First record of the swimming sea cucumber Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Peruvian waters

Authors

  • Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apdo. Post. 70-305, México, D. F. 04510, México.
  • Yuri Hooker Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Fisiológicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb. Ingeniería, S.M.P. Lima, Perú.
  • Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apdo. Post. 70-305, México, D. F. 04510, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v19i1.793

Keywords:

First record, biodiversity, Southeast Pacific.

Abstract

Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) a swimming sea cucumber is reported for the first time from Peru. The species was collected in the Continental rise (563-1,201 m) off Trujillo Department. Reference material has been deposited in the Coleccion Cientifica del Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Lima, Peru.

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Published

04/16/2012

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2012)

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How to Cite

Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso, Yuri Hooker, and Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras. 2012. “First Record of the Swimming Sea Cucumber Enypniastes Eximia Théel, 1882 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Peruvian Waters”. Revista Peruana De Biología 19 (1): 095-096. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v19i1.793.