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Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist


Echinoderms

These exclusively marine animals are well known for their radial symmetry and calcareous endoskeletons, for example the starfish. They have an open circulatory system lacking a heart, and some can regenerate missing limbs.
Of the approximately 200 species that occur in Galapagos, 34 are endemic or native to the archipelago.

Authors: Nathalia Tirado, Angel Chiriboga, Diego Ruiz, Stuart Banks.

Other Contributors: Cleveland Hickman, Diana Loyola, Jerson Moreno, Fernando Pinillos, Fernando Rivera, Franz Smith, Marco Toscano, Luis Vinueza.

Names of taxa included: 207 total (203 accepted, 2 unidentified taxon, 2 doubtful).

Origin of the taxa included: 31 endemic, 160 indigenous, 1 questionable endemic.

Echinodermata Species Checklist

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Domain Eukaryota

Kingdom Animalia

Division Echinodermata

Class Asteroidea

Order Brisingida

Order Comatulida

Order Forcipulatida

Order Notomyotida

Order Paxillosida

Order Spinulosida

Order Valvatida

Order Velatida

Class Crinoidea

Order Hyocrinida

Class Echinoidea

Order Arbacioida

Order Aspidodiadematoida

Order Camarodonta

Order Cassiduloida

Order Cidaroida

Order Clypeasteroida

Order Diadematoida

Order Echinothurioida

Order Holasteroida

Order Salenioida

Order Spatangoida

Class Holothuroidea

Order Apodida

Order Aspidochirotida

Order Dendrochirotida

Order Elasipodida

Class Ophiuroidae

Order Ophiurida

Class Ophiuroidea

Order Euryalida

Order Ophiurida

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This list should be cited as follows:

Tirado, N., Chiriboga, A., Ruiz, D., Banks, S. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Echinoderms - FCD Lista de especies de Equinodermos de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/marine-invertebrates/echinodermata/ Last updated 07 Jul 2011.