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A synthesis of the echinoderm fauna of the Maltese islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2006

Christine M. Tanti  and
Patrick J. Schembri
Christine M. Tanti
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Malta, Msida MSD06, Malta
Patrick J. Schembri
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Malta, Msida MSD06, Malta
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Abstract

A review of existing literature records of echinoderms from Malta and a study of a large collection of specimens was carried out between 2000 and 2004 so as to update and produce a validated checklist of echinoderms occurring in Maltese waters. Seventy different species of echinoderms are recorded, including a number of species for which only single records exist for the Maltese islands and five species that were not found in the present study. The Maltese echinoderm fauna includes 45% of the 153 recorded Mediterranean echinoderm species, and apart from two aliens, is typical of the central Mediterranean region.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 163 - 165
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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