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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Labidoplax buskii

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
879
Group
Starfish and sea urchins

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

Antedon petasus

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
430
Group
Starfish and sea urchins