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Echinidae

Description

Fam: Echinidae

Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816

Material: 2 specimens; stations: t5; depth: 80-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

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

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1982), Gamulin-Brida (1983).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.

Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816

Material: 10 specimens; stations: t6; depth: 80-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

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

Literature records for south Adriatic (Croatia): none.

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1982).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.

Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)

Material: 786 specimens; stations: T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S11, S13, S15, S16; depth: 0-15 m; substrates: large rocks, boulders, stones, meadows of Posidonia oceanica.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1964, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940).

Remarks: Recorded for the second time after the first finding by Kolosváry (1938, 1940).

Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)

Material: 3 specimens; stations: t6; depth: 80-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

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. (2006).

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.

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 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191048

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Camarodonta
Family
Echinidae
Taxon rank
family

References

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  • 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.
  • 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., 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.
  • 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)
  • Gamulin-Brida, H. (1983) Crnogorsko primorje - specificni dio Jadrana s gledista bentoskih biocenoza i njihove zastite. [The Montenegrin Coast - a specific part of the Adriatic from the aspect of benthic communities and their protection.] Studia Marina, 13 - 14, 205 - 214. (in Croatian)
  • Lorenz, J. R. (1863) Physikalische Verhaltnisse und Vertheilung der Organismen im Quarnerischen Golfe. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 379 pp.
  • Zavodnik, D. (1960) Echinodermata der Insel Krk. Acta Adriatica, 11, 3 - 19.
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  • Tortonese, E. (1965) Echinodermata, Fauna d' Italia. Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, 422 pp.
  • 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.
  • Kolosvary, G. v. (1938) Echinodermata iz Boke Kotorske. [Echinoderms from the Bay of Kotor.] Godisnjak Oceanografskog instituta Kraljevine Jugoslavije, 1, 121 - 125. (in Serbo-Croatian)
  • Kolosvary, G. v. (1940) Uber die geographische Verbreitung einiger adriatischen Echinodermen. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 10, 371 - 381.
  • 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)
  • 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.