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An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids

The first recorded regular echinoid species from Sri Lanka, “Salmacis virgulatus” (now known as S. virgulata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846), was listed by Agassiz & Desor (1846). Knowledge of Sri Lankan regular echinoids continued to advance until the end of the 19(th) century. Howe...

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Autores principales: Arachchige, Gayashan M., Jayakody, Sevvandi, Mooi, Rich, Kroh, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31715829
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.3
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author Arachchige, Gayashan M.
Jayakody, Sevvandi
Mooi, Rich
Kroh, Andreas
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description The first recorded regular echinoid species from Sri Lanka, “Salmacis virgulatus” (now known as S. virgulata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846), was listed by Agassiz & Desor (1846). Knowledge of Sri Lankan regular echinoids continued to advance until the end of the 19(th) century. However, there is a gap in knowledge between the mid-20(th) and the beginning of the 21(st) centuries due to a lack of systematic studies, with the exception of two checklists published by the IUCN Red List in 2006 and 2012. In the present study, we compiled a species list combining published data and new data based on fieldwork between 2013 and 2015. Echinoids were sampled by snorkelling, diving, examination of fisheries bycatch, and collection of tests from beaches. The updated species list presented in this study includes 39 regular echinoids belonging to 28 genera, nine families, and five orders. Phyllacanthus imperialis (Lamarck, 1816) and Temnopleurus toreumaticus (Leske, 1778), which were not recorded during the last 90 years, were confirmed to still occur in Sri Lanka by the present study. We develop an updated species list of regular echinoids to form a basis for future systematic work. The study recommends further investigation to evaluate the status of deep-sea species and additional field work off the northern and eastern coasts of Sri Lanka.
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spelling pubmed-69108632019-12-13 An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids Arachchige, Gayashan M. Jayakody, Sevvandi Mooi, Rich Kroh, Andreas Zootaxa Article The first recorded regular echinoid species from Sri Lanka, “Salmacis virgulatus” (now known as S. virgulata L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1846), was listed by Agassiz & Desor (1846). Knowledge of Sri Lankan regular echinoids continued to advance until the end of the 19(th) century. However, there is a gap in knowledge between the mid-20(th) and the beginning of the 21(st) centuries due to a lack of systematic studies, with the exception of two checklists published by the IUCN Red List in 2006 and 2012. In the present study, we compiled a species list combining published data and new data based on fieldwork between 2013 and 2015. Echinoids were sampled by snorkelling, diving, examination of fisheries bycatch, and collection of tests from beaches. The updated species list presented in this study includes 39 regular echinoids belonging to 28 genera, nine families, and five orders. Phyllacanthus imperialis (Lamarck, 1816) and Temnopleurus toreumaticus (Leske, 1778), which were not recorded during the last 90 years, were confirmed to still occur in Sri Lanka by the present study. We develop an updated species list of regular echinoids to form a basis for future systematic work. The study recommends further investigation to evaluate the status of deep-sea species and additional field work off the northern and eastern coasts of Sri Lanka. 2019-03-25 2019-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6910863/ /pubmed/31715829 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.3 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
title An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
title_full An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
title_fullStr An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
title_full_unstemmed An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
title_short An annotated species list of regular echinoids from Sri Lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
title_sort annotated species list of regular echinoids from sri lanka with notes on some rarely seen temnopleurids
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31715829
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4571.1.3
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