Species Gallery (Echinodermata)
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Acrocnida brachiata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
A group of Amphipholis squamata on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Amphipholis squamata.
Copyright: Marco Faasse
Oral sides of one large and one small brittlestar.
Copyright: Nigel Sawyer
Close up of Amphiura filiformis
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Amphiura filiformis arms protruding through sand.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of arms and disc of Amphiura filiformis.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Anseropoda placenta specimens, larger specimen approximately 15 cm long.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Anseropoda placenta - at Lunga, Firth of Lorne, west Scotland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Anseropoda placenta - Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Anseropoda placenta - slightly burried at Bo na Surraig, Loch Tealasavay, west Scotland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Anseropoda placenta at Sgeir Hal, Loch Seaforth, west Scotland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Anseropoda placenta on shelly sand.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Antedon bifida at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Antedon bifida
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Antedon bifida feather stars.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Antedon bifida from a settlement plate on a pontoon.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Antedon bifida juvenile at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Antedon bifida under a small boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Antedon bifida under the overhang of a boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Entangled Antedon bifida feathers.
Copyright: John Rundle
Ripe pinnules of Antedon bifida at Firestone Bay in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ripe pinnules of Antedon bifida at Firestone Bay, Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Antedon petasus featherstar.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Aslia lefevrei.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Aslia lefevrei tentacles.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Dark feeding tentacles of Aslia lefevrei.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Common starfish Asterias rubens. A damaged small individual regrowing its arms is in the foreground.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Asterias rubens feeding on Mytilus edulis.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Asterias rubens on a dark rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Asterias rubens on scallop shell.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Asterias rubens spawning in West Scotland.
Copyright: Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer
Collection of Asterias rubens illustrating variation in size.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Common starfish.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Juvenile Asterias rubens on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Juvenile Asterias rubens.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Many Asterias rubens individuals grouped together.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Oral view of Asterias rubens eating a topshell.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Pair of Asterias rubens on a sandy shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Asterina gibbosa cushion star.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Asterina gibbosa at Bovisand, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Asterina gibbosa on a ledge.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Asterina gibbosa on over turned boulder.
Copyright: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
The cushion star Asterina gibbosa.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Yellow colour morph of Asterina gibbosa.
Copyright: Jack Sewell
Close-up of the aboral (top) side of a cushion star found in an intertidal rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Asterina phylactica
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
Asterina phylactica
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
Asterina phylactica with periwinkle.
Copyright: Rob Jutsum
Close-up of the oral (underside) side of a cushion star found in an intertidal rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
The aboral (top) side of a cushion star found in an intertidal rockpool.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Asteronyx loveni collected during EVHOE 2020 Cruise
Copyright: Gabin Droual
Astropecten irregularis.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Astropecten irregularis on a sandy seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Astropecten irregularis on Aberavon beach.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Astropecten irregularis on the shore at Three Cliff Bay.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A large and a small Astropecten irregularis specimen.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up of Astropecten irregularis in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Brissopsis lyrifera
Copyright: Dr Eve Southward
Crossaster papposus, sunstar .
Copyright: Sue Scott
Crossaster papposus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Crossaster papposus at Scapa Flow, Orkneys.
Copyright: Robert Keen
Crossaster papposus next to sponge.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Crossaster papposus.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Medium-sized Crossaster papposus on some wood.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Two Crossaster papposus showing range in size between juvenile and adult.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Cucumaria frondosa in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Cucumaria frondosa photographed off the Faroe Islands.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Red starfish off Brittany.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Echinocardium cordatum dug up from coarse sediment.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Echinocardium cordatum on a sandy shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Echinocardium cordatum with commensal Tellimya ferruginosa exposed at low tide.
Copyright: Jessica Winder
A number of Echinocardium cordatum being dug up.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Close up of Echinocardium cordatum.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Series of photos of Echinocardium cordatum emerging from burrow at low tide in Port Eynon, Wales.
Copyright: Jessica Winder
The sea potato Echinocardium cordatum partially buried in sand.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Echinocyamus pusillus, a tiny sea urchin.
Copyright: Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd
Close-up of the aboral (top) side of the pea urchin.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
The aboral (top) side of the pea urchin.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
The oral (underside) of the pea urchin.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Echinus esculentus and hermit crabs on grazed rock.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Echinus esculentus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Echinus esculentus at Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Echinus esculentus at Strome Narrows, Loch Carron on the west Scottish coast.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Echinus esculentus in a laboratory.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Echinus esculentus larva.
Copyright: John Rundle
Echinus esculentus showing tube feet and pedicellaria.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Echinus esculentus showing tube feet, spines and pedicellaria at the Mewstone in Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Echinus esculentus, the edible sea urchin.
Copyright: Crown copyright
Bright red Echinus esculentus individual.
Copyright: John Rundle
Close up of Echinus esculentus showing tube feet, spines and pedicellaria at the Mewstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Mouth region of Echinus esculentus.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Henricia oculata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Henricia oculata at Strome Narrows, Loch Carron in Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Henricia oculata in Doune.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Henricia oculata on Maerl beds in the Creag Gobhainn area of Loch Fyne at 15m depth.
Copyright: Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer
Henricia oculata, the Bloody Henry starfish.
Copyright: Paul Newland
A bloody henry starfish
Copyright: Gordon Lang
The cotton spinner, on Lee Rocks, Lundy.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Holothuria (Panningothuria) forskali
Copyright: Sue Daly
Holothuria (Panningothuria) forskali spawning at the Blackstone, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Cotton spinner.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri specimen.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri brooding its eggs on Modiolus beds at Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri brooding its eggs on Modiolus beds at Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Copyright: Bernard Picton
Purple and white Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri.
Copyright: Paul Naylor
Leptometra celtica, deep water crinoid.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Luidia ciliaris.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Luidia ciliaris on a sandy seabed.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Luidia ciliaris on the western side of the Eddystone reef, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Luidia ciliaris, the seven armed stafish.
Copyright: Paul Newland
A predatory Luidia ciliaris sea star.
Copyright: Paul Newland
Close up view of Luidia ciliaris arms and tube feet.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Large seven-armed starfish amongst brittle stars.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Small orange Luidia ciliaris individual.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Small spiny starfish.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Marthasterias glacialis at 2 m depth, Wembury, South Devon.
Copyright: Guy Baker
Marthasterias glacialis covered in dirt.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Marthasterias glacialis crawling under an overhand.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Marthasterias glacialis feeding on Cancer pagurus, showing a large array of pedicellariae
Copyright: Paul Newland
Marthasterias glacialis in rockpool.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Marthasterias glacialis on an intertidal rock.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Marthasterias glacialis with Corella sp. and Botrylloides schlosseri under boulder.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Close up of central disc of Marthasterias glacialis showing mobile and wreath pedicellariae
Copyright: Paul Newland
The tip of a Marthasterias glacialis leg.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Two new arms formed on Marthasterias glacialis
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Feeding tentacles of Neopentadactyla mixta protruding from gravel.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Neopentadactyla mixta feeding tentacles.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Feeding tentacles of Neopentadactyla mixta
Copyright: Paul Newland
Aggregation of Ocnus planci on cobbles and pebbles.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ophiocomina nigra at a depth of 15 m.
Copyright: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Ophiocomina nigra.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiocomina nigra
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Ophiocomina nigra (black brittlestar)
Copyright: Julian Madle
Black brittlestar in an aquarium.
Copyright: David Fenwick Snr.
Lone black Ophiocomina nigra on a rock.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiopholis aculeata
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiopholis aculeata specimen, approximately 10 cm across.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Bed of the brittlestar Ophiopholis aculeata.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiothrix fragilis brittlestar bed.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiothrix fragilis
Copyright: Andrew Pearson
Ophiothrix fragilis arms waving upwards.
Copyright: Fiona Crouch
Ophiothrix fragilis exposed on a rocky shore.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Ophiothrix fragilis on kelp.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
A common brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis.
Copyright: Tabitha Pearman
Two individuals on sand.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Ophiura ophiura in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Ophiura ophiura at the Breakwater Fort in Plymouth Sound.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Ophiura ophiura at Three Cliffs Bay, Gower.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Purple sea urchin.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Purple sea urchin and daisy anemone (Cereus peduncatus) in rock pool.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Paraleptopentacta elongata specimen, approximately 5 cm long.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
The sea gherkin Pawsonia saxicola on rock.
Copyright: John Rundle
Pawsonia saxicola photographed against a seaweed background.
Copyright: John Rundle
The sea gherkin Pawsonia saxicola at Stoke Point, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Porania (Porania) pulvillus on the Manacles, Lizard Point, southwest Cornwall..
Copyright: Robert Keen
Porania (Porania) pulvillus
Copyright: Sue Scott
Porania (porania) pulvillus
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Porania (Porania) pulvillus red cushion star
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Porania (Porania) pulvillus.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Psammechinus miliaris.
Copyright: Sue Daly
Psammechinus miliaris echinopluteus larvae, ca 17 days old with visible rudiment.
Copyright: Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
Psammechinus miliaris grazing kelp.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Psammechinus miliaris in a laboratory.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Psammechinus miliaris on kelp.
Copyright: Sue Scott
Psammechinus miliaris on the Scylla, Whitsand Bay, Plymouth.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Colourful Psammechinus miliaris specimen.
Copyright: Judith Oakley
Female Psammechinus miliaris spawning eggs.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Male Psammechinus miliaris spawning sperm.
Copyright: Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA)
Solaster endeca near Lismore Island, western Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Solaster endeca
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Solaster endeca at Loch Creran, west Scotland.
Copyright: Dr Keith Hiscock
Solaster endeca Purple Sea Star with a few cone shells
Copyright: Gordon Lang
Entire individual on sea bed.
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Spatangus purpureus half out of course sediment
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
Dorsal view of Spatangus purpureus.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Ventral view of Spatangus purpureus.
Copyright: Dr Hilmar Hinz
Small group of individuals on rocky substratum
Copyright: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
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