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Echinasteridae

Description

Fam: Echinasteridae

Echinaster (Echinaster) sepositus (Retzius, 1783)

Material: 144 specimens; stations: T1, T2, T3, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S13, S14, S15, S16, t1, t2, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7; depth: 0-120 m; substrates: rocks, gravels, sand, meadows of sea grasses.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic (Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982, 1986), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected from almost all sampling stations.

Notes

Published as part of Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), pp. 21-40 in Zootaxa 2275 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191048

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Spinulosida
Family
Echinasteridae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Lorenz, J. R. (1863) Physikalische Verhaltnisse und Vertheilung der Organismen im Quarnerischen Golfe. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 379 pp.
  • Kolosvary, G. v. (1937) Die Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand, 2, 433 - 473.
  • Zavodnik, D. (1960) Echinodermata der Insel Krk. Acta Adriatica, 11, 3 - 19.
  • Zavodnik, D. (1977) Echinodermata of the island Vir (Adriatic Sea). Biosistematika, 3, 69 - 78.
  • Zavodnik, D. (1997) Echinodermata of the marine National Park " Kornati " (Adriatic Sea). Periodicum Biologorum, 99, 367 - 380.
  • Tortonese, E. (1965) Echinodermata, Fauna d' Italia. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, 422 pp.
  • Despalatovic, M. (2005) Raznolikost i rasprostranjenost bodljikasa (Echinodermata) kontinentske podine sjevernog i srednjeg Jadrana. [Diversity and distribution of echinoderms (Echinodermata) of the continental shelf of the north and central Adriatic.] PhD thesis, Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Zagreb, 282 pp. (in Croatian)
  • Zavodnik, D., Pallaoro, A., Jaklin, A., Kovacic, M. & Arko-Pijevac, M. (2005) A benthos survey of the Senj Archipelago (North Adriatic Sea, Croatia). Acta Adriatica, 46, 3 - 68.
  • Zavodnik, D., Legac, M. & Gluhak, T. (2006) An account of the marine fauna of Pag Island (Adriatic Sea, Croatia). Natura Croatica, 15, 65 - 107.
  • Zavodnik, D. (2003) Marine fauna of Mljet National Park (Adriatic Sea, Croatia) 2. Echinodermata. Acta Adriatica, 44, 105 - 160.
  • Karaman, G. & Gamulin-Brida, H. (1970) Contribution aux recherches des bicenoses benthiques du Golfe de Boka Kotorska. Studia Marina, 4, 3 - 42.
  • Bruno, C. (1972) Echinodermi di Boka Kotorska. Thalassia Salentina, 6, 37 - 46.
  • Milojevic, S. (1979) Biocenoti c ki pregled faune Echinodermata u Bokokotorskom zalivu. [Bioecoenotic review of the echinoderm fauna in the Bay of Kotor.] II Kongres ekologa Jugoslavije, Zbornik radova, Zagreb, pp. 1859 - 1868. (in Serbian)
  • Milojevic, S. (1982) Fauna Echinodermata u litoralnom podrucju ispred usca rijeke Bojane. [Echinoderm fauna in the littoral area around the Bojana River mouth.] Biosistematika, 8, 141 - 158. (in Serbian)
  • Milojevic, S. (1986) Fauna Asteroidea (Echinodermata) u otvorenom litoralnom podrucju juznog Jadrana. [Fauna Asteroidea (Echinodermata) in the open littoral of the south Adriatic).] Studia Marina, 17 - 18, 199 - 213. (in Serbian)
  • Stjepcevic, J. & Parenzan, P. (1980) Il Golfo delle Bocche di Cattaro - condizioni generali e biocenosi bentoniche con carta ecologica delle sue due baie interne. Studia Marina, 9 - 10, 3 - 149.