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Order Holothuriida

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Family Holothuriidae

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Order Dendrochirotida

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Family Cucumariidae

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Family Phyllophoridae

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Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

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Order Ophiurida

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Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars)

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Family Ophiactidae

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Family Ophiocomidae

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Family Ophiothricidae

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Ophiothrix fragilis photographed in Strangford Lough

Family Ophiuridae

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References

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  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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