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Some coral reef echinoderms from the eastern coasts of Thailand

Click on the species name to see a bigger picture of the species.

Asteroidea - sea stars

Acanthaster planci
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Asteropsis carinifera
(Lamarck, 1816)

Astropecten polyacanthus
(Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Luidia maculata
(Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Culcita novaeguineae
(Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Feeding on mushroom coral

Echinoidea - sea urchins

Brissus latecarinatus
(Leske, 1778)

Echinodiscus auritus siamensis
(Mortensen, 1949)

Lovenia elongata
(Gray, 1845)

Prionocidaris bispinosa
(Lamarck, 1816)

Salmacis sphaeroides
(Linnaeus, 1758)
and
Ophiosphaera insignis
(Brock, 1888)

minibilder

Toxopneustes pileolus
(Lamarck, 1816)

Holothuroidea - sea cucumbers

Holothuria (Halodeima) atra
(Jaeger, 1833)

Holothuria-(Metriatyla)-scabra

Holothuria (Metriatyla) scabra
(Jaeger, 1833)

Holothuria-impatiens

Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens
(Forskål, 1775) sperm released into the water
Image 1, Image 2, Image 3

Pentacta-quadrangularis

Pentacta quadrangularis (Lesson, 1846)

Stichopus-naso

Stichopus naso
(Semper, 1868)

Synaptula-sp.

Synaptula sp.
(Fisher 1907)

Crinoidea - feather stars and sea lilies

Liparommetra sp.

Liparometra sp.

Stephanometra-spicata

Stephanometra spicata
(Carpenter, 1881)

Ophiuroidea - brittlestars

Macrophiothrix-variabilis

Macrophiothrix variabilis
(Duncan, 1887)

Ophiactis-savignyi

Ophiactis savignyi
(Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Ophionereis-cf.-porrecta

Ophionereis cf. porrecta

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All images and species identifications by Sumaitt Putchakarn

Page updated: 2009-06-25

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