Echinostrephus molaris: Brief Summary
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Echinostrephus molaris is a species of echinoderms belonging to the family Echinometridae.
The species is found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
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Description
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Habitat: deep rounded vertical burrows in dead coral rocks (Sastry, 1997). Also distributed in SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Lakshadweep (India) in Sastry (1991); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997). General distribution: East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991); tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-50 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
4. Paxton, J.R. and Eschmeyer, W.N. (1994)
Encylopedia of Fishes. UNSW Press, Sydney.
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