APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family)
Antedon
Antedon bifida (Pennant, 1777)
- Rosy feather-star
Brittle-stars (Class Ophiuroidea)
Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Chilophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiuridae (Family) > Ophiurinae (Subfamily)
Ophiura
Ophiura ophiura (Linnaeus, 1758) - Serpent star
Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Amphiuridae (Family)
Acrocnida
Acrocnida brachiata (Montagu, 1804) - A Brittlestar
Amphipholis
Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)
- Small brittlestar
Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiactidae (Family)
Ophiactis
Ophiactis balli (W. Thompson, 1840)
- Small banded brittle star
Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiocomidae (Family) > Ophiocominae (Subfamily)
Ophiocomina
Ophiocomina nigra (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
- Black brittlestar
Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family)
Ophiothrix
Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789)
- Common brittlestar
Starfish (Class Asteroidea)
Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family)
Asterias
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 - Common starfish
Marthasterias
Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Spiny starfish
Spinulosacea (Superorder) > Spinulosida (Order) > Echinasteridae (Family)
Henricia
Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)
- Bloody henry starfish or Eyed cribella
Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Purple starfish or Northern Henricia
Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family)
Astropecten
Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777) - A Sand star
Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Luidiidae (Family)
Luidia
Luidia ciliaris (Philippi, 1837)
- Seven-armed starfish
Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Asterinidae (Family)
Asterina
Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777)
- Cushion star or Gibbous starlet
Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979
- Small cushion star or Green starlet
Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Solasteridae (Family)
Crossaster
Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Common sun star
European Names - Starfish, Sea Stars, Stelle di mare, Zeesterren, Etoiles de mer, Estrellas de mar, Stelle di mare, Echinoderms, Stachelhauter, Stekelhuidigen, Brittlestars and Crinoids, Schlangen und Haarsterne, Brokkel en Haarsterren, Ophiures et Comatules, Ofiuras y Comatulas, Ofiure e Crinoidi, Echinodermes, Equiinodermos, Echinodermi.
