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Identification of Intertidal Rocky Shores Sea Cucumber Species in the North Coast of the Persian Gulf Using the Comparison of the Internal Skeletal Structure
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Mohammad Ali Salari-Aliabadi   , Daniyal Fakhimi-Anvarinezhad , Mohammad Monjezi-Veysi , Mehran Loghmani , Abdolali Movahedi-Niya |
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Abstract: (10072 Views) |
| We collected our samples from 6 stations in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter
1391 performed to identify and evaluate the skeletal structure of sea cucumber species in tidal rocky
northern coast of the Persian Gulf. Finally, after the study of morphological and microscopic species of sea
cucumber Holothuria parva and Holothuria arnicola from Holothuriidea families were identified.
Holothuria parva and Holothuria arnicola were the highest average of 13.4 and 1.47 person in 200 m,
respectively. In terms of building calcareous skeleton that are important in the microscopic identification
in five parts of body that include anterior, ventral, dorsal, ventral, and Tentacles the results showed that
there were clear differences between the two species. The most common type of espicules that observed in
all parts of the button of H. arenicola was circle (often with a 3-hole pairs) but in the H. parva was any
kind of barb bar. Diversity and abundance espicules in Tentacles of H. arenicola species was lesser than
other sectors. In all parts of the various forms of bar espicules prickly thorn of H. parva there were
differences in the number, location and size of spines. We determined the significance of skeletal
microscopic structure in their taxonomy of these species |
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| Keywords: Sea cucumber, Internal skeletal, Tidal, Persian Gulf |
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Type of Study: Research/ Original/ Regular Article |
Received: 2015/03/15 | Revised: 2015/04/19 | Accepted: 2015/03/15 | ePublished: 2015/03/15
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