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The geographic distribution of Echiura from southern Africa |
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| Abstract: | The echiuran fauna of southern Africa currently comprises two families, four genera and 16 species of which one has recently been described as new to science and four are new records for the region. The taxonomic characters distinguishing the genera are given. The zoogeographic distribution of the southern African species is outlined and discussed. Knowledge of the echiuran fauna is too scanty to throw any light on the division of the coastline into faunistic provinces. |
| Keywords: | individual-based model model validation pattern-oriented modelling trophic interactions two-way coupling |