Aceste Thomson, 1877 (basis of record)
Aceste bellidifera Thomson, 1877 (basis of record)
Aeropsidae Lambert, 1896 (basis of record)
Aeropsis Mortensen, 1907 (basis of record)
Aeropsis rostrata (Norman, 1876) (basis of record)
Allopatiria Verrill, 1913 accepted as Asterina Nardo, 1834 (basis of record)
Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847) accepted as Asterina ocellifera (Gray, 1847) accepted as Patiria ocellifera Gray, 1847 (basis of record)
Amphioplus Verrill, 1899 (basis of record)
Amphipholis Ljungman, 1866 (basis of record)
Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) (basis of record)
Amphipholis torelli Ljungman, 1872 (basis of record)
Amphiura Forbes, 1843 (basis of record)
Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885 (basis of record)
Amphiura otteri Ljungman, 1872 (basis of record)
Amphiura sundevalli (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (basis of record)
Amphiuridae Ljungman, 1867 (basis of record)
Anseropoda Nardo, 1834 (basis of record)
Anseropoda lobiancoi (Ludwig, 1897) (basis of record)
Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) (basis of record)
Antedonidae Norman, 1865 (additional source)
Apodida (basis of record)
Araeosoma Mortensen, 1903 (basis of record)
Arbacia Gray, 1835 (additional source)
Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Arbaciella Mortensen, 1910 (basis of record)
Arbaciella elegans Mortensen, 1910 (basis of record)
Arbaciidae Gray, 1855 (basis of record)
Arbacioida (basis of record)
Aspidodiadema A. Agassiz, 1879 (basis of record)
Aspidodiadema jacobyi A. Agassiz, 1880 (basis of record)
Aspidodiadematidae Duncan, 1889 (basis of record)
Asterias Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Asterias vulgaris Verrill, 1866 accepted as Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Asteriidae Gray, 1840 (basis of record)
Asterina Nardo, 1834 (basis of record)
Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) (basis of record)
Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1876) (basis of record)
Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979 (basis of record)
Asterina wega Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 accepted as Aquilonastra burtoni (Gray, 1840) (basis of record)
Asterinidae Gray, 1840 (basis of record)
Asterinides Verrill, 1913 (basis of record)
Asteroidea (basis of record)
Astropecten Gray, 1840 (basis of record)
Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823) (basis of record)
Astropecten gruveli Koehler, 1911 (basis of record)
Astropecten hermatophilus Sladen, 1883 (basis of record)
Astropecten ibericus Perrier, 1894 (basis of record)
Astropecten irregularis (Pennant, 1777) (basis of record)
Astropecten irregularis irregularis (Pennant, 1777) (basis of record)
Astropecten irregularis pentacanthus (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (basis of record)
Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827) (basis of record)
Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837) (basis of record)
Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837) (basis of record)
Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 (basis of record)
Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (basis of record)
Bathybiaster vexillifer (Wyville Thomson, 1873) (basis of record)
Benthopecten Verrill, 1884 (basis of record)
Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) (basis of record)
Benthopecten simplex simplex (Perrier, 1881) (basis of record)
Benthopecten spinosissimus (Sladen, 1889) (basis of record)
Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899 (basis of record)
Brisaster Gray, 1855 (additional source)
Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844) (basis of record)
Brisinga Asbjørnsen, 1856 (basis of record)
Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856 (basis of record)
Brisinga hirsuta Perrier, 1894 accepted as Freyellaster (Pseudobrisinga) hirsuta (Perrier, 1894) (basis of record)
Brisingella Fisher, 1917 accepted as Hymenodiscus Perrier, 1884 (basis of record)
Brisingella coronata (Sars, 1871) accepted as Hymenodiscus coronata (Sars, 1871) (basis of record)
Brisingida (basis of record)
Brisingidae G.O. Sars, 1875 (basis of record)
Brissidae Gray, 1855 (basis of record)
Brissopsis L. Agassiz, 1840 (basis of record)
Brissopsis atlantica Mortensen, 1907 (basis of record)
Brissopsis atlantica var. mediterranea Mortensen, 1913 accepted as Brissopsis atlantica mediterranea Mortensen, 1913 (basis of record)
Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) (basis of record)
Brissus Gray, 1825 (basis of record)
Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778) (basis of record)
Caenopedina A. Agassiz, 1869 (basis of record)
Caenopedina cubensis A. Agassiz, 1869 (basis of record)
Calveriosoma Mortensen, 1934 (basis of record)
Calveriosoma fenestratum (Thomson, 1872) accepted as Araeosoma fenestratum (Thomson, 1872) (basis of record)
Calveriosoma hystrix (Thomson, 1872) (basis of record)
Cassiduloida (basis of record)
Caulaster Perrier, 1882 (basis of record)
Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882 (basis of record)
Centrostephanus Peters, 1855 (basis of record)
Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845) (basis of record)
Ceramaster Verrill, 1899 (basis of record)
Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) (basis of record)
Ceramaster granularis granularis (Retzius, 1783) accepted as Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) (basis of record)
Ceramaster grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (basis of record)
Ceramaster grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) (basis of record)
Chaetaster Müller & Troschel, 1840 (basis of record)
Chaetaster longipes (Bruzelius, 1805) (basis of record)
Chaetasteridae Sladen, 1889 (basis of record)
Cheiraster Studer, 1883 (basis of record)
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) Studer, 1883 represented as Cheiraster Studer, 1883 (basis of record)
Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus (Verrill, 1885) (basis of record)

European waters (ERMS scope) for Aceste bellidifera Thomson, 1877 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Aeropsis rostrata (Norman, 1876) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Allopatiria ocellifera (Gray, 1847) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Amphipholis torelli Ljungman, 1872 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Amphiura fragilis Verrill, 1885 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Amphiura otteri Ljungman, 1872 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Amphiura sundevalli (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Anseropoda lobiancoi (Ludwig, 1897) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Arbaciella elegans Mortensen, 1910 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Aspidodiadema jacobyi A. Agassiz, 1880 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Asterina gibbosa (Pennant, 1777) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Asterina pancerii (Gasco, 1876) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Asterina phylactica Emson & Crump, 1979 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Asterina wega Valenciennes (MS) in Perrier, 1869 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten aranciacus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten bispinosus (Otto, 1823) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten hermatophilus Sladen, 1883 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten ibericus Perrier, 1894 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten irregularis irregularis (Pennant, 1777) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten irregularis pentacanthus (Delle Chiaje, 1827) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten jonstoni (Delle Chiaje, 1827) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten platyacanthus (Philippi, 1837) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Astropecten spinulosus (Philippi, 1837) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Bathybiaster vexillifer (Wyville Thomson, 1873) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Benthopecten simplex simplex (Perrier, 1881) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Benthopecten spinosissimus (Sladen, 1889) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brisinga endecacnemos Asbjørnsen, 1856 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brisinga hirsuta Perrier, 1894 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brisingella coronata (Sars, 1871) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brissopsis atlantica var. mediterranea Mortensen, 1913 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Caenopedina cubensis A. Agassiz, 1869 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Calveriosoma fenestratum (Thomson, 1872) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Calveriosoma hystrix (Thomson, 1872) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Caulaster pedunculatus Perrier, 1882 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Centrostephanus longispinus (Philippi, 1845) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Ceramaster granularis granularis (Retzius, 1783) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Ceramaster grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier, 1881) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Chaetaster longipes (Bruzelius, 1805) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Cheiraster (Cheiraster) sepitus (Verrill, 1885) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Chiridota laevis (O. Fabricius, 1780) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Cidaris tribuloides (Lamarck, 1816)  (inaccurate)
European waters (ERMS scope) for Coelopleurus floridana A. Agassiz, 1872 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Colpaster edwardsi (Perrier, 1882) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Colpaster scutigerula Sladen, 1889 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Coronaster volsellatus (Sladen, 1889) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Coscinasterias tenuispina (Lamarck, 1816) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Crossaster squamatus (Döderlein, 1900) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Cucumaria calcigera (Stimpson, 1851) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Cucumaria frondosa (Gunnerus, 1767) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Culcitopsis borealis (Süssbach & Breckner, 1911) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Diadema antillarum (Philippi, 1845) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Dytaster grandis grandis (Verrill, 1884) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Dytaster intermedius Perrier, 1891 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Dytaster mollis (Perrier, 1885) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Dytaster semispinosus (Perrier, 1894) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus sepositus (Retzius, 1783) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocardium fenauxi Pequignat, 1963 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocardium mediterraneum (Forbes, 1844) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocardium mortenseni Thiéry, 1909 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocardium pennatifidum Norman, 1868 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocyamus grandiporus Mortensen, 1907 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocyamus macrostomus Mortensen, 1907 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinosigra phiale (Thomson, 1873) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus affinis Mortensen, 1903 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus alexandri Danielssen & Koren, 1883 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus elegans Düben & Koren, 1844 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus esculentus var. glacialis D'yakonov, 1923 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Echinus tenuispinus Norman, 1868 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Ekmania barthii (Troschel, 1846) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Epitomapta roseola (Verrill, 1874) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Eupyrgus scaber Lütken, 1857 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Evoplosoma scorpio Downey, 1981 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Freyastera sexradiata (Perrier, 1885) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Freyastera tuberculata (Sladen, 1889) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Freyella elegans (Verrill, 1884) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Freyella recta Koehler, 1907 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Genocidaris maculata A. Agassiz, 1869 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Goniaster tessellatus (Lamarck, 1816) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Gorgonocephalus arcticus Leach, 1819 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Habrocidaris scutata (A. Agassiz, 1880) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Havelockia inermis (Heller, 1868) 
European waters (ERMS scope) for Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS) 

 Authority

 for Echinus esculentus glacialis D'yakonov, 1923

Mortensen (1943) spells the author Diakonov, but the spelling D'yakonov used by Hansson (2001) seems to be more ... [details]

 Identification

 for Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes, 1852)

Ophiocten sericeum Auctt., non (Forbes, 1852) (p.p.) is Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1871). [details]

 identification

 for Pawsonia Rowe, 1970

Pawsonia aff. saxicola Garrido (email check-list of Canarian echinoderms) [details]

 Spelling

 for Sphaerechinus Desor, 1856

emended spelling [details]

 Status

 for Brissopsis parma Val., 18??

This name appears as synonym of Brissopsis lyrifera in Hansson's 2001 list of European echinoderms as "Brissopsis ... [details]

 Status

 for Plagiobrissus affinis

This names appears as "P. affinis ?,1???" in Hansson's 2001 checklist on European Echinoderms and comes from a list ... [details]

 Status

 for Strongylocentrotus granularis (Say, 1827 non Lamarck, 1816)

Hansson (2001) lists this name as a possible synonym of Strongylocentrotus pallidus (Sars, 1871), while listing ... [details]

 Synonymy

 for Asterias rumphii Parelius, 1768

An older unused synonym, which ICZN should reject based on A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey (1992). [details]

 Synonymy

 for Pseudarchaster tessellatus Sladen, 1889

Possibly conspecific with P. parelii (Duben & Koren, 1846) [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Amphiactis Matsumoto, 1915, non Verrill, 1869

Genus name preoccupied by coelenterate genus [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Amphiura digna Koehler, 1906

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Antedon duebenii Böhlsche, 1866

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Benthopecten spinosus Grieg, 1918 (non Verrill, 1884)

Pro parte. non Verrill, 1884 [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Benthothuria valdiviae Heding, 1940

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Cribrella oculata (Pennant, 1777)

Probably not a valid species - needs checking [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Cribrella sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Probably not a valid species - needs checking [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Cucumaria cucumis (Risso, 1826)

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Dendrothuria similis Koehler & Vaney, 1905

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinaster oculatus Düben & Koren, 1846

Probably not a valid species - needs checking [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinocardium flavescens (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Op. 608, ICZN [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinocardium laevigaster A. Agassiz, 1869

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinocardium pennatifidum Koehler, 1898 non Norman, 1868

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinocucumis hispida var. abyssalis Koehler, 1896

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinus depressus G.O. Sars, 1871

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinus microstoma Thomson, 1872

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinus norvegicus Düben & Koren, 1844

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinus rarispinus G.O. Sars, 1871

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Echinus wallisi A. Agassiz, 1880

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Goniopecten edwardsi Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Henricia fisheri A.M. Clark, 1962

Possibly not a valid species - needs checking [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Holothuria aspera Bell, 1889

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Holothuria brunneus (W. Thompson, 1840, ex Forbes MS), non Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

Op. 984, ICZN [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Marginaster fimbriatus Sladen, 1889

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Ocnus brunneus (Forbes in Thompson, 1840)

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Ocnus kirchsbergii (Heller, 1868) von Marenzeller, 1874

Assignement to genus uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Ophiactis cuspidata Lyman, 1879

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Ophioscolex quadrispinus Verrill, 1885

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Ophioscolex spinosa Storm, 1881

Genus uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Ophiura texturata Lamarck, 1816

Op. 1152, ICZN [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Pseudocnus dubiosus (Semper, 1868)

Needs checking - possibly valid species which does not occur in European seas [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Rhegaster murrayi Sladen, 1883

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Salenia hastigera A. Agassiz, 1879

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Stichaster roseus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Listed as a valid but doubtful species in the printed version of ERMS [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Stichopus griegi Östergren, 1897

Synonym status uncertain [details]

 Taxonomy

 for Thyone flexus Hodge, 1865

Synonym status uncertain [details]