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Echinodermata (Sea urchins, sea stars, sea cucumbers, featherstars and brittlestar)

Asteroidea	Scientific name	Common name & details
	*Acanthaster ellisii*	Panamic Crown-of-Thorns seastar
	Acanthaster planci	Crown-of-Thorns starfish
	Allostichaster insignis	Sea star (New Zealand)
	*Amphiaster insignis*	Spiny seastar (Sea of Cortez)
	Asterodon miliaris	Orange biscuit star (New Zealand)
	Asterodon sp.	Pink biscuit star (New Zealand)
	Asteropsis carinifera	Keeled sea star (Sea of Cortez)
	*Asterostole scabra*	Seven-armed sea star (New Zealand)
	*Choriaster granulatus*	Pink cushion star
	*Comet star*	Seastar regenerating from one arm
	Coscinasterias calamaria	11-armed sea star (New Zealand)
	*Culcita novaeguineae*	Cushionstar
	Echinaster tenuispina	Thin-spined sea start (Sea of Cortez)
	*Fromia elegans*	Elegant Fromia (any better ideas?)
	*Fromia indica*	Fromia seastar (Raja Ampat,)
	Fromia milleporella	Fromia sea star
	*Fromia monilis*	Fromia sea star
	Fromia sp	Fromia sea star
	Fromia sp. 2	Fromia sea star
	*Gomphia gomphia*	Gomphia seastar
	*Heliaster kubiniji*	Gulf sun star (Sea of Cortez)
	Henricia sp. A	Sea star (New Zealand)
	Linckia laevigata	Blue sea star
	*Linckia multiflora*	Multi-coloured Linckia (Fiji)
	*Mithrodia bradleyi*	Bradley's seastar (Sea of Cortez)
	*Mithrodia clavigera*	Sea star (Fiji)
	Nardoa frianti	Sea star (Fiji)
	Nardoa sp.	Nardoa sea star disk detail (Sulawesi)
	Neoferdina sp.	Unidentified species, Sulawesi
	*Nidorellia armata*	Chocolate chip sea star (Sea of Cortez)
	*Patiriella regularis*	Common cushion star (New Zealand)
	*Pentaceraster cumingi*	Panamic cushion star (Sea of Cortez)
	*Pentagonaster dubeni*	Vermillion sea star (Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia)
	*Pentagonaster pulchellus*	Common biscuit star (New Zealand)
	*Pharia pyramidata*	Pyramid sea star (Sea of Cortez)
	*Phataria unifascialis*	Tan sea star (Sea of Cortez)
	Protoreaster nodosus	Chocolate chip sea star (Raja Ampat)
	Stichaster sp.	Sea star (New Zealand)
	*Tamaria stria*	Tamarisk sea star (Sea of Cortez)
	Unidentified sea star	Unidentified sea star (Fiji)

Crinoidea	Scientific name	Common name & details
	*Colobometra perspinosa*	Very spiny feather star (Beqa, Fiji)
	*Comanthus parvicirrus*	Common crevice feather star (Raja Ampat)
	*Comaster schlegelii*	Schlegel's feather star (Raja Ampat)
	*Himerometra robustipinna*	Robust feather star (Raja Ampat)
	*Oxycomanthus bennetti*	Bennett's feather star (Raja Ampat)
	*Oxycomanthus plectrophorum*	Red feather star (Fiorldand, New Zealand)
	Stephanometra species	Stephanometra feather star (Raja Ampat)
	Unidentified feather stars	Various unidentified feather stars
	Young feather stars	Juvenile Feather stars (Fiji and Raja Ampat)

Echinoidea	Scientific name	Common name & details
	*Asthenosoma ijimai*	Magnificent fire urchin (Philippines)
	*Astropyga radiata*	Lembeh Straits
	Colobocentrotus atrata	Hawaiian inter-tidal sea urchin (Kona, Hawaii)
	Diadema sauvignyi	Long-spined sea urchin (Fiji)
	*Echinometra mathaei*	Common sea urchin (Hawai'i)
	Echinothrix calamaris	Sea urchin (Kona, Hawai'i)
	*Eucidaris thouarsii*	Slate pencil sea urchin (Sea of Cortez)
	*Evechinus chloroticus*	Kina, edible New Zealand sea urchin
	Heterocentrotus mammillatus	Slate pencil urchin (Hawaii)
	Heterocentrotus sp.	Slate pencil sea urchin (Fiji)
	*Pseudechinus huttoni*	Hutton's sea urchin (New Zealand)
	*Toxopneustes roseus*	Flower sea urchin (Sea of Cortez)
	Tripneustes gratilla	Collector urchin (Hawaii)
	*Tripneustes ventricosus*	West Indian sea egg (Roatan, Honduras)


Holothuroidea	Scientific name	Common name & details
	Actinopyga flammea I doubt this ID!	Red sea cucumber (Fiji)
	Actinopyga lecanora?	Fijian holothurian, unusual color morph
	**Actinopyga echinites maybe**	Baked potato sea cucumber, Fiji.
	*Australostichopus mollis*	Common New Zealand sea cucumber
	*Bohadschia argus*	Raja Ampat
	*Bohadschia marmorata*	Fiji
	Colochirus robustus	Raja Ampat
	Holothuria edulis	Pink sea cucumber (Fiji)
	*Holothuria scabra*	Sandfish sea cucumber (Australia)
	*Holothuria turriscelsa*	Volcano sea cucumber (Philippines)
	Ocnus brevidentis	Strawberry holothurian (New Zealand)
	Pearsonothuria graeffei	Graeffe's sea cucumber (Fiji)
	*Pseudocolochirus violaceus*	Sea apple
	Stichopus chloronotus	Common tropical Pacific sea cucumber (Fiji)
	*Synaptula lamperti*	Sponge sea cucumber (Raja Ampat, West Papua)
	*Synapta maculata*	Common sea cucumber (Lembeh Straits)
	Thelenota ananas	Prickly red sea cucumber
	Thelenota anax	Giant sea cucumber (Fiji)
	*Thelenota rubralineata*	Red-lined sea cucumber
	Unidentifed Caribbean sea cucumber	Belize
	Unidentified Caribbean sea cucumber	Belize
	Unidentified Caribbean sea cucumber	Belize
	Unidentified Bahamian sea cucumber	Bahamas

Ophiuroidea	Scientific name	Common name & details
	*Astroboa nuda*	Giant basket star (Raja Ampat)
	*Astrobrachion constrictum*	Black coral snake star (Fiordland, New Zealand)
	*Astrodictyon panamense*	Panamic basket star (Sea of Cortez)
	*Ophiarachna affinis*	Marbled brittlestar (Raja Ampat)
	*Ophiothrix purpurea*	Dark red-spined brittle star (Fiji, Indonesia)
	*Ophiothrix suensonii*	Sponge brittle star (Glover's Reef, Belize)
	*Ophiothrix variabilis*	Variable brittle star (Raja Ampat)
	*Pectinura maculata*	Red snake star (Fiordland, New Zealand)