Echinoid Distribution and Habits, Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve, Florida |
Contents
Introduction | 2 |
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Schizaster Paraster floridiensis Kier and Grant new species | 50 |
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Common terms and phrases
abundant Adapical view adoral adult algae ambulacra ambulacrum apical system Astropyga magnifica Brissus unicolor buried burrowing clean sand Clypeaster rosaceus Clypeaster subdepressus coarse sand Coral Reef Preserve covered Dead tests depth 15 feet Diadema antillarum dorsal surface echinoids Echinometra lucunter Echinometra viridis Echinoneus cyclostomus edge Eucidaris tribuloides fasciole floridiensis found at stations Genus grassless sand grassy areas habitat Hawk Channel interambulacra juveniles KEY LARGO Kier large specimen Leodia sexiesperforata Leske living specimens Lytechinus variegatus madreporite Mary Vaux Walcott Meoma ventricosa Lamarck niches normally numbers observed paleoecologists patches pedicellariae periproct peristome phyllodes plastron plate at end pore-pairs posterior petals rock rocky sand dollars sand grains sandy areas sandy bottom Scatter diagram Schizaster Paraster Sharp and Gray shore smallest specimen SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS sparse turtle grass spatangoid species was found specimen pl spines sponges starfish station 21 station 30 depth text figs text figure Tripneustes ventricosus urchin USNM vertical White Bank