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Ahmed, M. (2016). Separation of a novel species from Actinopyga mauritiana (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) species complex, based on ecological, morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence.. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 20(4), 39-45. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2016.11176
Mohammed I. Ahmed. "Separation of a novel species from Actinopyga mauritiana (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) species complex, based on ecological, morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence.". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 20, 4, 2016, 39-45. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2016.11176
Ahmed, M. (2016). 'Separation of a novel species from Actinopyga mauritiana (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) species complex, based on ecological, morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence.', Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 20(4), pp. 39-45. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2016.11176
Ahmed, M. Separation of a novel species from Actinopyga mauritiana (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) species complex, based on ecological, morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence.. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2016; 20(4): 39-45. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2016.11176

Separation of a novel species from Actinopyga mauritiana (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) species complex, based on ecological, morphological and mitochondrial DNA evidence.

Article 5, Volume 20, Issue 4, October 2016, Page 39-45  XML PDF (702.19 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2016.11176
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Author
Mohammed I. Ahmed
Abstract
Sea cucumbers are a diverse group of echinoderms, approximately more than 1,400 species around the world belonging to six orders and 25 families. In Egypt, sea cucumber is overfished along the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea and in most cases, species are being commercialized without a clear taxonomic identification. Two color morphs of the holothurian Actinopyga mauritiana were found in the Egyptian Red Sea coast and Gulf of Aqaba. Both morphs were found to have different habitats and depth preferences, morphological and molecular examination of both morphs along the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea uncovered new species diversity within the Actinopyga species complex and the discovery of novel species Actinopyga sp. nov.
Keywords
Sea cucumber; Actinopyga mauritiana; Red Sea; DNA barcoding; COI
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