Gravel Sea Cucumber
Latin name: Neopentadactyla mixta
Global Distribution: South, west and north coasts of the British Isles, the Faeroe Islands, the west coast of Norway (Molde) and the Atlantic coasts of France…
echinoderms
Common sea urchin
Latin name: Echinus esculentus
Global Distribution: Abundant in the N.E. Atlantic from Iceland, north to Finmark, Norway and south to Portugal. Absent from the Mediterranean.
UK Distribution: Common on most …
Flame shells
The Flame shell is a particularly amazing species, building nests using byssus threads which knit the seabed together forming a reef sometimes many hectares in size. While the bright orange tentacle mollusc is on its own a very incredible wee creature, what it builds becomes home to 100's of other species.
Seven-armed starfish
Latin name: Luidia ciliaris
Global Distribution: Mediterranean, and eastern Atlantic Ocean
UK Distribution: North, west and southwest British coasts and all around Ireland
Size: 60cm across (usually 40cm)
Diet: Mostly …
Feather Stars
Latin name: Antedon bifida
Global Distribution: North-East Europe, also Algeria, Tunisia, West Africa and Venezuela
UK Distribution: Most of Britain and Ireland but is apparently absent from the southern part …
