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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21100| Title: | Depth distribution of Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758) and Stylocdaris affinis (Philippi, 1845) (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) around the Maltese Islands |
| Authors: | Terribile, Kimberly Schembri, Patrick J. |
| Keywords: | Sea urchin culture -- Malta Biodiversity -- Malta Introduced organisms -- Malta Deep-sea ecology -- Malta Echinodermata -- Malta Sea urchins -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranee |
| Citation: | Terribile, K., & Schembri, P. J. (2013). Depth distribution of Cidaris cidaris (Linnaeus, 1758) and Stylocidaris affinis (Philippi, 1845) (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) around the Maltese Islands. Rapport du Congrès de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée, 40, 697. |
| Abstract: | The sea urchins Stylocidaris affinis and Cidaris cidaris (family Cidaridae) are abundant on circalittoral and deeper bottoms off the Maltese Islands. Different authors quote different depth ranges for the two species. The depth distribution in Maltese waters was studied based on material from MEDITS surveys. S. affinis was found at depths of 50-550m with the highest relative abundance between 50m and 150m, predominantly on maerl or coarse sedimentary substrata. C. cidaris was found from ca. 50m to depths greater than 550m, mostly on sandy-mud. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/21100 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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| Terribile & Schembri (2013) Rapp Comm int Mer Médit 40 p697.pdf | 44.98 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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