SEA CUCUMBER (ECHINODERMATA: HOLOTHUROIDEA) SPECIES CHECKLIST IN PULAU TINGGI, JOHOR, MALAYSIA
| Autor: | Aisyah Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff, Kamarul Rahim Kamarudin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT. 17:81-90 |
| ISSN: | 2672-7226 1823-8556 |
| Popis: | There is still a lack of data on the species presence of sea cucumbers in Pulau Tinggi, Johor. Therefore, this study aimed to document the species checklist of sea cucumbers (Phylum Echinodermata: Class Holothuroidea) in Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia. The live sea cucumbers were collected for approximately two months from August 2019 to September 2019 during low tide. A total of ten species of sea cucumbers representing one order and two genera were documented. Among the total number of sea cucumbers collected from Pulau Tinggi, five species were under the Holothuria while another five belonged to the genus Stichopus. In Pulau Tinggi, Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota (Brandt, 1835) was found to be the most prevalent species as it was documented and observed at all sampling sites. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews involving 15 respondents were incorporated during the data collection to obtain more information about the sea cucumber species. This study has contributed to the latest update on the list of sea cucumber species in Pulau Tinggi, as well as more updates related to the benefits of the sea cucumber to the residents, the environmental issues, the management and the conservation of sea cucumber in Pulau Tinggi. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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