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Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. . . . . . . . .
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Juan José Alvarado and Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín
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The Echinoderms of Mexico: Biodiversity, Distribution
and Current State of Knowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Francisco A. Solís-Marín, Magali B. I. Honey-Escandón,
M. D. Herrero-Perezrul, Francisco Benitez-Villalobos,
Julia P. Díaz-Martínez, Blanca E. Buitrón-Sánchez,
Julio S. Palleiro-Nayar and Alicia Durán-González
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Central America Echinoderms: Diversity, Ecology
and Future Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Juan José Alvarado, Enrique Barraza and Tito Isaac Sancho-Mejías
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Echinoderm Diversity in Panama: 144 Years of Research
Across the Isthmus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Simon E. Coppard and Juan José Alvarado
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Echinoderms of Colombia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Milena Benavides-Serrato, Giomar Helena Borrero-Pérez,
Jaime R. Cantera K, Mishal Cohen-Rengifo and Raúl Neira
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Echinoderms of Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Jorge Sonnenholzner, Margarita Brandt, Vanessa Francisco,
Alex Hearn, María Luzuriaga, Paulina Guarderas
and Juan Carlos Navarro
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