Contribution to the knowledge of echinoid fauna from ‎Persian Gulf (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)‎

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• Seyed Afshin Nateghi Shahrokni ¹
• Seyed Mohammad Reza Fatemi ¹
• Seyed Mohammad Bagher Nabavi ¹
• Gholam Hossien Vosoughi ²

¹ Islamic Azad University

² professor of Islamic Azad University

10.22067/ijab.v12i1.47391

Abstract

Species identification is always important. Records of sea urchins and sand dollars species ‎‎(Echinodermata, Echinoidea) is given from Iranian waters. Nine Species of Echinoderms were ‎identified through the study. The species identification was made using morphological ‎characteristics and review of checklist key. Nine species were identified here, including ‎Echinometra mathaei, Prionocidaris baculosa, Temnopleurus toreumaticus, Echinothrix ‎calamaris, Clypeaster humilis, Echinodiscus auritus, Diadema setosum, Diadema savignyi and ‎Parasalenia gratiosa of which three species namely Echinothrix calamaris, Diadema savignyi ‎and Parasalenia gratiosa were new records to Persian Gulf.‎

Keywords

• Echinoderm
• Sea urchin
• Sand dollar
• Persian Gulf

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