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Starfish, sea urchins & relatives: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 38 starfish, sea urchins & relatives (crown-of-thorns starfish, sunflower sea star, strongylocentrotus purpuratus, pisaster ochraceus, diadema setosum). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show starfish, sea urchins & relatives on the world map

Crown-of-thorns starfishCrown-of-thorns starfishAcanthaster planciSunflower sea starSunflower sea starPycnopodia helianthoidesCritically endangeredStrongylocentrotus purpuratusStrongylocentrotus purpuratusStrongylocentrotus purpuratusPisaster ochraceusPisaster ochraceusPisaster ochraceusDiadema setosumDiadema setosumDiadema setosumLinckia laevigataLinckia laevigataLinckia laevigataProtoreaster nodosusProtoreaster nodosusProtoreaster nodosusScotoplanes globosaScotoplanes globosaScotoplanes globosaCommon starfishCommon starfishAsterias rubensToxopneustes pileolusToxopneustes pileolusToxopneustes pileolusSynapta maculataSynapta maculataSynapta maculataCulcita novaeguineaeCulcita novaeguineaeCulcita novaeguineaeAsterias amurensisAsterias amurensisAsterias amurensisDiadema antillarumDiadema antillarumDiadema antillarumEchinocardium cordatumEchinocardium cordatumEchinocardium cordatumLuidia senegalensisLuidia senegalensisLuidia senegalensisParacentrotus lividusParacentrotus lividusParacentrotus lividusThelenota ananasThelenota ananasThelenota ananasEndangeredPisaster brevispinusPisaster brevispinusPisaster brevispinusHolothuria atraHolothuria atraHolothuria atraLeast concernStrongylocentrotus droebachiensisStrongylocentrotus droebachiensisStrongylocentrotus droebachiensisLabidiaster annulatusLabidiaster annulatusLabidiaster annulatusHeterocentrotus mamillatusHeterocentrotus mamillatusHeterocentrotus mamillatusAstropyga radiataAstropyga radiataAstropyga radiata

All 38 starfish, sea urchins & relatives

Asteriidae 5

Oreasteridae 4

Diadematidae 3

Echinidae 3

Holothuriidae 2

Loveniidae 2

Stichopodidae 2

Strongylocentrotidae 2

Acanthasteridae 1

Arbaciidae 1

Cidaridae 1

Echinometridae 1

Elpidiidae 1

Fibulariidae 1

Goniasteridae 1

Labidiasteridae 1

Luidiidae 1

Mellitidae 1

Ophidiasteridae 1

Solasteridae 1

Spatangidae 1

Synaptidae 1

Toxopneustidae 1