Marine Invertebrates
Sea Stars, Sea Urchins & allies (Echinodermata)
Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)

Sea Urchin species

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13 species

Brissus (Allobrissus) agassizii (Sea Urchin)

Brissus (Allobrissus) agassizii

ALA

Brissus (Allobrissus) agassizii

Centrostephanus rodgersii (Black Sea Urchin)

Centrostephanus rodgersii

ALA

Centrostephanus rodgersii

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Centrostephanus rodgersii
Centrostephanus rodgersii

Diadema savignyi (Blue-eyed Sea Urchin)

Echinocardium cordatum (Heart Urchin)

Echinocardium cordatum

image Jenny Edwards

Echinocardium cordatum

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Echinocardium cordatum

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Echinocardium cordatum
Echinocardium cordatum
Echinocardium cordatum

Echinometra mathaei (Echinometra mathaei)

Echinometra mathaei
Echinometra mathaei

Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Sea Urchin)

Heliocidaris erythrogramma

ALA Julian Finn

Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Heliocidaris erythrogramma

Heliocidaris tuberculata (Heliocidaris tuberculata)

Heliocidaris tuberculata
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Heliocidaris tuberculata
Heliocidaris tuberculata

Holopneustes inflatus (Seagrass Sea Urchin)

Holopneustes inflatus
Holopneustes inflatus

Holopneustes purpurascens (Sea Urchin)

Holopneustes purpurascens
Holopneustes purpurascens

Holopneustes sp. (Holopneustes sp.)

Phyllacanthus parvispinus (Pencil Urchin)

Phyllacanthus parvispinus

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Phyllacanthus parvispinus

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Phyllacanthus parvispinus

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Phyllacanthus parvispinus
Phyllacanthus parvispinus
Phyllacanthus parvispinus

Salmacis sphaeroides (Salmacis sphaeroides)

Tripneustes gratilla (Tripneustes gratilla)

  • Local native (change?)
    * designates formal legal status
  • Non-invasive or negligible (change?)

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