Table 3.1
Number of echinoderm species per class in each country by coast (from Alvarado et al. 2008, 2010, Alvarado and Cortés 2010, Alvarado 2011,
and Appendix)
Coast
Country
Crinoidea
Asteroidea
Ophuiroidea
Echinoidea
Holothuroidea
Total
Pacific
Guatemala
0
0
7
5
4
16
El Salvador
0
10
17
13
18
58
Honduras
0
0
3
4
4
11
Nicaragua
0
6
12
14
7
39
Costa Rica
0
12
38
28
28
106
Cocos Island
2
33
30
31
31
127
Caribbean
Belize
5
18
58
27
26
134
Guatemala
2
5
4
8
4
23
Honduras
11
30
14
29
11
95
Nicaragua
9
30
6
19
2
66
Costa Rica
4
7
16
13
4
44
Caribbean coasts
16
54
66
47
31
214
Pacific coasts
2
46
60
48
53
207
Total
18
100
123
94
80
416
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