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Starfish and sea urchins
Starfish and sea urchins
63
species
Common Starfish
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
33,273
Scientific name
Asterias rubens
Common Urchin
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
18,230
Scientific name
Echinus esculentus
Brooding snake star
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
11,766
Scientific name
Amphipholis squamata
Common Brittlestar
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
11,342
Scientific name
Ophiothrix fragilis
Broad beau of sea
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
11,335
Scientific name
Echinocyamus pusillus
Spiny Starfish
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
10,884
Scientific name
Marthasterias glacialis
Brittlestar
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
10,470
Scientific name
Amphiura filiformis
Common Sunstar
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
9,661
Scientific name
Crossaster papposus
Brittlestar
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
8,600
Scientific name
Ophiura albida
Serpent star
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
8,093
Scientific name
Ophiura ophiura
Green sea urchin
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
7,919
Scientific name
Psammechinus miliaris
Brittlestar
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,175
Scientific name
Amphiura chiajei
Seven-armed Starfish
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
5,026
Scientific name
Luidia ciliaris
Rosy Feather-star
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,848
Scientific name
Antedon bifida
Sand Star
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,439
Scientific name
Astropecten irregularis
Black Brittlestar
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
4,267
Scientific name
Ophiocomina nigra
Bloody Henry Starfish
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,630
Scientific name
Henricia oculata
Sea Potato
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,598
Scientific name
Echinocardium cordatum
Cotton Spinner
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
3,139
Scientific name
Holothuria forskali
Worm-like Sea Cucumber
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,034
Scientific name
Leptosynapta inhaerens
Red cushion stat
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,817
Scientific name
Porania pulvillus
Starlet
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,995
Scientific name
Asterina gibbosa
Paraleptopentacta elongata
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,814
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Sand Burrowing Brittle Star
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,808
Scientific name
Acrocnida brachiata
Ophiocten affinis
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,795
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Rock Urchin
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,770
Scientific name
Paracentrotus lividus
Brown Sea Cucumber
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,613
Scientific name
Aslia lefevrei
Sea Gherkin
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,512
Scientific name
Pawsonia saxicola
Luidia sarsii
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,507
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Amphiura securigera
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,444
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Leptosynapta bergensis
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,428
Also known as
a sea cucumber
Purple Heart Urchin
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,188
Scientific name
Spatangus purpureus
Thyone fusus
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,053
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Echinocardium flavescens
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
949
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Crevice Brittlestar
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
925
Scientific name
Ophiopholis aculeata
Gravel Sea Cucumber
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
888
Scientific name
Neopentadactyla mixta
Labidoplax buskii
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
879
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Goose Foot Starfish
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
870
Scientific name
Anseropoda placenta
Rosy Starfish
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
858
Scientific name
Stichastrella rosea
Blood Star
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
760
Scientific name
Henricia sanguinolenta
Heart urchin
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
754
Scientific name
Brissopsis lyrifera
Purple Sun Star
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
733
Scientific name
Solaster endeca
Ophiactis balli
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
730
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Leptasterias muelleri
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
619
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Leptometra celtica
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
511
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Oestergrenia digitata
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
451
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Antedon petasus
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
430
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Hippasteria phrygiana
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
420
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
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