List of echinoderms of the Houtman Abrolhos
The?? marine waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, has been recorded as containing 172 species of echinoderm in ?? genera. This extremely high diversity has been attributed to a combination of factors, namely: the position of the Houtman Abrolhos within a biotone between temperate and tropical waters; the wide variety of habitats; and the Leeuwin Current, which both transports tropical species southwards, and keeps the reef warm enough for them to survive. This is a list of echinoderms of the Houtman Abrolhos:
[Crinoidea]
Capillaster multiradiatusClarkcomanthus littoralisComanthus alternansComanthus briareusComanthus gisleniComanthus parvicirrusComanthus wahlbergiComanthina variabilisComaster distinctusComatella maculataComatella nigraComatella stelligeraComatula pectinataComatula purpureaComatula solarisComatulella brachiolataZygometra comataZygometra elegansDecametra studeriPetrasometra claraePetrasometra helianthoidesAmphimetra tessellataLamprometra palmataTropiometra afraPtilometra macronemaNeometra conaminisAntedon parviflora- ''Dorometra nana''
[Asteroidea]
Luidia maculataAstropecten granulatusAstropecten preissiAstropecten triseriatusAstropecten vappaAstropecten zebraArchaster angulatusPentagonaster duebeniStellaster inspinosusGoniodiscaster seriatusAnthenea australiaeAnthenea obesaGymnanthenea globigeraNectria macrobrachiaPentaceraster alveolatusPentaceraster gracilisPentaceraster regulusProtoreaster alveolatusAsterodiscides culcitulusAsterodiscides macroplaxAsterodiscides soelaePetricia vernicinaAustrofromia polyporaBunaster variegatusFromia indicaFromia monilisFromia pacificaLeiaster leachiLinckia guildingiLinckia multifloraNardoa galatheaeOphidiaster cribrariusMetrodira subulataAnseropoda rosaceaAsterina cepheusManasterina longispinaNepanthia crassaParanepanthia roseaPatiriella brevispina Euretaster insignisEchinaster arcystatusEchinaster glomeratusEchinaster varicolorAllostichaster polyplax[Ophiuroidea]
Ophiomyxa australisAstrobrachion adhaerensAstroboa granulatusAstrosierra microconusEuryale asperaAmphioplus depressusAmphipholis squamataAmphistigma minutaAmphiura brachyactisAmphiura constrictaAmphiura multiremulaAmphiura nannodesAmphiura septemspinosaAmphiura veloxOphiactis acosmetaOphiactis luteomaculataOphiactis modestaOphiactis resiliensOphiactis savignyaOphiactis tricolorMacrophiothrix caenosaMacrophiothrix paucispinaOphiothela danaeOphiothrix caespitosaOphiothrix ciliarisOphiothrix spongicolaOphiocoma dentataOphiocoma erinaceusOphiocoma occidentalisOphiocoma pusillaOphiocomella sexradiaOphionereis dubiaOphionereis schayeriOphiarachnella gorgoniaOphiarachnella ramsayiOphioconis cinctaDictenophiura stellataOphiocrossota multispinaOphioplocus imbricatus- ''Ophiura kinbergi''