Sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) species richness at selected localities in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Usup, Gires, Hashim, Ridzwan, Mohamed Rehan, Maryam
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2015
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50780/1/50780_Sea_cucumber_%28Echinodermata-_Holothuroidea%29_species_richness.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50780/2/50780_Sea_cucumber_%28Echinodermata-_Holothuroidea%29_species_richness_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50780/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2038%20(1)%20Feb.%202015/02%20Page%207-32%20(JTAS%200430-2012).pdf

This study aimed at documenting species richness and distribution of sea cucumbers (Phylum Echinodermata: Class Holothuroidea) in Malaysia. Sea cucumber collections were conducted from August 2004 until November 2011 from several study sites in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah. A total of fifty two mor...