Latin America Echinoderm Biodiversity and Biogeography: Patterns and Affinities

Pérez-Ruzafa, Ángel; Barrientos, Juan José; Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso; Hernández, José Carlos; Morata, A.; Marcos, Concepción; Abreu-Pérez, Mercedes; Aguilera, Orangel A.; Alío, José; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, Enrique Wolpert; Benavides-Serrato, Milena; Benítez‐Villalobos, Francisco; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, Michela; Brandt, Margarita; Brogger, Martín Ignacio; Borrero-Pérez, Giomar Helena; Buitrón-Sánchez, Blanca Estela; Campos, Lúcia S.; Cantera, Jaime; Clemente, Sabrina; Cohen-Renfijo, M.; Coppard, Simon E.; Costa-Lotufo, Letı́cia V.; Valle-García, R. del; Vivar, M. Enriqueta Díaz de; Díaz-Martínez, Julia Patricia; Díaz, Yusbelly J.; Durán-Gónzalez, Alicia; Epherra, Lucía; Escolar, Mariana; Francisco, Vanessa; Freire, Carolina A.; García‐Arrarás, José E.; Gil, Damián G.; Guarderas, Paulina; Hadel, Valéria Flora; Hearn, Alex; Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A.; Herrera-Moreno, Alejandro; Herrero‐Pérezrul, María Dinorah; Hooker, Yuri; Honey-Escandón, Magali; Lodeiros, César; Luzuriaga, María; Manso, Cynthia Lara de Castro; Martín, Alberto; Martínez, Mariano Ignacio; Martínez, Sérgio; Moro-Abad, Leopoldo; Mutschke, Erika; Navarro, Juan Carlos; Noriega, Nicida; Palleiro-Nayar, JS; Pérez, Analía Fernanda; Prieto-Rios, Elba; Reyes, J. L.; Rodríguez-Barreras, Ruber; Rubilar, Tamara; Sancho-Mejías, Tito Isaac; Sangil, Carlos; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, Jorge; Ventura, Carlos Renato Rezende; Tablado, Alejandro; Tavares, Yara Aparecida Garcia; Tiago, Cláudio Gonçalves; Tuya, Fernando; Williams, Stacey M.

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“…These species are also representative of similar ecosystems in the Gulf of California and other places of tropical eastern Pacific (Holguín-Quiñones et al 2008, Pérez-Ruzafa et al 2013. Therefore, within these regions, some of the general patterns found in this work would be expected in comparable environments (i.e., coral communities) inhabited by these seven species of echinoderms.…”

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Effect of habitat structure on the most frequent echinoderm species inhabiting coral reef communities at Isla Isabel National Park (Mexico)

Hermosillo‐Núñez¹,

Rodríguez‐Zaragoza²,

Ortiz³

et al. 2015

Community Ecology

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Abstract:The spatial distribution and abundance of the seven most abundant species of echinoderms (Diadema mexicanum, Centrostephanus coronatus, Eucidaris thouarsii, Isostichopus fuscus, Pharia pyramidatus, Phataria unifascialis and Acanthaster ellisii) were evaluated in coral communities of Isla Isabel National Park (Mexico). Biological (corals and other benthic groups) and physical (rocks and boulders) structural elements of the habitat were evaluated to determine their relationship to these species. Our results show that species composition and abundance varied among sampling sites and between seasons. Also were obtained significant differences in the echinoderm assemblage among sites across seasons. Similar results were detected for the environmental variables related to benthic habitat structure. D. mexicanum, P. unifascialis, E. thouarsii and C. coronatus were the main contributors to the species abundance and distribution in Isla Isabel. Most echinoderm species were positively related to the coverage of different coral species, algae and various types of benthic organisms as well as to physical benthic variables. These outcomes suggest that the spatial distribution and abundance of these echinoderms are explained by the habitat structure, which should be used to design conservation and management strategies for coral communities.Nomenclature: Kerstitch and Bertsch (2007).

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Effect of habitat structure on the most frequent echinoderm species inhabiting coral reef communities at Isla Isabel National Park (Mexico)

Hermosillo‐Núñez¹,

Rodríguez‐Zaragoza²,

Ortiz³

et al. 2015

Community Ecology

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“…Pé-rez- Ruzafa et al (2013) found that echinoderm fauna from Chile is more closely related to Argentina than to Peru. In fact, they established two biogeographical provinces, the Peru-Chilean and the South American or Magellan Provinces.…”

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Species richness and distribution patterns of echinoderms in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (34-56°S)

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Summary:The aim of this study was to compile and analyse available historical information on echinoderms in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean in order to make a synthesis of present taxonomical knowledge, to identify patterns of geographical distribution of echinoderm assemblages and to test the validity of the current zoogeographic scheme for this group. This study was conducted on the Argentinean continental shelf, southwestern Atlantic Ocean (34-56°S). An intensive research on geo-referenced data was carried out to make a knowledge synthesis on echinoderm species and thus create a historical database. Multivariate analysis was used to analyse the faunal composition through latitudinal and bathymetric gradients as well as echinoderm associations. The results confirmed the existence of two faunal associations that correspond to the traditional zoogeographic scheme established for the Argentine Sea: the Argentinean and Magellan Provinces. The Argentinean Province had 46 widely distributed species. Of the 86 species recorded in the Magellan Province, a high percentage (25%) were also found in Antarctic waters, suggesting a strong connection between the echinoderm fauna of this province and the Antarctic Region. The species richness between 34 and 56°S in the Atlantic Ocean showed a significant increase in reference to latitude, with the highest values being recorded between 46 and 56°S. In view of the high percentage of shared species with Antarctica, considered a hot-spot region in terms of echinoderm diversity, the pattern of distribution of species richness observed in our study area could correspond to a dispersion of this species from Antarctic to sub-Antarctic regions.Keywords: biodiversity, biogeography, distribution patterns, echinoderm, species richness, southwestern Atlantic. Riqueza específica y patrones de distribución de equinodermos en el Atlántico Sudoccidental entre los 34 y 56ºSResumen: El objetivo de este estudio es recopilar y analizar la información histórica disponible sobre equinodermos en el Atlántico Sudoccidental, a fin de elaborar una síntesis del estado de conocimiento actual, identificar patrones de distribución geográfica de las comunidades de equinodermos y poner a prueba la validez del esquema zoogeográfico tradicionalmente establecido para el área de estudio. Este estudio se llevó a cabo en la Plataforma Continental Argentina entre los 34 y 56°S. Se efectuó una intensiva búsqueda de datos geo-referenciados sobre las especies de equinodermos, a fin de crear una base de datos histórica. Se utilizaron análisis multivariados para analizar cambios en la composición específica a través de gradientes latitudinales y batimétricos, así como también para reconocer y diferenciar las asociaciones de equinodermos en el área de estudio. Los resultados confirmaron la existencia de dos asociaciones faunísticas que responden al esquema zoogeográfico tradicionalmente establecido para el área de estudio, distinguiendo dos Provincias Biogeográficas: Argentina y Magallánica. La Provincia Argentina presen...

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“…The geological and oceanographic barrier, established since the late early Miocene until today, results in marine biota of the area to be poorly connected with Caribbean biota proper. Based on the observed fossil record, the Neogene tropical western central Atlantic paleobiogeographic sub-province was erected (Aguilera et al 2011;Aguilera and Páes 2012) and the Brazilian biogeographic province was established separately based on extant faunal distribution (e.g., Pérez-Ruzafa et al 2012).…”

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Erratum to: Neogene eastern Amazon carbonate platform and the paleoenvironmental interpretation

2014

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The Early Miocene Pirabas Formation represents extensive carbonate and siliciclastic belts deposited in marine coastal environments along the eastern Amazon coast. This formation was studied in its palynological, crustacean decapods and sedimentary facies, to develop a model of its depositional processes, faunal and floral assemblages and the sedimentary environments, as observed in the B17 mine (Capanema, Pará). The sedimentary records consist mostly of light gray to greenish gray mudstones with tidal bedding, calciferous sandstones, stratified biocalcirudites and levels with conglomerates deposited in a carbonate/siliciclastic transitional system with lagoon, tidal flat, flood-tide delta and foreshore environments. 18 palynomorph species were identified in the tidal flat deposits including one alga, five pteridophytes and nine angiosperms. Among the latter, mangrove pollen and spores of Zonocostites ramonae, Zonocostites minor and Deltoidospora adriennis are reported. Nine species of crustacean decapods were recognized in the foreshore deposits, comprising one Callianassoidae, two Calappidae and six Portunidae, represented by Euphylax, Necronectes, Portunus and Scylla, the ecology of which is associated with beaches of marginal lagoons. The main factor in the formation of these carbonate environments is assumed to have been related to the lack of a large-scale drainage system such as the Amazon River basin in the transition Oligocene-Miocene, which may also have influenced carbonate production and resulted in a strong decrease of paleodischarges from incipient river systems along the Amazon coast.

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Latin America Echinoderm Biodiversity and Biogeography: Patterns and Affinities

Cited by 18 publications

References 26 publications

Effect of habitat structure on the most frequent echinoderm species inhabiting coral reef communities at Isla Isabel National Park (Mexico)

Effect of habitat structure on the most frequent echinoderm species inhabiting coral reef communities at Isla Isabel National Park (Mexico)

Species richness and distribution patterns of echinoderms in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (34-56°S)

Erratum to: Neogene eastern Amazon carbonate platform and the paleoenvironmental interpretation

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