Abstract

SOLIS-MARIN, Francisco Alonso; HOOKER, Yuri  and  LAGUARDA-FIGUERAS, Alfredo. First record of the swimming sea cucumber Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Peruvian waters. Rev. peru biol. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.1, pp.95-96. ISSN 1727-9933.

Enypniastes eximia Théel, 1882 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) a swimming sea cucumber is reported for the first time from Peru. The species was collected in the Continental rise (563-1,201 m) off Trujillo Department. Reference material has been deposited in the Coleccion Cientifica del Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE), Lima, Peru.

Keywords : First record; biodiversity; Southeast Pacific.

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