A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Marine Invertebrates (Urchins and Starfish)

Starfish, Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers (Ecinodermata)

Starfish (Asteroidea)

Common Brittlestar (Ophiothrix fragilis) ?
Lowershore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 18.10.05 (Public Location)

Common Starfish (Asterias rubens)     top-view     underside     arm close-up
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. 10.05.06 (Public Location)

Cushion Star (Asterina gibbosa)     underside
Spring low water mark. Wembury (VMNA), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Small Brittlestar (Amphipholis squamata) ?
Lowershore. Eastern Kings, Firestone Bay, Plymouth, Devon. 28.02.06 (Public Location)

Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis)     above     underside     arm close-up
Lowershore, in pool. Blackstone Rocks, Wembury, nr. Plymouth, Devon.
28.03.06 (Public Location)

Sea Urchins (Echinoidea)

Common Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus)
National Marine Aquarium, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon. 16.01.05

Green Sea Urchin (Psammechinus miliaris)     below     below close-up     dead animal
Spring low water mark. Wembury (VMNA), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Rock Urchin
National Marine Aquarium, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon. 16.01.05

Sea Cucumbers  and Sea Gherkins (Holothuroidea)

Sea Gherkin (Pawsonia saxicola) ?     top-view
Lower shore, under rock. Jennycliffe Bay, Plymouth, Devon. 03.01.06 (Public Location)


Also see Rockpooling around Plymouth

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Marine Snails     Marine Bivalves     Sea Slugs and Chitons     Sea Anemones     

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Worms and Leeches     Barnacles, Prawns etc.     Sea Squirts     Rockpool Fish


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Sea Squirts     Fish     Amphibians     Reptiles     Birds     Mammals     Help !!!

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found across the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula visit
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