Monograph of the shallow-water Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) from Kenya and Pemba Island (Tanzania), with notes on the holothuroids from the western Indian Ocean
Samyn, Y. (2003). Monograph of the shallow-water Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) from Kenya and Pemba Island (Tanzania), with notes on the holothuroids from the western Indian Ocean, in: Samyn, Y. Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. pp. 186-324 In: Samyn, Y. (2003). Towards an understanding of the shallow-water holothuroid fauna (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of the western Indian Ocean. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel. III, 384 + 1 cd-rom pp., more Related to:Samyn, Y. (2003). Shallow-water Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) from Kenya and Pemba Island, Tanzania. Studies in Afrotropical Zoology, 242. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: Tervuren. ISBN 90-75894-54-6. 158 pp., more |  |
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| Abstract | A total of 225 specimens -representing three orders, four families, 12 genera, 44 species and one variety - collected in the shallow-waters of Kenya and Pemba Island (Tanzania) -are investigated. Bohadschia cousteaui, B. similis, Holothuria (Metriatyla) albiventer, Pearsonothuria graeffei, Thelenota anax. Euapta godeffroyi, Opheodesoma grisea, O. spectabilis and Synaptula recta are new records for Kenya and from Pemba Island (Tanzania). H. (M.) timana is a new record for the western Indian Ocean. Diagnostic characters and descriptions (including some brief notes on the ecology) are given for most species. Identification keys up to the species level are also included. The results are compared to the shallow-water holothuroid biodiversity of the western Indian Ocean. This study stresses the richness of the holothuroid biodiversity of Kenya and Pemba Island. The holothuroid fauna of Kenya (with Pemba Island) is now represented by 48 species. |
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