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Echinoderms of Hawai'i

Phylum Echinodermata

Class Asteroidea - seastars

  • Acanthaster planci - crown-of-thorns seastar
  • Culcita novaeguineae - cushion seastar
  • Linckia multifora - pink seastar

    • Class Echinoidea - urchins

  • Chondrocidaris gigantae - rough spined urchin
  • Colobocentrotus atratus - shingle urchin
  • Echinometra mathaei - rock boring urchin
  • Echinometra oblonga - black boring urchin
  • Echinothrix calamaris - banded sea urchin
  • Echinothrix diadema - black sea urchin
  • Heterocentrotus mammillatus - slate pencil urchin
  • Tripneustes gratilla - collector urchin

    • Class Holothuroidea - sea cucumbers

  • Actinopyga mauritiana - speckled sea cucumber
  • Holothuria atra - black sea cucumber
  • Ophiodesoma spectabilis - sea worm sea cucumber

    • Class Ophiuroidea - brittlestars

  • Ophiocoma spp. - brittlestars

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    Last update: Sep. 28, 1996
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