Bloom Native gardener's
field companion

Explore

Field report Layers Search
Log in Sign up
  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Echinoderms
  4. Most observed native

Most observed native echinoderms

Native to the US, by how plants support them, most observed first.

Plant eaters All

15 native animals that feed on plants, most observed first.

  • Pacific Purple Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus 20,153 observations
  • Leather Star Dermasterias imbricata 17,460 observations
  • Arctic Green Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 9,073 observations
  • Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra mathaei 6,637 observations
  • Red Sea Urchin Mesocentrotus franciscanus 5,677 observations
  • Atlantic Rock-boring Urchin Echinometra lucunter 4,246 observations
  • Collector Urchin Tripneustes gratilla 3,914 observations
  • Atlantic Long-spined Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum 3,304 observations
See all

Sheltered animals All

1 native animals that nest or roost in plants, most observed first.

  • Ashy Sea Cucumber Holothuria cinerascens 696 observations

Other species All

172 native species with no plant ties on record, most observed first.

  • Ochre Sea Star Pisaster ochraceus 84,024 observations
  • Bat Star Patiria miniata 22,764 observations
  • Mottled Star Evasterias troschelii 17,176 observations
  • Eccentric Sand Dollar Dendraster excentricus 11,832 observations
  • Orange Sea Cucumber Cucumaria miniata 10,148 observations
  • Common Sea Star Asterias rubens 8,009 observations
  • Giant California Sea Cucumber Apostichopus californicus 5,068 observations
  • Sunflower Sea Star Pycnopodia helianthoides 4,991 observations
See all

We can't find the internet

Attempting to reconnect

Something went wrong!

Attempting to reconnect