Echinoderms of the
South Carolina Continental Shelf:
Charleston Transect

by Leslie Sautter and Lauren Halloran
(College of Charleston)

Echinoderm Classes

Asteroidea

Ophiuroidea

Echinoidea

Holothuroidea

Seastars

Brittle stars
and
Basket star

Sand dollars,
Sea biscuits
and Sea urchins

Sea
cucumber

We welcome comments, corrections, and queries!!

We are very grateful for the advice and taxonomic assistance from Dr. Steve Stancyk
(Marine Sciences Program, Univ. of South Carolina) and Dr. David Pawson (Smithsonian Institution).

Publication of Project Oceanica, created by Leslie Sautter, Ph.D. (Dept. of Geology
and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston)
and Lauren Halloran (Marine Biology Major, College of Charleston)
as part of the College of Charleston Transect Program.

,
NSF-Geoscience Education grant GEO-0331155