Lessios, H. A. (2005). Echinoids of the Pacific Waters of Panama: Status of knowledge and new records. Revista de Biologia Tropical 53/Suppl. 3, 147-170.

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Lessios, H. A.

2005

53(3): 147-170

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http://www.cimar.ucr.ac.cr/volumenes-especiales/contenidos/PDFS/echinod1/09-LESSIOS-Equ.pdf

This paper is primarily intended as a guide to researchers who wish to know what echinoid species are available in the Bay of Panama and in the Gulf of Chiriqui, how to recognize them, and what has been published about them up to 2004. Fifty seven species of echinoids have been reported in the literature as occurring in the Pacific waters of Panama, of which I have collected and examined 3 1, including two species, Caenopedina diomediae and Meoma frangibilis, that have hitherto only been mentioned in the literature from single type specimens. For the 31 species I was able to examine, I list the localities in which they were found, my impression as to their relative abundance, the characters that distinguish them, and what is known about their biology and evolution. Not surprisingly, most available information concerns abundant shallow water species, while little is known about deep water, rare, or infaunal species.

Pacific Ocean

Echinodermata
Echinoidea

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