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Echinoderm species collected during sampling programme. Identified By Dr F.W.E.Rowe


Species Locality Notes
Holothuria (Selenkothuria) moebii Ludwig, 1883 Ao Khoei, 11 Sept, 2000, at mid-low tide level Colour: All black Habitat: in U-shaped burrows in sand
Holothuria (Metriatyla) timana Lesson, 1830 Tung Nang Dam 7 Sept., 2000 Colour:dark grey with transverse black (short) mark enclosing white - white below Habitat: at low tide on seagrass beds.
Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 Tung Nang Dam 7 Sept., 2000 Colour: uniformly black in colour Habitat: at low tide on seagrass beds.
Holothuria (Thymiosycia) hilla Lesson, 1830 Kho Ra, beach, 13 February, 2000  
Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens (Brandt, 1835) Ao Khoei, 11 September, 2000 Colour: White all over. Habitat: stuck fast to underside of rocks in low intertidal zone.
Archaster typicus Muller & Troschel, 1840 Tung Nang Dam, Khura Buri, March, 2000 Seagrass beds and sandy subtidal areas
Astropecten monacanthus Sladen, 1883 Praphas Beach, washed up,  
Echinodiscus tenuissimus (L. Agassiz, 1847) Praphas Beach, washed up, This is a common species of the lower intertidal to subtidal zones