List of echinoderms of Ireland

There are 100 species of Bryozoa (moss animals) recorded in Ireland.

Class Asteroidea (sea stars / starfish)

Order Forcipulatida

Family Asteriidae

Asterias rubens, the common sea star (starfish)

• Asterias rubens (common sea star)

Order Paxillosida

Family Astropectinidae

Astropecten irregularis on the seabed.

• Astropecten irregularis (sand sea star)

Order Spinulosida

Family Echinasteridae

Henricia sanguinolenta (bloody henry)

• Henricia oculata
• Henricia sanguinolenta (bloody henry)

Order Valvatida

Family Asterinidae

• Anseropoda placenta
• Asterina gibbosa (starlet cushion star)
• Asterina phylactica

Order Velatida

Family Solasteridae

Common sunstar

• Crossaster papposus (common sunstar)

Class Crinoidea (sea lilies, feather stars)

Order Comatulida (feather stars)

Family Antedonidae

Rosy feather star (Antedon bifida)

Antedon petasus

• Antedon bifida (rosy feather star)
• Antedon petasus

Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)

Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)

Family Echinocyamidae

Pea urchin (Echinocyamus pusillus)

• Echinocyamus pusillus (pea urchin)

Order Echinoida

Family Echinidae

Echinus esculentus)

• Echinus esculentus (European edible sea urchin)

Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)

Family Loveniidae

Test (hard shell) of the sea potato

• Echinocardium cordatum (sea potato)
• Echinocardium flavescens
• Echinocardium pennatifidum

Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

Order Aspidochirotida

Family Holothuriidae

Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber)

• Holothuria forskali (black sea cucumber / cotton-spinner)

Order Dendrochirotida

Family Cucumariidae

• Aslia lefevrei
• Cucumaria frondosa (orange-footed sea cucumber)

Class Ophiuroidea (brittle stars)

Order Ophiurida

Family Amphiuridae (long-armed burrowing brittle stars)

Amphipholis squamata

• Amphipholis squamata (brooding snake star, dwarf brittle star)
• Amphiura brachiata
• Amphiura chiajei
• Amphiura filiformis
• Amphiura securigera

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Echinidae (1 records) (7 records)

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(593 records) Labidoplax digitata (22 records) Leptasterias (1 records) Leptasterias muelleri (46 records) Leptometra celtica (11 records) Leptopentacta elongata (8 records) Leptosynapta (3 records) Leptosynapta bergensis (3 records) Leptosynapta inhaerens (7 records) Luidia (4 records) Luidia ciliaris (675 records) Luidia sarsi (9 records) Marthasterias glacialis (1407 records) Neopentadactyla mixta (66 records) Ocnus (4 records) Ocnus lacteus (20 records) Ocnus planci (7 records) Ophiactis balli (99 records) Ophiocomina nigra (147 records) Ophiocten affinis (3 records) Ophiopholis aculeata (16 records) Ophiopsila annulosa (12 records) Ophiothrix fragilis (340 records) Ophiura (39 records) Ophiura albida (210 records) Ophiura ophiura (99 records) Ophiurida (2 records) Ophiuridae (10 records) Ophiuroidea (14 records) Paracentrotus lividus (48 records) Paracucumaria hyndmani (4 records) Pawsonia (3 records) Pawsonia saxicola (220 records) Porania pulvillus (163 records) Psammechinus miliaris (100 records) Solaster endeca (23 records) Stichastrella rosea (121 records) Thyone (5 records) Thyone fusus (31 records) Thyone roscovita (51 records) Thyonidium drummondii (2 records)