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“Biodiversity”, False Bay, Simon's Town, South Africa,

Echinoderms form a branch of benthic marine animals present at all oceanic bottoms. They constitute a very important part of benthic fauna with a very rich diversity of up to 7000 species related in 5 classes: tarfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, feather stars and brittle star. And therefore play a major role in the biological processes of the marine environment, particularly with regard to the recycling of waste by their detritus feeders or filter feeders.

Greg Lecoeur Photography,