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        <mods:title>Systematics, distribution and ecology of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Iranian waters of the Persian Gulf and a revised identification key</mods:title>
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        <mods:namePart>Pourvali, Naser</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Aliabadi, Mohammad-Ali Salari</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Hesni, Majid Askari</mods:namePart>
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<table id="BEE52C9C61323F6EFF2B84E23D2FABB2"><caption box="[152,1343,944,968]" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" startId="29.[152,244,944,968]" targetType="table"><emphasis bold="true" box="[152,271,944,968]" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">TABLE 3.</emphasis> Estimates of <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="class" authorityName="de Blainville" authorityYear="1830" box="[415,531,944,968]" class="Asteroidea" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="class">Asteroidea</taxonomicName> species richness in different parts of the Persian Gulf and for the whole sea.</caption><thead><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF10848B3D94AC6F"><th box="[163,605,985,1045]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF10848B3A4DAC6F" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Author(s) of study</th><th box="[661,1057,985,1045]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD26848B3C31AC6F" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Region of Persian Gulf investigated</th><th box="[1098,1412,985,1045]" id="177B172A6132C08CFBF9848B3D94AC6F" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Number of <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="class" authorityName="de Blainville" authorityYear="1830" box="[1215,1325,985,1009]" class="Asteroidea" id="2D9A079761323F6EFB0C848B3D3DAB8B" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="class">Asteroidea</taxonomicName> species/ taxa reported</th></tr></thead><tfoot><tr><td colspan="3"><paragraph blockId="29.[151,1073,1484,1580]" box="[151,1045,1484,1508]" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">*Biogeographically, not actually part of Persian Gulf (<bibRefCitation author="Clark, A. M. &amp; Rowe, F. W. E." box="[701,911,1484,1508]" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" refId="ref15739" refString="Clark, A. M. &amp; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971) Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 234 pp." type="book" year="1971">Clark &amp; Rowe 1971</bibRefCitation>; Price 1982).</paragraph> <paragraph blockId="29.[151,1073,1484,1580]" box="[151,1073,1520,1544]" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">**Limited sampling of subtidal habitats, so species richness probably incomplete estimate.</paragraph> <paragraph blockId="29.[151,1073,1484,1580]" box="[151,805,1556,1580]" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">*** Records of <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" box="[312,489,1556,1580]" class="Asteroidea" family="Ophidiasteridae" genus="Linckia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Valvatida" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" phylum="Echinodermata" rank="species" species="laevigata"><emphasis box="[312,489,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Linckia laevigata</emphasis></taxonomicName> suspect. See discussion above.</paragraph></td></tr></tfoot><tbody><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1083773D94AC1B"><th box="[163,605,1061,1121]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF1083773A4DAC1B" pageId="29" pageNumber="230"><bibRefCitation author="Mortensen, T." box="[163,344,1061,1085]" id="8E0B01E561323F6EFF1083773948AC47" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" refId="ref17506" refString="Mortensen, T. (1940) Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Vol. 2. Einar Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 137 pp." type="book" year="1940">Mortensen (1940)</bibRefCitation></th><td box="[661,1057,1061,1121]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD2683773C31AC1B" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Northern and eastern (Iranian) waters, Bahrain, Gulf of Oman*</td><td box="[1098,1412,1061,1121]" id="177B172A6132C08CFBF983773D94AC1B" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">10</td></tr><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1083233D94ACF3"><th box="[163,605,1137,1161]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF1083233A4DACF3" pageId="29" pageNumber="230"><bibRefCitation author="Basson, P. W. &amp; Burchard, Jr. J. &amp; Hardy, J. T. &amp; Price, A. R. G." box="[163,370,1137,1161]" id="8E0B01E561323F6EFF1083203962ACF3" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" refId="ref15394" refString="Basson, P. W., Burchard, Jr. J., Hardy, J. T. &amp; Price, A. R. G. (1977) Biotopes of the Western Arabian Gulf; marine life and environments of Saudi Arabia. Aramco Department of Loss Prevention and Environmental Affairs, Dhahran, 284 pp." type="book" year="1977">Basson <emphasis box="[242,293,1137,1161]" id="D8EEA00661323F6EFF4183203935ACF3" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">et al.</emphasis> (1977)</bibRefCitation>; <bibRefCitation author="Price, A. R. G." box="[380,500,1137,1161]" id="8E0B01E561323F6EFECF832339E4ACF3" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" pagination="1 - 15" refId="ref18294" refString="Price, A. R. G. (1981) Studies on the echinoderm fauna of the western Arabian Gulf. Journal of Natural History, 15, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938100770011" type="journal article" year="1981">Price (1981</bibRefCitation>, <bibRefCitation author="Price, A. R. G." box="[510,562,1137,1161]" id="8E0B01E561323F6EFE4D83233A22ACF3" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" pagination="28 - 108" refId="ref18384" refString="Price, A. R. G. (1983) Echinoderms of Saudi Arabia: Echinoderms of the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia. 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Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 15, 386-390." type="journal article" year="1996">Price &amp; Rezai (1996)</bibRefCitation></th><td box="[661,1057,1177,1202]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD2683CB3C31ACC8" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Whole Persian Gulf (excluding Gulf of</td><td box="[1098,1412,1177,1202]" id="177B172A6132C08CFBF983CB3D94ACC8" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">19/20</td></tr><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1083EC3D94ACAC"><th id="177B172A6132C08CFF1083EC3A4DACAC"/><td box="[661,1057,1214,1238]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD2683EC3C31ACAC" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Oman)</td><td id="177B172A6132C08CFBF983EC3D94ACAC"/></tr><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1083B43D94AC84"><th box="[163,605,1254,1278]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF1083B43A4DAC84" pageId="29" pageNumber="230"><bibRefCitation author="Jones, D. A." box="[163,292,1254,1278]" id="8E0B01E561323F6EFF1083B43934AC84" pageId="29" pageNumber="230" refId="ref16736" refString="Jones, D. A. (1986) A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. 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Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 18 (1), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.2022.71228.1016" type="journal article" year="2022">Adeli <emphasis box="[225,276,1294,1318]" id="D8EEA00661323F6EFF52825D3904AD5C" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">et al.</emphasis> (2022)</bibRefCitation></th><td box="[661,1057,1294,1318]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD26825C3C31AD5C" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Northern islands of the Persian Gulf</td><td box="[1098,1412,1294,1318]" id="177B172A6132C08CFBF9825C3D94AD5C" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">11(10)***</td></tr><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1082643D94AD08"><th box="[163,605,1334,1394]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF1082643A4DAD08" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">This study (collected and observed material only)</th><td box="[661,1057,1334,1394]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD2682643C31AD08" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Northern and eastern (Iranian) waters</td><td box="[1098,1412,1334,1394]" id="177B172A6132C08CFBF982643D94AD08" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">11</td></tr><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1082D03D94ADE0"><th box="[163,605,1410,1434]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF1082D03A4DADE0" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">This study (collected and additional species</th><td box="[661,1057,1410,1434]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD2682D03C31ADE0" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Whole Persian Gulf (excluding Gulf of</td><td box="[1098,1412,1410,1434]" id="177B172A6132C08CFBF982D03D94ADE0" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">25/26</td></tr><tr id="54AA7E566132C08CFF1082F43D94ADC5"><th box="[163,605,1446,1471]" id="177B172A6132C08CFF1082F43A4DADC5" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">known for Persian Gulf</th><td box="[661,1057,1446,1471]" id="177B172A6132C08CFD2682F43C31ADC5" pageId="29" pageNumber="230">Oman)</td><td id="177B172A6132C08CFBF982F43D94ADC5"/></tr></tbody></table></document>