research should continue increasing the knowledge of the echinoderms in new
areas of the Dominican and Haitian platforms, including exploration of deeper
zones.
References
Agassiz A (1880) Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz,
in the Caribbean Sea, 1878–79 and along the Atlantic coast of the United States during the
summer of 1880, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ‘‘Blake‘‘commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.
N., Commanding. IX. Preliminary report on the Echini. Bull Mus Comp Zool Harvard Coll
8:69–84
Ahearn CG (1995) Catalog of the type specimens of seastars (echinodermata: asteroidea) in the
national museum of natural history, Smithsonian Institution. Smith Contr Zool 572:1–59
Almonte NC (1976) Bahía de Las Calderas, flora y fauna. Ed Amigo del Hogar, Santo Domingo,
República Dominicana
Bartsch P (1933) Station records of the first Johnson–Smithsonian deep-sea expedition. Smith
Misc Coll 91:1–31
Beebe W (1928) Beneath tropic seas. A record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti. GP
Putnam’s Sons, New York
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Dominican Republic, with comparisons to past studies and other Caribbean reefs, August
20–25. Report of The National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research, Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami
Briones R (1983) Contribución al estudio de los holoturoideos (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)
de la República Dominicana. Academia de Ciencias, Santo Domingo
Causey B, Delaney J, Diaz E, Dodge D, Garcia JR, Higgins J, Jaap W, Matos CA, Schmahl GP,
Rogers C, Miller MW, Turgeon DD (2000) Status of coral reefs in the US Caribbean and Gulf
of Mexico: Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Navassa. In: Wilkinson C (ed)
Status of coral reefs of the world: 2000. Australian Institute for Marine Science, Townsville,
pp 239–260
Chiappone M (2001) Coral reef conservation in marine protected areas: a case study of Parque
Nacional Del Este Dominican Republic publications for capacity building. The Nature
Conservancy, Arlington
CIBIMA (1992) Estudio preliminar sobre la biodiversidad costera y marina de la República
Dominicana. Ed Alfa y Omega, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
CIBIMA (1998) La diversidad biológica de los ecosistemas marinos del Parque Nacional de
Montecristi. Reporte técnico del Proyecto GEF-PNUD/ONAPLAN: Conservación y Manejo
de Biodiversidad de la Zona Costera de la República Dominicana, Centro de Investigaciones
de Biología Marina (CIBIMA), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Santo
Domingo, República Dominicana
Cicero J, Rivas V, Bonnelly I (1976) Erizos y estrellas comunes del litoral dominicano. An Acad
Cien Rep Dominic 2:73–80
Clark HL (1919) The distribution of the littoral echinoderms of the West Indies. Publ Dept Mar
Biol Carnegie Inst Wash 13:49–74
Clark HL (1933) A handbook of the littoral echinoderms of Porto Rico and the other West Indian
Islands. Sci Surv Porto Rico Virg Isl NY Acad Sci 16:1–147
Clark AH (1939) Echinoderms of the Smithsonian–Hartford expedition, 1937, with other West
Indian records. Proc US Nat Mus 86:441–456
13 Recent Echinoderms from Hispaniola
433
areas of the Dominican and Haitian platforms, including exploration of deeper
zones.
References
Agassiz A (1880) Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz,
in the Caribbean Sea, 1878–79 and along the Atlantic coast of the United States during the
summer of 1880, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ‘‘Blake‘‘commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S.
N., Commanding. IX. Preliminary report on the Echini. Bull Mus Comp Zool Harvard Coll
8:69–84
Ahearn CG (1995) Catalog of the type specimens of seastars (echinodermata: asteroidea) in the
national museum of natural history, Smithsonian Institution. Smith Contr Zool 572:1–59
Almonte NC (1976) Bahía de Las Calderas, flora y fauna. Ed Amigo del Hogar, Santo Domingo,
República Dominicana
Bartsch P (1933) Station records of the first Johnson–Smithsonian deep-sea expedition. Smith
Misc Coll 91:1–31
Beebe W (1928) Beneath tropic seas. A record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti. GP
Putnam’s Sons, New York
Brandt ME, Cooper WT, Polsenberg JF (2003) Results of a coral reef survey of Punta Cana,
Dominican Republic, with comparisons to past studies and other Caribbean reefs, August
20–25. Report of The National Center for Caribbean Coral Reef Research, Rosenstiel School
of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami
Briones R (1983) Contribución al estudio de los holoturoideos (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)
de la República Dominicana. Academia de Ciencias, Santo Domingo
Causey B, Delaney J, Diaz E, Dodge D, Garcia JR, Higgins J, Jaap W, Matos CA, Schmahl GP,
Rogers C, Miller MW, Turgeon DD (2000) Status of coral reefs in the US Caribbean and Gulf
of Mexico: Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Navassa. In: Wilkinson C (ed)
Status of coral reefs of the world: 2000. Australian Institute for Marine Science, Townsville,
pp 239–260
Chiappone M (2001) Coral reef conservation in marine protected areas: a case study of Parque
Nacional Del Este Dominican Republic publications for capacity building. The Nature
Conservancy, Arlington
CIBIMA (1992) Estudio preliminar sobre la biodiversidad costera y marina de la República
Dominicana. Ed Alfa y Omega, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
CIBIMA (1998) La diversidad biológica de los ecosistemas marinos del Parque Nacional de
Montecristi. Reporte técnico del Proyecto GEF-PNUD/ONAPLAN: Conservación y Manejo
de Biodiversidad de la Zona Costera de la República Dominicana, Centro de Investigaciones
de Biología Marina (CIBIMA), Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Santo
Domingo, República Dominicana
Cicero J, Rivas V, Bonnelly I (1976) Erizos y estrellas comunes del litoral dominicano. An Acad
Cien Rep Dominic 2:73–80
Clark HL (1919) The distribution of the littoral echinoderms of the West Indies. Publ Dept Mar
Biol Carnegie Inst Wash 13:49–74
Clark HL (1933) A handbook of the littoral echinoderms of Porto Rico and the other West Indian
Islands. Sci Surv Porto Rico Virg Isl NY Acad Sci 16:1–147
Clark AH (1939) Echinoderms of the Smithsonian–Hartford expedition, 1937, with other West
Indian records. Proc US Nat Mus 86:441–456
13 Recent Echinoderms from Hispaniola
433