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An updated checklist of echinoderms of the southeastern Arabian Sea

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Abstract

The southeastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) is a distinct ecosystem within the northern Indian Ocean, with unique physical, chemical and biological attributes. This paper provides comprehensive documentation on echinoderm diversity in the SEAS at depths of 20 to 1500 m, based on systematic surveys of over 300 sites. A total of 76 species were recorded in the surveys, which included one new species, seven new records for Indian waters and 39 species previously known from nearby areas and recorded for the first time from SEAS. With the addition of the new records from the present study to the 133 species previously reported from the SEAS, the species richness of echinoderms in the SEAS stands at 180 species. Updated checklists of echinoderms in the SEAS are provided.

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This work was carried out under the Marine Living Resources Programme (MLRP) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. The support of scientists and research staff at CMLRE is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank Dr. Rosamma Philip (Head, Dept. of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, CUSAT) and Dr. R. Damodaran (retired Faculty of Marine Sciences, CUSAT) for granting access to samples collected through the MLRP project ‘Marine benthos of the continental slope of the Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal’ between 2003 and 2007. The support provided by officers and scientific support staff on board the FORV Sagar Sampada during sampling is acknowledged with gratitude. The authors thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for the constructive comments which greatly improved this manuscript. This is CMLRE Contribution no. 81.

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  1. Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi, Kerala, 682037, India

    Usha V. Parameswaran, V. N. Sanjeevan, K. U. Abdul Jaleel, Vinu Jacob, Aiswarya Gopal, Anil Kumar Vijayan & M. Sudhakar

  2. Regional Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Dr. Salim Ali Road, Kochi, Kerala, 682018, India

    K. U. Abdul Jaleel

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Parameswaran, U.V., Sanjeevan, V.N., Abdul Jaleel, K.U. et al. An updated checklist of echinoderms of the southeastern Arabian Sea. Mar Biodiv 48, 2057–2079 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0732-1

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