Spiny starfish
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
A most familiar seashore inhabitant, the common starfish truly lives up to its name in UK seas and rockpools!
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.
Great scallops are found around much of the UK and are a favourite seafood for people and starfish alike!
Another member of the echinoderm phylum, feather stars share some characteristics with true starfish, but also have their very own intriguing adaptations and behaviours, which make them a…
This large starfish looks just like the sun, with 10-12 arms spreading outwards like rays.
The Common mussel is a familiar sight on shores all around the UK and is a favourite food of people, seabirds and starfish alike.
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
It's easy to see where this small starfish got its name, it really does look like a little star-shaped cushion. Keep an eye out under rocks next time you're rockpooling for this little…
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…