holothuroids Holothuria (Thymiosycia) arenicola and Holothuria (Thymiosycia)
impatiens, and the sea star Linckia guildingi.
Along the axis 2 are anfiatlantic species, shared by the American coasts and the
Canary Islands, like the ophiuroids Astrophyton muricatum, Ophiocoma pumila,
Fig. 16.15 Ordination of samples (biogeographical areas) and environmental variables (a) and
species (b) in the representations of the first axes of the canonical correspondence analysis (CCA)
of Atlantic and Pacific echinoderm species matrix using environmental data as explanatory
variables. Key of abbreviations for environmental variables and species are in Table 16.1
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impatiens, and the sea star Linckia guildingi.
Along the axis 2 are anfiatlantic species, shared by the American coasts and the
Canary Islands, like the ophiuroids Astrophyton muricatum, Ophiocoma pumila,
Fig. 16.15 Ordination of samples (biogeographical areas) and environmental variables (a) and
species (b) in the representations of the first axes of the canonical correspondence analysis (CCA)
of Atlantic and Pacific echinoderm species matrix using environmental data as explanatory
variables. Key of abbreviations for environmental variables and species are in Table 16.1
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