List of echinoderms of Venezuela

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The echinoderms of Venezuela are a strictly marine animal phylum comprising about 124 species of marine waters designated for Venezuelan Caribbean.[1] The first lists of species for Venezuelan coast date back to 1939[2] and 1967.[3]

List of echinoderms of Venezuela

In Venezuela are five classes representatives living today: Crinoidea, Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea and Holothuroidea.[4] In this list are listed 105 species for the territory Venezuelan.[2][3][5][6][7]

List of species identified for Venezuela

Crinoidea (Sea Lilies)

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Crinoidea
Species Common name Global distribution Distribution by state[nota 1] Image
Antedon bifida (Pennant, 1777)[3][7] Rosy Feather-star[8] Atlantic Ocean[9] Ar; Su; Va

Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtàles, 1869)[3] Sea lily[3][10] Caribbean Sea[11] Ar

Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Black and White Sea Lily[12] Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean[13] Ar; Ca; Fa; DF; Su; Va

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Asteroidea (Starfishs)

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Asteroidea
Species Common name Global distribution Distribution by state Image
Anthenoides piercei Perrier, 1881[5] Starfish[14] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[15] NE; Su
Asterinides folium (Lütken, 1859)[2][3][7] Common Blunt Armed Sea Star[16] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[17] Su
Astropecten antillensis Lütken, 1859[2][3][7] Starfish[14] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[18] Su; Zu
Astropecten brasiliensis Müller & Troschel (1842)[3][7] Starfish[14] Western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[19] An; Fa; Mi; NE; Su
Astropecten duplicatus Gray, 1840[3][7][20] Two-spined Star Fish[21] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[22] NE; Su; Va; Zu
Astropecten marginatus Gray, 1840[2][3][7][20] Starfish[14] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[23] DA; Fa; NE; Su; Zu
Echinaster brasiliensis Müller & Troschel, 1842[7] Starfish[14] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[24] Su
Echinaster echinophorus (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Starfish[14] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[25] DF; NE; Su
Goniaster tesellatus (Lamarck, 1816)[3][5][7] Starfish[14] Atlantic Ocean[26] NE; Su
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840[2][3][7] Yellow Starfish[14] Cosmopolitan[27] NE
Luidia alternata (Say, 1825)[3] Starfish[14] Caribbean Sea[28] NE; Su; Zu
Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825)[3][7] Starfish[14] Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean[29] An; NE; Su; Zu
Luidia senegalensis (Lamarck, 1816)[2][3][7][20] Nine-armed Sea Star[30] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean[31] Mi; NE; Su
Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1858)[2][3][7] Orange Starfish[14] Cushion Sea Star[32] Caribbean Sea[33] Fa; Mi; Mo; NE; Su
Tethyaster vestitus (Say, 1825)[3][7] Starfish[14] Caribbean Sea[34] DA; DF; Su
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Ophiuroidea (Sea spiders and sea snakes)

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Ophiuroidea
Species Common name Global distribution Distribution by state Image
Amphiodia trychna H. L. Clark, 1918[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[35] An; Su
Amphioplus coniortodes H. L. Clark, 1918[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[36] An; NE; Su
Amphipholis januarii Ljungman, 1867[7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[37] Su
Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828)[3][7] Small Brittle Star[38] Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean[39] NE; Su
Amphiura palmeri T Lyman, 1882[3] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[40] Su
Amphiura rathbuni Koehler, 1914[3] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[41] NE
Amphiura stimpsonii Lútken, 1859[7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[42] Su
Asteronyx loveni Müller & Troschel, 1824[3] Pipe-cleaner Brittlestar[43] Northern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[44] Fa
Astrophyton muricatum (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7][20] Grifo[14] Giant Basket Star[45] Caribbean Sea[46] Ar; DF; NE; Su
Microphiopholis atra (Stimpson, 1852)[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[47] An; DA; Mo; Su
Microphiopholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1852)[7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[48] Su
Ophiactis muelleri Lütken, 1856[3] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[49] Su
Ophiactis algicola H.L. Clark, 1933[7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[50] Su
Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)[3][7] Savigny's Brittle Star[51] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean[52] DF; Mi; NE; Su
Ophiocnida scabriuscula (Lútken, 1859)[7] Lobate Brittle Star[53] Caribbean Sea[54] Su
Ophiocoma echinata (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Black Brittle Star[55] Caribbean Sea[56] Ar; DF; Fa; NE; Su
Ophiocoma pumila Lütken, 1859[3][7] Banded Ophiocoma[57] Caribbean Sea[58] DF; Fa; Su; Va
Ophiocoma wendtii Müller & Troschel, 1842[3][7] Red Ophiocoma[59] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean[60] NE; Su
Ophiocomella ophiactoides (H. L. Clark, 1963)[3][7] Coralline Brittle Star[61] Caribbean Sea[62] Ar; Su
Ophioderma appressa (Say, 1825)[3][7] Harlequin Brittle Star[63] Caribbean Sea[64] DF; Mi; NE; Su
Ophioderma brevicauda Lütken, 1856[2][3][7] Short Spined Ophioderma[65] Caribbean Sea[66] Ca; DF; Fa; Mi
Ophioderma brevispina (Say, 1825)[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[67] DF; Mi
Ophioderma cinerea Müller & Troschel, 1842[7] Chocolate Brittle Star[68] Caribbean Sea[69] Su
Ophioderma rubicunda Lütken, 1856[3][7] Ruby Brittle Star[70] Caribbean Sea[71] Su
Ophiolepis elegans Lütken, 1859[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[72] An; DF; Mi; NE; Su
Ophiolepis impressa Lütken, 1859[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[73] Mi; Su
Ophiolepis paucispina (Say, 1825)[7] Scaly Brittle Star[74] Caribbean Sea[75] Su
Ophiomyxa flaccida (Say, 1825)[3][7] Slimy Brittle Star[76] Caribbean Sea[77] DF; Su
Ophionereis olivacea H. L. Clark, 1901[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[78] Su
Ophionereis reticulata (Say, 1925)[3][7] Reticulated Brittle Star[79] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[80] DF; NE; Su
Ophionereis squamulosa Köehler, 1913[7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[81] Su
Ophiopsila hartmeyeri Koehler, 1913[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[82] Su
Ophiopsila riisei Lütken, 1859[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[83] Ar; DF; Su
Ophiophragmus wurdemani (Lyman, 1860)[3] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[84] Va
Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825)[3][7] Angular Brittle Star[85] Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[86] DF; Mi; NE; Su
Ophiothrix brachyactis H. L. Clark, 1915[3] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[87] Su
Ophiothrix oerstedii Lütken, 1856[2][3][7] Oersted's Brittle Star[88] Caribbean Sea[89] DF; NE; Su
Ophiothrix suensonii Lütken, 1856[3][7] Suenson's Brittle Star[90] Caribbean Sea[91] NE; Su
Ophiura acervata Lyman 1869[3][7] Sea spiders[4][10] Caribbean Sea[92] DA; Mo; Su
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Echinoidea (Sea urchins and sand dollar)

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Echinoidea
Species Common name Global distribution Distribution by state Image
Arbacia punctulata (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Purple Sea Urchin.[93][94] Caribbean Sea[95] An; NE; Su
Brissopsis elongata Mortensen, 1907[3][7] Caribbean Sea[96] An; Su
Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778)[3] Groove Burrowing Urchin[97] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea[98] An; DF; Su
Clypeaster cyclopylus H.L.Clark, 1941[99] Venezuelan Caribbean Sea[100] DF (Archp. Los Testigos)
Clypeaster euclastus H.L.Clark, 1941[7][99] Caribbean Sea[101] An, Ca, DA, DF, Fa
Clypeaster lamprus H.L.Clark, 1914[99] Caribbean Sea[102] Va
Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848[99] Caribbean Sea[103] Fa, Zu
Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3][99] Sea Biscuit[104] Caribbean Sea[105] Fa; DF; NE
Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825)[3][7][99] Sand Dollar[106] Caribbean Sea[107] An; Fa; NE; Su
Diadema antillarum (Philippi & Agassiz, 1863)[3][7] Long-spined Sea Urchin[108] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[109] Ar; Ca; DF; Mi; Su; Va
Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus, 1758)[3][7][110] Rock-boring Urchin[111] Caribbean Sea[112] An; Ar; Ca; DA; DF; Fa; Mi; Mo; NE; Su; Va; Zu
Echinometra viridis Agassiz, 1863[2][3][7] Green Urchin[14] Caribbean Sea[113] Ar; Ca; DF; Fa; Mi
Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778)[3][7][99] Sand Dollar, Cookie[14] Caribbean Sea[114] Ar; NE; Su
Encope michelini Agassiz, 1841[99] Notched Sand Dollar[115] Caribbean Sea[116] Ar; NE; Su
Eucidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816)[2][3][7] Slate Pencil Urchin[117] Caribbean Sea[118] DF; Mi; NE; Su; Va; Zu
Leodia sexiesperforata (Leske, 1778)[3][7][99] Six Holed Keyhole Urchin[119] Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[120] An; Ar; Ca; Mi; NE; Su; Va
Lytechinus variegatus (Lamarck, 1816)[2][3][7][121] Variegated Sea Urchin[122] Caribbean Sea[123] An; Ar; Ca; DA; DF; Fa; Mi; Mo; NE; su; Va; Zu
Mellita quinquiesperforata latiambulacra H. L. Clark, 1940[2][3][7][99] Dollar see; Cookie[124] Caribbean Sea[125] An; Ar; Ca; DA; Fa; Mi; Mo; NE; Su; Va; Zu
Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Caribbean Sea[126] DF; NE
Moira atropos (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Caribbean Sea[127] Su;
Plagiobrissus grandis (Gmelin, 1788)[7] Caribbean Sea[128] An; DA; Su
Schizaster orbignyanus Agassiz, 1980[3][7] Caribbean Sea[129] An; DA; Su
Tripneustes ventricosus (Lamarck, 1816)[3][7] Sea Egg[130] Caribbean Sea[131] DF; Fa; Mi; NE; Su; Va
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Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers)

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Holothuroidea
Species Common name Global distribution Distribution by state Image
Aslia pygmaea (Théel 1886)[2][6][7] Venezuelan Caribbean sea[132] NE
Aslia surinamensis (Semper 1868)[7][133] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[133] NE
Astichopus multifidus (Sluter, 1910)[134] Fissured Sea Cucumber[135] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[136] DF
Chiridota rotifera (Pourtalès, 1851)[7] Worm Cucumber[137] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[138] Su
Euthyonacta solida (Deichmann, 1930)[7] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[139] Su
Holothuria arenicola Semper, 1868[7] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean[140] Su
Holothuria cubana Ludwig, 1875[7] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[141] Su
Holothuria glaberrima Selenka, 1867[7] Brown Rock Sea Cucumber[142] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[143] Su
Holothuria grisea (Selenka; 1867)[6][7] Gray Sea Cucumber[144] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[145] Su
Holothuria impatiens (Forskaal, 1775)[6][7] Impatient Sea Cucumber[146] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean[147] Su
Holothuria mexicana Ludwig, 1875[7] Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber[148] Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean[149] DF; Fa
Holothuria occidentalis Ludwig, 1875[7] Caribbean Sea[150] Su
Holothuria parvula (Selenka, 1867)[7] Golden Sea Cucumber[151] Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean[152] Su
Holothuria princeps (Selenka, 1867)[6][7] Caribbean Sea[153] Su
Holothuria surinamensis Ludwig, 1875[2][7] Surinam Sea Cucumber[154] Caribbean Sea[155] Zu
Holothuria thomasi Pawson & Caycedo, 1980[7] Tiger Tail Sea Cocumber[156] Caribbean Sea[157] su
Isostichopus badionotus (Selenka, 1867)[6][7] Three-rowed Sea Cucumber[158] Caribbean Sea[159] DF; Su
Lissothuria antillensis Pawson, 1967[7] Venezuelan Caribbean Sea[160] Su
Lissothuria braziliensis (Théel, 1886)[7] Venezuelan Caribbean Sea[161] Su
Ocnus suspectus (Ludwig, 1874)[7] Caribbean Sea[162] Su
Pentamera pulcherrima Ayres, 1852[7] Nortrwestern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea[163] Su
Pseudothyone belli (Luswig, 1887)[7] Caribbean Sea[164] Su
Sclerodactyla briareus (Lesueur, 1824)[7] Caribbean Sea[165] Su
Thyone pseudofusus Deichmann, 1930[7] Caribbean Sea[166] Su
Thyonidium seguroensis (Deichmann, 1930)[7] Caribbean Sea[167] Su
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Notas

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    The following codes are used:
    • An: Anzoátegui
    • Ar: Aragua
    • Ca: Carabobo
    • DA: Delta Amacuro
    • DF: Dependencias Federales
    • Fa: Falcón
    • Mi: Miranda
    • Mo: Monagas
    • NE: Nueva Esparta
    • Su: Sucre
    • Va: Vargas
    • Zu: Zulia

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