Invertebrates > Echinoderms
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Blue Sea StarScientific Name: Linckia laevigataCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: EchinodermsSize: Arm span 20 to 30 cm (exceptionally up to 35 cm); arm radius 10 to 15 cmWeight: 150 to 350 gLifespan: 10 to 15+ years in the wildDiet:...
Invertebrates > Echinoderms
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Chocolate Chip Sea StarScientific Name: Protoreaster nodosusCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: EchinodermsSize: Central disc diameter up to 12 cm; total arm span 25 to 30 cm (exceptionally up to 40 cm)Weight: 300 to 700 gLifespan: 15 to 20+...
Invertebrates > Echinoderms
OverviewThe Pineapple Sea Cucumber (Thelenota ananas), universally celebrated across the Indo-Pacific as the prickly redfish, giant teatfish, or sea pineapple, is a colossal, visually extraordinary marine holothurian belonging to the sea cucumber family Stichopodidae....
Invertebrates > Echinoderms
OverviewThe European Edible Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus), also celebrated in marine biology and culinary history as the common sea urchin or sea egg, is a massive, strikingly handsome regular echinoid belonging to the sea urchin family Echinidae. Indigenous to the...
Invertebrates > Echinoderms
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Crown-of-thorns StarfishScientific Name: Acanthaster planciCategory: InvertebratesSubcategory: EchinodermsSize: Diameter: 10–14 in (25–35 cm); Exceptional giant specimens reach 28–32 in (70–80 cm); Number of arms: 14 to 21Weight: Adults:...
