The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote

The Micronesian island of Guam has been an important site for the study of tropical holothuroid taxonomy for almost 200 years. Despite such substantial attention by both expeditions and resident taxonomists, new records are being regularly added to the fauna demonstrating the challenge of documentin...

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Main Authors:	Borrero-Perez, G.H., M., Honey, Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, A., Kerr, Kim , S., Menez, A., Michonneau , Francois, Ochoa, J.A., Olavides , R.D, G., Paulay, Y., Samyn, A., Setyastuti, Solis-Marin, F., J., Starmer, VandenSpiegel, D.
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spelling	iium-256412013-09-16T13:52:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25641/ The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote Borrero-Perez, G.H. M., Honey Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim A., Kerr Kim , S. Menez, A. Michonneau , Francois Ochoa, J.A. Olavides , R.D G., Paulay Y., Samyn A., Setyastuti Solis-Marin, F. J., Starmer VandenSpiegel, D. Q Science (General) The Micronesian island of Guam has been an important site for the study of tropical holothuroid taxonomy for almost 200 years. Despite such substantial attention by both expeditions and resident taxonomists, new records are being regularly added to the fauna demonstrating the challenge of documenting the biota of even a small hyper-diverse area. Guam is the type locality of species described by Quoy & Gaimard (1833) and Brandt (1835). A survey of the sea cucumber fauna by Rowe & Doty (1977) led to one of the most used guides for the identification of tropical Pacific sea cucumbers because of the color illustrations of living animals it presented. Focus on echinoderms including holothuroids continued with numerous new records added in the following decades. Paulay (2003) summarized the fauna last, recording 46 species, including 9 new records. At this stage the fauna was thought to be well documented. A week-long workshop on holothuroid systematics sponsered by the NSF PEET project in 2010 included a substantial field work component, sampling both during the day and night, with snorkeling and SCUBA, across a variety of habitats, yielding more than 40 species. 10 of these proved new records for Guam; two proved new to science. Further sampling by Kerr’s lab since the workshop has added two additional species. The holothuroid fauna of Guam thus now comprises 58 species that belong to 17 genera and 7 families. This contribution presents them as an illustrated and briefly annotated checklist. 2012-08 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25641/1/2012_BRUSSEL_International_Echinoderm_Conference_2012_poster_abstract.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25641/4/2012_BRUSSEL_International_Echinoderm_Conference_Kamarudin_KR_et_al_Poster_PROGRAMME.pdf Borrero-Perez, G.H. and M., Honey and Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim and A., Kerr and Kim , S. and Menez, A. and Michonneau , Francois and Ochoa, J.A. and Olavides , R.D and G., Paulay and Y., Samyn and A., Setyastuti and Solis-Marin, F. and J., Starmer and VandenSpiegel, D. (2012) The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote. In: 14th International Echinoderm Conference, 20-24 August 2012, Brussels, Belgium. (Unpublished) http://www.14iec.be/
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) Borrero-Perez, G.H. M., Honey Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim A., Kerr Kim , S. Menez, A. Michonneau , Francois Ochoa, J.A. Olavides , R.D G., Paulay Y., Samyn A., Setyastuti Solis-Marin, F. J., Starmer VandenSpiegel, D. The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
description	The Micronesian island of Guam has been an important site for the study of tropical holothuroid taxonomy for almost 200 years. Despite such substantial attention by both expeditions and resident taxonomists, new records are being regularly added to the fauna demonstrating the challenge of documenting the biota of even a small hyper-diverse area. Guam is the type locality of species described by Quoy & Gaimard (1833) and Brandt (1835). A survey of the sea cucumber fauna by Rowe & Doty (1977) led to one of the most used guides for the identification of tropical Pacific sea cucumbers because of the color illustrations of living animals it presented. Focus on echinoderms including holothuroids continued with numerous new records added in the following decades. Paulay (2003) summarized the fauna last, recording 46 species, including 9 new records. At this stage the fauna was thought to be well documented. A week-long workshop on holothuroid systematics sponsered by the NSF PEET project in 2010 included a substantial field work component, sampling both during the day and night, with snorkeling and SCUBA, across a variety of habitats, yielding more than 40 species. 10 of these proved new records for Guam; two proved new to science. Further sampling by Kerr’s lab since the workshop has added two additional species. The holothuroid fauna of Guam thus now comprises 58 species that belong to 17 genera and 7 families. This contribution presents them as an illustrated and briefly annotated checklist.
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author	Borrero-Perez, G.H. M., Honey Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim A., Kerr Kim , S. Menez, A. Michonneau , Francois Ochoa, J.A. Olavides , R.D G., Paulay Y., Samyn A., Setyastuti Solis-Marin, F. J., Starmer VandenSpiegel, D.
author_facet	Borrero-Perez, G.H. M., Honey Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim A., Kerr Kim , S. Menez, A. Michonneau , Francois Ochoa, J.A. Olavides , R.D G., Paulay Y., Samyn A., Setyastuti Solis-Marin, F. J., Starmer VandenSpiegel, D.
author_sort	Borrero-Perez, G.H.
title	The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
title_short	The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
title_full	The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
title_fullStr	The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
title_full_unstemmed	The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
title_sort	littoral sea cucumber (echinodermata: holothuroidea) fauna of guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote
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The littoral sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) fauna of Guam re-assessed – a diversity curve that still does not asymptote

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