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Intertidal Echinoderms (Astroidea, Echinoidea, Ophiuroidea) from Hormuz Island in the Strait of Hormuz (Persian Gulf, Iran)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2015

Naser Pourvali
Naser Pourvali*
Affiliation:
Khoramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khoramshahr, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Pourvali, Khoramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khoramshahr, Iran email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Echinoderm samples were collected from Hormuz Island in 2010–2011. The sampling was based on a qualitative survey, conducted in intertidal areas. The collected specimens were transferred to a laboratory for identification according to the valid literature. In this study, ten species of echinoderms were collected, including: six Asteroidea (Astropecten monoacanthus, Luidia hardwicki, Aquilonastra iranica, Aquilonastra samyni, Astropecten polyacanthus pheragmorus, Astropecten polyacanthus polyacanthus); two Ophiuroidea (Macrophiothrix elongate, Ophiocoma scalopendarina); and three Echinoidea (Echinometra mathaei, Echinodiscus bisperforatus, Echinodiscus auritus).

Keywords

Echinodermatasystematicthe Persian Gulfintertidal zoneHormuz Island
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e50
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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