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First record of Astrocaneum spinosum (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae) from the Gulf of Guayaquil, tropical eastern Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2014

Philippe Béarez  and
Jean-Thomas Bujard
Philippe Béarez*
Affiliation:
UMR 7209, Département ‘Écologie et gestion de la biodiversité’, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
Jean-Thomas Bujard
Affiliation:
Darwinvest Cia. Ltda., PO Box 09-06-6197, Guayaquil, Ecuador
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Béarez, UMR 7209, Département ‘Écologie et gestion de la biodiversité’, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France email: bearez@mnhn.fr
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Abstract

The spiny basket star Astrocaneum spinosum is an ophiuroid found in coastal waters of the tropical eastern Pacific. This paper presents a new record of this species from off the coast of Ecuador and an extension of its distribution range of some 1200 km to the south.

Keywords

basket starAstrocaneum spinosumGorgonocephalidaeEcuadortropical eastern Pacificnew record
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e138
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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