“Faunistically and ecologically speaking, the Gulf is a lot more than an appendix of the big ocean”

— Peter Castro

Echinoderms of Kuwait

Echinodermata

  • Echinometra Matthaei

    (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

  • Temnopleurus toreumaticus

    (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

  • Clypeaster humilis

    (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

  • Echinodiscus auritus

    (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

  • Macrophiothrix  sp.

    (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)

  • Macrophiothrix  sp.

    (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)

  • Aquilonastra burtoni

    (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

  • Holothuria arenicola 

    (Echinodermata: Holothuriida)

Please contact me if you have the correct identification for the things that I have missed or got wrong!