ECHINODERM SPECIES

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Brittle Stars
Sea Cucumbers
Sea Stars
Sea Urchins
Video of Sanctuary Invertebrates - This includes a variety of crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, and worms.
Brittle Star List
The following brittle stars are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.
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Sea Cucumber List
The following sea cucumbers are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.
Sea Cucumbers
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Five-toothed Sea Cucumber


(spawning posture)
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Actinopyga agassizii |
Beaded Sea Cucumber


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Euapta lappa |
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Holothuria lentiginosa |
Chocolate Chip/Three-rowed Cucumber



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Isostichopus (Stichopus) badionotus |
Cucumber |
Thyone pseudofusus |
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Sea Star List
The following sea stars are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.
Sea Stars
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Astropecten comptus |
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Asterinopsis lymani |
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Asterinopsis pilosis |
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Coronaster briareus |
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Goniaster tessellatus |
Common Comet Star |
Linckia guildingii |
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Linckia nodosa |
Nail Sea Star

Image: Steve & Brandi Miller |
Mithrodia clavigera |
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Sclerasterias contorta |
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Sea Urchin List
The following sea urchins are found within the coral cap region of the sanctuary (0-130 ft, 0-40m deep). Common names are listed, if known.
Sea Urchins
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Purple-spined Sea Urchin

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Arbacia punctulata
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Centrostephanus longispinus rubricingulus |
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Coelopleurus floridanus
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Long-spined Sea Urchin

black spines

white spines

black & white spines

(habitat for small fish)
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Diadema antillarum
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Slate-pencil Urchin


(wedged in a crevice)
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Eucidaris tribuloides |
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Genocidaris maculata |
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Lytechinus euerces
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Green/Variegated Sea Urchin |
Lytechinus variegatus |
Red Heart Urchin |
Meoma ventricosa |
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Paraster doederleini |
Stained Collector Urchin |
Pseudoboletia maculata maculata |
Red Sea urchin |
Stylocidaris affinis |
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Download a List of Echinoderm Species (116kb pdf) found in the coral cap region of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.