Common starfish
A most familiar seashore inhabitant, the common starfish truly lives up to its name in UK seas and rockpools!
A most familiar seashore inhabitant, the common starfish truly lives up to its name in UK seas and rockpools!
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
Brittle stars, sea urchins and other starfish will want to stay out of the way of this speedy carnivorous starfish!
The bloody henry starfish is normally a bright purply-red colour and is found all around the UK.
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…
This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK.
This large round urchin is sometimes found in rockpools, recognisable by its pink spiky shell (known as a test).
This large starfish looks just like the sun, with 10-12 arms spreading outwards like rays.
Providing expert advice to the North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) on marine issues.
Although they might not look it, sea cucumbers like this one belong to the Echinoderm group and are therefore closely related to starfish and sea urchins
Common sea-lavender can be found around our coasts on mudflats, creek banks and saltmarshes. Despite its name, its not a lavender at all, so doesn’t smell like one.