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A new record for Puerto Rico of the irregular echinoid Cassidulus caribaearum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Ruber Rodríguez-Barreras ,
Alberto M. Sabat ,
Milena Benavides-Serrato  and
Damien R. Bontemps
Ruber Rodríguez-Barreras*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras Campus, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360
Alberto M. Sabat
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras Campus, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360
Milena Benavides-Serrato
Affiliation:
The Colombian Institute for Marine and Coastal Research—INVEMAR A.A. 1016, Santa Marta, Colombia
Damien R. Bontemps
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras Campus, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Rodríguez-Barreras, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico—Río Piedras Campus, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360 email: [email protected]
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Abstract

For the first time, we report the occurrence of the irregular echinoid Cassidulus caribaearum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in Puerto Rico. This is also the first record of this species in the Greater Antilles. Until then it had only been observed in Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Belize, San Marteen and the US Virgin Islands. This novel information increases its previously known distribution range and represents the sixteenth shallow water echinoid occurring in Puerto Rico.

Keywords

new recordechinoidCassidulus caribaearumPuerto RicoCaribbean
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 5 , August 2012 , e85
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012

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