are distributed in shallow waters and 12 occur only in the West coast of Baja
California Peninsula (Fig. 2.4). Only 10 species are found also in the Revillagigedo Islands (Honey-Honey-Escandón et al. 2008). Conspicuous genera of
asteroids include: Astropecten, Luidia, Nidorellia, Pharia, Phataria, Heliaster, and
Henricia (Solis-Marin et al. 1993) (Fig. 2.5).
Fig. 2.7 a Tripneustes depressus A. Agassiz, 1863, Jalisco, Mexican Pacific. b Toxopneustes roseus
(A. Agassiz, 1863), Jalisco, Mexican Pacific. c Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816), Guerrero,
Mexican Pacific. d Holothuria pluricuriosa Jaeger, 1833, Gulf of California. e Isostichopus fuscus
Ludwig, 1874, central Gulf of California. f Cucumaria flamma Solis-Marin and Laguarda-Figueras,
1999, Jalisco, Mexican Pacific. Images a by Magali Honey-Escandón, b by Francisco Solis, c by
Valeria Mas, d and e by Carlos Sanchez-Ortiz, f by Mauricio Valdes
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California Peninsula (Fig. 2.4). Only 10 species are found also in the Revillagigedo Islands (Honey-Honey-Escandón et al. 2008). Conspicuous genera of
asteroids include: Astropecten, Luidia, Nidorellia, Pharia, Phataria, Heliaster, and
Henricia (Solis-Marin et al. 1993) (Fig. 2.5).
Fig. 2.7 a Tripneustes depressus A. Agassiz, 1863, Jalisco, Mexican Pacific. b Toxopneustes roseus
(A. Agassiz, 1863), Jalisco, Mexican Pacific. c Astropyga pulvinata (Lamarck, 1816), Guerrero,
Mexican Pacific. d Holothuria pluricuriosa Jaeger, 1833, Gulf of California. e Isostichopus fuscus
Ludwig, 1874, central Gulf of California. f Cucumaria flamma Solis-Marin and Laguarda-Figueras,
1999, Jalisco, Mexican Pacific. Images a by Magali Honey-Escandón, b by Francisco Solis, c by
Valeria Mas, d and e by Carlos Sanchez-Ortiz, f by Mauricio Valdes
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