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Identification of sea cucumber species around Hengam Island (Persian Gulf, Iran)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2013

Alireza Salarzadeh ,
Majid Afkhami ,
Maryam Ehsanpour ,
Alireza Mehvari  and
Kazem Darvish Bastami
Alireza Salarzadeh*
Affiliation:
Department of Fishery, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, PO Box 79159–1311, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Majid Afkhami
Affiliation:
Department of Fishery, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, PO Box 79159–1311, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Maryam Ehsanpour
Affiliation:
Department of Fishery, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, PO Box 79159–1311, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Alireza Mehvari
Affiliation:
Persian Gulf & Oman Sea Marine Environment Research Center, Hormuz Island, Hormozgan, Iran
Kazem Darvish Bastami
Affiliation:
Iranian National Institute for Oceanography (INIO), Tehran, PO Box 46515–369, Iran
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Salarzadeh, Department of Fishery, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, Bandar Abbas, Iran, PO Box: 79159-1311 email: Reza1375bandar@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Although sea cucumber is commercially important, its biology, ecology and dynamic of population have not been known yet in the Persian Gulf. With this respect, this study has been conducted to identify the species present around Hengam Island in the Persian Gulf. Six species of sea cucumber (four species belonging to the genus Holothuria and another two species belonging to the genus Stichopus) were collected on the sub-tidal zone of Hengam Island (Persian Gulf) via SCUBA diving at depths of 5–15 m in March–July 2012. The species identification was made using morphological keys and review of their ossicles.

Keywords

sea cucumbersHengam IslandPersian GulfIran
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e12
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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