List of echinoderms of Ireland
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Echinocardium_cordatum.jpg/220px-Echinocardium_cordatum.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Ocnus_planci_%28Brandt%2C_1835%29.jpg/220px-Ocnus_planci_%28Brandt%2C_1835%29.jpg)
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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)![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Marthasterias_glacialis_Linosa_067.jpg/220px-Marthasterias_glacialis_Linosa_067.jpg)
- Asterias rubens(common sea star)
- Leptasterias muelleri (northern sea star)
- Marthasterias glacialis(spiny sea star)
- Stichastrella rosea
Order Paxillosida
Family Astropectinidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Astropecten_irregularis_pentacanthus_Sardegna09_17cm_5962.jpg/220px-Astropecten_irregularis_pentacanthus_Sardegna09_17cm_5962.jpg)
- Astropecten irregularis (sand sea star)
Family Luidiidae
- Luidia ciliaris (seven-armed sea star)
- Luidia sarsi
Order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Henricia_sanguinolenta_-_Carantec.jpg/220px-Henricia_sanguinolenta_-_Carantec.jpg)
- Henricia oculata (bloody Henry starfish)
- Henricia sanguinolenta (northern henricia, bloody henry)
Order Valvatida
Family Asterinidae
- Anseropoda placenta
- Asterina gibbosa (starlet cushion star)
- Asterina phylactica
Family Poraniidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Porania_pulvillus.jpg/220px-Porania_pulvillus.jpg)
Order Velatida
Family Solasteridae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Crossaster_papposus_-_Oslo_Zoological_Museum_-_IMG_9093.jpg/220px-Crossaster_papposus_-_Oslo_Zoological_Museum_-_IMG_9093.jpg)
- Crossaster papposus(common sunstar)
- Solaster endeca (purple sunstar, northern sunstar, smooth sun star)
Class Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars)
Order Comatulida (feather stars)
Family Antedonidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Antedon_bifida_01.jpg/220px-Antedon_bifida_01.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Antedon_petasus_6989.jpg/220px-Antedon_petasus_6989.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Leptometra_celtica_7078.jpg/220px-Leptometra_celtica_7078.jpg)
- Antedon bifida (rosy feather star)
- Antedon petasus
- Leptometra celtica
Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Order Camarodonta
Family Parechinidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ocean%C3%A1rio_de_Lisboa_%2810%29_-_Mar_2010.jpg/220px-Ocean%C3%A1rio_de_Lisboa_%2810%29_-_Mar_2010.jpg)
- Paracentrotus lividus (purple sea urchin)
- Psammechinus miliaris (green sea urchin / shore sea urchin)
Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)
Family Echinocyamidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Echinocyamus_pusillus.jpg/220px-Echinocyamus_pusillus.jpg)
- Echinocyamus pusillus (pea urchin)
Order Echinoida
Family Echinidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Zeeegel2.jpg/220px-Zeeegel2.jpg)
- Echinus esculentus (European edible sea urchin)
Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)
Family Loveniidae
- Echinocardium cordatum (sea potato)
- Echinocardium flavescens (yellow sea potato)
- Echinocardium pennatifidum
Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
Order Apodida
Family Synaptidae
Order Holothuriida
Family Holothuriidae
- Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber / cotton-spinner)
Order Dendrochirotida
Family Cucumariidae
- Aslia lefevrei
- Cucumaria frondosa(orange-footed sea cucumber)
- Leptopentacta elongata
- Ocnus lacteus
- Ocnus planci
- Paracucumaria hyndmani (Hyndman's sea apple)
- Pawsonia saxicola (sea gherkin)
- Thyonidium drummondii
Family Phyllophoridae
Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)
Order Ophiurida
Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars)
- Amphipholis squamata (brooding snake star, dwarf brittle star)
- Amphiura brachiata
- Amphiura chiajei
- Amphiura filiformis
- Amphiura securigera
Family Ophiactidae
- Ophiactis balli
- Ophiopholis aculeata (crevice brittle star, daisy brittle star)
Family Ophiocomidae
- Ophiocomina nigra (black brittle star / black serpent star)
- Ophiopsila annulosa
Family Ophiothricidae
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ophiothrix-fragilis_4338.jpg/220px-Ophiothrix-fragilis_4338.jpg)
- Ophiothrix fragilis (common brittle star)
Family Ophiuridae
- Ophiocten affinis
- Ophiura albida (serpent’s table brittle star)
- Ophiura ophiura (serpent star)
References
- Koehler R.,1921 Echinodermes. Faune de France n°1 240 p., 153 fig.PDF(11 Mo) Identification