Author/Authors :
Beygmoradi ، A. Department of Marine Biology - Faculty of Marine Sciences - Chabahar Maritime University , Attaran-Fariman ، G. Department of Marine Biology - Faculty of Marine Sciences - Chabahar Maritime University
Abstract :
Chabahar Bay is located in southeastern coast of Iran and the northern part of the Oman Sea in the geographic area of 25°22 47˝N and 60°39 90˝E. This bay with a variety of coverings, such as, muddy, stone, sandy and rocky, has provided possibility of life for different taxa, such as, shellfish, mollusks, echinoderm (Nikouyan and Savari, 1999; Ghanbarifardi and Malek, 2009; Yazdani et al., 2009; Sadeghi and Loghmani, 2010; Khaleghi and Owfi, 2011; Fazeli et al., 2013; Attaran et al., 2014). Echinoderms with around 7,000 species can be found at every ocean depth of the marine ecosystems (Mirzaei et al., 2019).
Keywords :
Ophiuroidea , Morphology , Chabahar Bay , Iran