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Common Sea Urchin - or - Echinus esculentus

Common Sea Urchin - or - Echinus esculentus

Common Sea Urchin - Echinus esculentus

Common Sea Urchin - Echinus esculentus

Common Sea urchin - Echinus esculentus - albino

Common Sea urchin  - Echinus esculentus - albino

Common Sea Urchin - Echinus esculentus

Common Sea Urchin - Echinus esculentus

Sea Potato Echinocardium cordatum

Sea Potato  Echinocardium cordatum

Green Sea Urchin - Psammechinus miliaris

Green Sea Urchin - Psammechinus miliaris

Seven-armed Starfish - Luidia ciliaris

Seven-armed Starfish - Luidia ciliaris

Seven-armed Starfish feeding - Luidia ciliaris

Seven-armed Starfish feeding - Luidia ciliaris

Rigid Cushion Star - Hippasteria phrygiana

Rigid Cushion Star - Hippasteria phrygiana

Common Starfish feeding - Asterias rubens

Common Starfish feeding - Asterias rubens

Common Starfish - Asterias rubens

Common Starfish - Asterias rubens

Common Starfish feeding - Asterias rubens

Common Starfish feeding -  Asterias rubens

Serpent's Table Brittlestar - Ophiura albida

Serpent's Table Brittlestar - Ophiura albida

Common Sunstar - Crossaster papposus

Common Sunstar - Crossaster papposus

Spiny Starfish - Marthasterias glacialis

Spiny Starfish - Marthasterias glacialis

Bloody Henry Starfish - Henricia sp.

Bloody  Henry Starfish -  Henricia  sp.

Black Serpent Star - Ophiocomina nigra

Black Serpent Star - Ophiocomina nigra

Common Brittlestar - Ophiothrix fragilis

Common Brittlestar - Ophiothrix fragilis

Brittlestar Spawning - Ophiothrix fragilis

 Brittlestar Spawning - Ophiothrix fragilis

Common Brittlestar - Ophiothrix fragilis

Common Brittlestar - Ophiothrix fragilis

Feather Star ------ Antedon bifida.

Feather  Star ------  Antedon  bifida.

Sandstar-Astrospecten irregularis

Sandstar-Astrospecten irregularis

Purple Sunstar - Solaster endeca

Purple Sunstar - Solaster endeca

Red Cushion Star - Porania pulvillus

Red Cushion Star - Porania pulvillus

Starfish & Sea Urchins

Starfish and sea urchins are closely related and belong to the group of animals known as Echinoderms. Many are active predators and feed through mouths which are positioned on their undersides. Sea urchins tend to browse using a beak-like mouth to rasp algae and invertebrates off hard surfaces whereas many starfish hunt using their sense of smell to track prey down.
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