Echinidae

Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), Zootaxa 2275, pp. 21-40 : 33

Fam: Echinidae

Echinus acutus Lamarck, 1816

Material: 2 specimens; stations: t5; depth: 80-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1977, 1997), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1982), Gamulin-Brida (1983).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.

Echinus melo Lamarck, 1816

Material: 10 specimens; stations: t6; depth: 80-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1977), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): none.

Literature records for Montenegro: Milojević (1982).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.

Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)

Material: 786 specimens; stations: T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, S5, S6, S7, S8, S9, S11, S13, S15, S16; depth: 0-15 m; substrates: large rocks, boulders, stones, meadows of Posidonia oceanica .

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1964, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940).

Remarks: Recorded for the second time after the first finding by Kolosváry (1938, 1940).

Psammechinus microtuberculatus (Blainville, 1825)

Material: 3 specimens; stations: t6; depth: 80-120 m; substrates: sand, mud.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Lorenz (1863), Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1977, 1997), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005), Zavodnik et al. (2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Karaman & Gamulin-Brida (1970), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Remarks: Collected only by a trawl net.