The list of echinoderms of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the echinoderm (Phylum Echinodermata) fauna of South Africa, and includes the starfish, feather stars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. The list follows the SANBI listing on iNaturalist.
Subphylum Asterozoa
Class Asteroidea
Superorder Forcipulatacea, order Forcipulatida
Family Asteriidae
Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) Many armed sea star
Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) Spiny starfish
Superorder Spinulosacea, order Spinulosida
Family Echinasteridae
Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869) Reticulated starfish
Superorder Valvatacea, order Paxillosida
Family Astropectinidae
Astropecten granulatus Müller & Troschel, 1842 Grey sandstar
Astropecten hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Astropecten irregularis pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 Pink sandstar
Order Valvatida,
Family Acanthasteridae
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) Crown of thorns starfish
Family Asterinidae
Aquilonastra burtoni (Gray, 1840) Asterina stellifera (Möbius, 1859) Namibian cushion star Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847) Red starfish Parvulastra exigua (Lamarck, 1816) Dwarf cushion star Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) Granular cushion star
Family Goniasteridae
Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 Cobbled sea star, tiled sea star
Fromia elegans H.L. Clark, 1921 Blocked starfish
Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869)
Family Mithrodiidae
Thromidia catalai Pope & Rowe, 1977 Fat armed star
Family Ophidiasteridae
Austrofromia schultzei (Döderlein, 1910) Granular starfish
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue star
Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) Narcissia spp. Nardoa variolata (Retzius, 1805) Button star
Family Oreasteridae
Choriaster granulatus Lütken, 1869 Granulated star
Culcita schmideliana (Retzius, 1805) Pincushion starfish
Halityle regularis Fisher, 1913 Regular star
Protoreaster lincki (Blainville, 1830) Spine tipped star
Pentaceraster mammillatus (Audouin, 1826) Beaded starfish
Family Pterasteridae
Euretaster cribrosus (von Martens, 1867) Pteraster capensis Gray, 1847 Brooding cushion star
Class Ophiuroidea
Order Euryalida
Family Gorgonocephalidae
Astroboa nuda (Lyman, 1874) Naked basket star
Astrocladus euryale (Retzius, 1783) Basket star
Superfamily Euryalidea
Family Asteroschematidae
Asteroschema capensis Mortensen, 1925
Family Euryalidae, Subfamily Euryalinae
Euryale spp.
Order Ophiurida, Suborder Ophiurina, Infraorder Gnathophiurina
Family Amphiuridae
Amphiura (Amphiura) capensis Ljungman, 1867 Equal tailed brittlestar
Amphioplus (Lymanella) integer (Ljungman, 1867) Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1828) Ophiodaphne scripta (Koehler, 1904) Pansy-shell brittlestar
Family Ophiactidae
Ophiactis carnea Ljungman, 1867 Snake-star
Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Family Ophiocomidae, Subfamily Ophiocominae
Ophiocoma (Breviturma) brevipes Peters, 1851
Ophiocoma (Breviturma) dentata Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophiocoma (Breviturma) doederleini de Loriol, 1899
Ophiocoma erinaceus Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophiocoma pica Müller & Troschel, 1842
Ophiocoma pusilla (Brock, 1888) Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck, 1816) Ophiocoma valenciae Müller & Troschel, 1842 Snake armed brittlestar
Family Ophionereididae
Ophionereis dubia dubia (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Striped brittlestar
Ophionereis porrecta Lyman, 1860 Striped brittlestar
Family Ophiotrichidae
Macrophiothrix hirsuta cheneyi (Lyman, 1862) Ophiocnemis marmorata (Lamarck, 1816) Hitchhiker brittlestar Ophiothela danae Verrill, 1869 Commensal brittlestar Ophiothrix (Acanthophiothrix) purpurea von Martens, 1867 Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) foveolata Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1887 Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard, in O.F. Müller, 1789) Hairy brittlestar Ophiothrix fragilis var. triglochis Müller & Troschel, 1842