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Cucumariidae

Description

Fam: Cucumariidae

Leptopentacta elongata (Düben & Koren, 1846)

Material: 11 specimens; stations: t1; depth: 27-37 m; substrates: sandy-mud, silt.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

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

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1940), Tortonese (1965), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected only by trawl nets inside the Bay of Kotor.

Leptopentacta tergestina (M. Sars, 1857)

Material: 15 specimens; stations: t1; depth: 27-37 m; substrates: sandy-mud, silt.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

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

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

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Tortonese (1965), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected only by trawl nets inside the Bay of Kotor.

Ocnus planci (Brandt, 1835)

Material: 11 specimens; stations: T4, S14, t2, t6; depth: 5-30 m; substrates: sandy-mud, organic detritus.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Tortonese (1965), Zavodnik (1977, 1997), 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), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Ocnus syracusanus (Grube, 1840)

Material: 3 specimens; stations: t2, t6; depth: 5-30 m; substrates: sandy-mud, organic detritus.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Tortonese (1965). Literature records for south Adriatic (Croatia): none.

Literature records for Montenegro: Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980). Remarks: Collected only by trawl nets.

Thyone fusus mediterranea Madsen, 1941

Material: none.

Distribution: Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Despalatović (2005). Literature records for south Adriatic (Croatia): none. Literature records for Montenegro: Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980). Remarks: No specimens were recorded during this study.

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 pages 35-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191048

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Order
Dendrochirotida
Family
Cucumariidae
Taxon rank
family

References

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  • 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)
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