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Over 600 species of echinoderms are known from central eastern Pacific waters, but considerably fewer shallow-water taxa are reported from the region’s oceanic islands (Maluf, 1988, 1991). The relative impoverishment of the island fauna stems from biogeographic factors. However, the limited list of island species is, to some extent, an artifact of incomplete biological surveys. Therefore, additional information on eastern Pacific island biota is of systematic and zoogeographic importance. Data for certain remote localities are of special value. One such site, Rocas Alijos, lies in a transitional region between the temperate Californian and the tropical Panamic provinces.
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Hendler, G. (1996). Echinodermata Collected at Rocas Alijos. In: Schmieder, R.W. (eds) Rocas Alijos. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 75. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2917-8_27
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