Toshihiko Fujita

• Biodiversity Journal, 5 (4): 453–458

  Woo Sau Pinn, Amelia Ng Phei Fang, Norhanis Mohd Razalli, Nithiyaa Nilamani, Teh Chiew Peng, Zulfigar Yasin, Tan Shau Hwai & Toshihiko Fujita
  New records of sea stars (Echinodermata Asteroidea) from Malaysia with notes on their association with seagrass beds

  ABSTRACT
  A survey of sea stars (Echinodermata Asteroidea) was done on a seagrass habitat at the southern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. A total of five species of sea stars from four families (Luidiidae, Archasteridae, Goniasteridae and Oreasteridae) and two orders (Paxillosida and Valvatida) were observed where three of the species were first records for Malaysia. The sea stars do not exhibit specific preference to the species of seagrass as substrate, but they were more frequently found in the area of seagrass that have low canopy heights.

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