7
Echinoderms from Venezuela: Scientific Recount,
Diversity and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
César Lodeiros, Alberto Martín, Vanessa Francisco, Nicida Noriega,
Yusbelly Díaz, Jeny Reyes, Orangel Aguilera and José Alió
8
Echinoderms of Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Yuri Hooker, Elba Prieto-Rios and Francisco A. Solís-Marín
9
Echinoderm from Brazil: Historical Research and the Current
State of Biodiversity Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Carlos R. R. Ventura, Michela Borges, Lúcia S. Campos,
Leticia V. Costa-Lotufo, Carolina A. Freire, Valéria F. Hadel,
Cynthia. L. C. Manso, José R. M. C. Silva, Yara Tavares
and Cláudio G. Tiago
10
Echinoderm Research in Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Sergio Martínez
11
Echinoderms from Argentina: Biodiversity, Distribution
and Current State of Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Martín I. Brogger, Damián G. Gil, Tamara Rubilar,
Mariano I. Martinez, María Enriqueta Díaz de Vivar,
Mariana Escolar, Lucía Epherra, Analía F. Pérez
and Alejandro Tablado
12
Echinoderms of the Cuban Archipelago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Rosa del Valle-García, Mercedes Abreu-Pérez, Francisco
Alonso Solís-Marín and Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras
13
Recent Echinoderms from Hispaniola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Alejandro Herrera-Moreno and Liliana Betancourt
14
Review of Echinoderm Research in Puerto Rico,
with the Focus on Biological and Ecological Aspects . . . . . . . . . 437
Stacey M. Williams, Milena Benavides-Serrato, Jose E. García-Arrarás,
Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado and Ruber Rodriguez Barreras
15
Echinoderms of the Canary Islands, Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
José Carlos Hernández, Sabrina Clemente, Fernando Tuya,
Angel Pérez-Ruzafa, Carlos Sangil, Leopoldo Moro-Abad
and Juan José Bacallado-Aránega
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