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Checklist of echinoderms caught as by-catch along the Algerian coast, with newly recorded species

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  • 1. Marine bioresources Laboratory. Department of Marine Science. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life. Badji Mokhtar University- Annaba, PO Box 12, Sidi Amar 23000, Annaba, Algeria. & Protection, Valorization of Coastal Marine Resources and Molecular Systematics Laboratory. Department of Marine Science and Aquaculture. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life. Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University -Mostaganem, PO Box 227, Route nationale N° 11, Kharrouba, 27000, Mostaganem, Algeria.
  • 2. Protection, Valorization of Coastal Marine Resources and Molecular Systematics Laboratory. Department of Marine Science and Aquaculture. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life. Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University -Mostaganem, PO Box 227, Route nationale N° 11, Kharrouba, 27000, Mostaganem, Algeria.

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Benarous, Ahlam, Mezali, Karim (2026): Checklist of echinoderms caught as by-catch along the Algerian coast, with newly recorded species. Zootaxa 5750 (4): 547-563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.5

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