Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

New records of Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940) and Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Balochistan coast (Pakistan)

Farhana S Ghory, Qaseem Tahera

Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

The present paper is based on data collected as part of the survey of Balochistan's coast. Seven specimens of the Asteroid echinoderm species Aquilonastra iranica (Mortensen, 1940) were collected from Gwader (Lat. 25o07’00” N Long. 62o20’00” E) and five specimens of Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847) were collected from Ormara (Lat. 25o 11’ 00” N Long. 067o 41’ 00” E). Those are only being reported from Pakistan's coastal waters for the first time. The species are briefly described and illustrated.

Keywords: Aquilonastra iranica, Callopatiria granifera, new records, Pakistan

Species, 2023, 24(74), e76s1585

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e76s1585

Published: 18 September 2023