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  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms

phylum

Echinoderms

Echinodermata

Includes
195 native 76 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sea Stars and Brittle Stars 98 native
  • Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers 96 native
  • Sea Lilies 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native echinoderms All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Ochre Sea Star Pisaster ochraceus 84,024 observations
  • Bat Star Patiria miniata 22,764 observations
  • Pacific Purple Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 20,153 observations
  • Leather Star Dermasterias imbricata 17,460 observations
  • Eccentric Sand Dollar Dendraster excentricus 11,832 observations
  • Orange Sea Cucumber Cucumaria miniata 10,148 observations
  • Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra mathaei 6,637 observations
  • Red Sea Urchin Mesocentrotus franciscanus 5,677 observations
  • Sunflower Sea Star Pycnopodia helianthoides 4,991 observations
  • Lollyfish Sea Cucumber Holothuria atra 4,768 observations
  • Western Spiny Brittle Star Ophiothrix spiculata 4,457 observations
  • Collector Urchin Tripneustes gratilla 3,914 observations
  • Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum 3,304 observations
  • Dwarf Brittle Star Amphipholis squamata 3,057 observations
  • Banded Brittle Star Ophionereis annulata 3,042 observations
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