BC Marinelife

Phylum Echinodermata: Sea stars, Brittle stars, Feather stars, Sea cucumbers, Sea urchins, and Sand dollars.

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 Class Asteroidea - Sea stars, Brittle stars, and Basket stars.

Striped sunstar - Solaster stimpsoni

Striped sunstar - Solaster stimpsoni

Striped sunstar - Solaster stimpsoni

Morning sunstar - Solaster dawsoni

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Morning sunstar - Solaster dawsoni

Northern sunstar - Solaster endeca

Sunstar spp. juvenile

Painted star - Orthasterias koehleri

Painted star - Orthasterias koehleri

Black star - Stylasterias forreri

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cushion star - Pteraster tesselatus

Cookie star - Ceramaster patagonicus

Arctic cookie star - Ceramaster arcticus

Spiny red star - Hippasteria spinosa

Leather star - Dermastrias imbricata

Leather star - Dermastrias imbricata

Bat star -  Asterina miniata

Vermillion star - Mediaster aequalis 

Vermillion star - Mediaster aequalis 

Vermillion star - Mediaster aequalis

Gunpowder star - Gephyreaster swifti

Sunflower star - Pycnopodia helianthoides

Sunflower star juvenile - Pycnopodia helianthoides

Sunflower star - Pycnopodia helianthoides

 

Rose star - Crossaster papposus Rose star - Crossaster papposus

Rose star - Crossaster papposus

Fat Henricia - Henricia sanguinolenta

Mottled star - Evasterias troschelii

Mottled star - Evasterias troschelii

Spiny pink star - Pisaster brevispinus

Spiny pink star - Pisaster brevispinus

Six ray star - Leptasterias hexactis

Six ray star - Leptasterias hexactis

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus Ochre star sub adult - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus

Ochre star - Pisaster ochraceus Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star - Henricia leviuscula

Blood star spp?

Spiny mudstar - Luidia foliolata

Spiny mudstar - Luidia foliolata

Brittle star spp.

Grey Brittle star - Ophiura lutkeni

Grey Brittle star - Ophiura lutkeni

Daisy brittle star - Ophiopholis aculeata

Daisy brittle star - Ophiopholis aculeata

Long arm brittle star - Amphioda urtica

Basket star - Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Basket star - Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Basket star - Gorgonocephalus eucnemis

Class Echinoidea - Sea urchins and Sand dollars.

Red sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus fransiscanus

Red sea urchin juvenile? - Strongylocentrotus fransiscanu

Purple sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Wite sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus pallidus

Green sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Green sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Green sea urchin - Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Eccentric sand dollar - Dendraster excentricus

Class Crinoidia - Crinoids.

Feather star - Florometra serratissima

Feather star - Florometra serratissima

   
Class Holothuroidea - Sea cucumbers.

Pale sea cucumber - Cucumaria pallinda

Creeping pedal sea cucumber - Psolus chitonoides

Peppered sea cucumber - Cucumaria piperata

Orange sea cucumber - Cucumaria miniata

Black sea cucumber - Psuedocnus curatus

White sea cucumber - Eupentacta quinquesemita

White sea cucumber - Eupentacta quinquesemita

 

California sea cucumber - Parastichopus californicus

California sea cucumber - Parastichopus californicus

California sea cucumber juvenile - Parastichopus californicus

 

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