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The shallow-water echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of Cuba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2014

Ruber Rodríguez-Barreras
Ruber Rodríguez-Barreras*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR, 00931-3360
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Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Rodríguez-Barreras, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, PR, 00931-3360 email: [email protected]
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Abstract

This paper provides the most up to date list of the Cuban echinoid fauna. Habitat, depth range, distribution and localities in Cuba are presented for this group. I present here the most recent list of shallow-water sea urchins for the Cuban Archipelago. This catalogue increases the number of shallow-water sea urchins for Cuba to 23 species (subspecies included) distributed in seven orders and 19 genera. I have added the occurrence of the sea urchin Schizaster floridiensis for Cuban shallow waters, and expand the known regional distribution range for this species. Furthermore, I report here two new depth ranges for Schizaster floridiensis and Astropyga magnifica that now begin at ten and two metres depth respectively.

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EchinodermataEchinoideanew recordSchizaster floridiensisAstropyga magnificaCuba
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e86
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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