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ECHINODERMATA (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Class ASTEROIDEA (starfish) 4        
Family ASTERIIDAE (a family of starfish) 2 12      
Family ASTERINIDAE (cushion stars) 2 13 8   2
Class ECHINOIDEA (sea urchins) 4 31 5    
Class OPHIUROIDEA (brittle stars) 3 15 12 2  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN): http://www.marlin.ac.uk The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland (MarLIN)
Fish, J.D. & Fish, S., 2011 A Student's Guide to the Seashore
Forbes, E., 1841 A History of British Starfishes, and other Animals of the class Echinodermata
Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A., 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe
Koehler, P., 1921 Echinodermes
Mortensen, T., 1927 Handbook of the Echinoderms of the British Isles
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/ Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Picton, B.E., 1993 (Shallow-water forms) A Field Guide to the Shallow-Water Echinoderms of the British Isles
Southward, E.C. & Campbell, A.C., 2005 Echinoderms

Larvae

Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C., 1973 Marine Plankton - a practical guide

Marine

Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 general literature references to ECHINODERMATA (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers)

ECHINODERMATA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 feeding and other relationships of ECHINODERMATA (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers)

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