the tegument and tentacles. They also reported the presence of the commensal
pearlfish, Carapus bermudensis, living in H. mexicana and A. agassizi (Fig. 3.3).
Fig. 3.5 Common Central America Pacific echinoderm species. a Phataria unifacialis;
b Nidorellia armata; c Pharia pyramidata; d Pentaceraster cumingi; e Echinothrix calamaris;
f Diadema mexicanum; g Ophiocoma aethiops; h Ophiocoma alexandri. (Photographs by
G. Edgar, S. Sunagawa, B. Bezy and J.J. Alvarado)
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pearlfish, Carapus bermudensis, living in H. mexicana and A. agassizi (Fig. 3.3).
Fig. 3.5 Common Central America Pacific echinoderm species. a Phataria unifacialis;
b Nidorellia armata; c Pharia pyramidata; d Pentaceraster cumingi; e Echinothrix calamaris;
f Diadema mexicanum; g Ophiocoma aethiops; h Ophiocoma alexandri. (Photographs by
G. Edgar, S. Sunagawa, B. Bezy and J.J. Alvarado)
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