Echinoderms, Sponges & Hydrozoas
This section contains the species and subspecies currently documented in Echinoderms, Sponges & Hydrozoas.
Acanthasteridae
Crown of thorns starfish — Acanthaster mauritiensis
Aglaopheniidae
Elongated aglaophenia — Aglaophenia elongata
Asteriidae
Common starfish — Asterias rubens
Purple sea star — Pisaster ochraceus
Sunflower seastar — Pycnopodia helianthoides
Asterinidae
Asteropseidae
Leather star — Dermasterias imbricata
Axinellidae
Yellow antlers sponge — Axinella polypoides
Chalinidae
Purple encrusting sponge — Haliclona cinerea
Cidaridae
Long-spined slate pen sea-urchin — Cidaris cidaris
Ten-lined urchin — Eucidaris metularia
Slate pencil urchin — Eucidaris tribuloides
Comatulidae
Bennett’s feather star — Anneissia bennetti
Cucumariidae
Sea apple — Pseudocolochirus violaceus
Diadematidae
Star urchin — Astropyga radiata
Diadem urchin — Diadema setosum
Double-spined urchin — Echinothrix calamaris
Echinasteridae
Warty starfish — Echinaster callosus
Red starfish — Echinaster sepositus
Echinidae
European edible sea urchin — Echinus esculentus
Echinometridae
Rock-boring urchin — Echinometra mathaei
Geodiidae
Elephant’s hide sponge — Pachymatisma johnstonia
Goniasteridae
Children’s sea star — Calliaster childreni
Gorgonocephalidae
Northern basket-star — Gorgonocephalus arcticus
Holothuriidae
Black sea-cucumber — Holothuria forskali
Microcionidae
Orange ear sponge — Clathria rugosa
Ophidiasteridae
Mottled sea star — Nardoa tuberculata
Oreasteridae
Cake sea star — Anthenea aspera
Granulated cushion star — Choriaster granulatus
Arabian cushion star — Culcita coriacea
Common knobbed star — Pentaceraster mammillatus
Westermann’s knobbed star — Pentaceraster westermanni
Chocolate chip sea star — Protoreaster nodosus
Petrosiidae
Barrel sponge — Xestospongia testudinaria
Solasteridae
Common sunstar — Crossaster papposus
Stichopodidae
Curryfish — Stichopus herrmanni
Synaptidae
Conspicuous sea cucumber — Opheodesoma spectabilis