Family Acanthasteridae

Acanthaster mauritiensis – Crown of thorns starfish

Family Asteriidae

Asterias rubens – Common starfish
Pisaster ochraceus – Purple sea star
Pycnopodia helianthoides – Sunflower seastar

Family Asteropseidae

Dermasterias imbricata – Leather star

Family Asterinidae

Patiria miniata – Bat star

Family Solasteridae

Crossaster papposus – Common sunstar

Family Echinasteridae

Echinaster callosus – Warty starfish
Echinaster sepositus – Red starfish

Family Goniasteridae

Calliaster childreni – Children’s sea star

Family Ophidiasteridae

Nardoa tuberculata – Mottled sea star

Family Oreasteridae

Anthenea aspera – Cake sea star
Choriaster granulatus – Granulated cushion star
Culcita coriacea – Arabian cushion star
Pentaceraster mammillatus – Common knobbed star
Pentaceraster westermanni – Westermann’s knobbed star
Protoreaster nodosus – Chocolate chip sea star

Family Gorgonocephalidae

Gorgonocephalus arcticus – Northern basket-star

Family Comasteridae

Anneissia bennetti – Bennett’s feather star

Family Holothuriidae

Holothuria forskali – Black sea-cucumber

Family Stichopodidae

Stichopus herrmanni – Curryfish

Family Cucumariidae

Pseudocolochirus violaceus – Sea apple

Family Synaptidae

Opheodesoma spectabilis – Conspicuous sea cucumber

Family Diadematidae

Astropyga radiata – Star urchin
Diadema setosum – Diadem urchin
Echinothrix calamaris – Double-spined urchin

Family Cidaridae

Cidaris cidaris – Long-spined slate pen sea-urchin
Eucidaris metularia – Ten-lined urchin
Eucidaris tribuloides – Slate pencil urchin

Family Echinometridae

Echinometra mathaei – Rock-boring urchin

Family Echinidae

Echinus esculentus – European edible sea urchin

Family Temnopleuridae

Salmacis bicolor – Two-tone salmacis urchin

Family Axinellidae

Axinella polypoides – Yellow antlers sponge

Family Chalinidae

Haliclona cinerea – Purple encrusting sponge

Family Geodiidae

Pachymatisma johnstonia – Elephant’s hide sponge

Family Petrosiidae

Xestospongia testudinaria – Barrel sponge

Family Microcionidae

Clathria rugosa – Orange ear sponge

Family Aglaopheniidae

Aglaophenia elongata – Elongated aglaophenia

 

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