Incluye bibliografía: páginas 343-382 e índice: páginas 383-390

Glossary: páginas 335-342

Preface.. Acknowledgments.. Introduction.. Shallow-Water Marine Communities of the Florida Keys and the Bahama Islands.. General Features of the Phylum Echinodermata.. Observing, Collecting, and Preserving Echinoderms.. Photographing Echinoderms.. Composition and Significance of Scientific Names.. Systematic List of the Echinoderms of the Florida Keys and the Bahama islands Found at Depths Less Than 30 m: páginas 8 ft.. Class Crinoidea.. Feather Stars.. Family Comasteridae.. Family Colobometridae.. Family Antedonidae.. Class Asteroidea.. Sea stars.. Family Luidiidae.. Family Astropectinidae.. Family Asterinidae.. Family Ophidiasteridae.. Family Asteropseidae.. Family Oreasteridae.. Family Echinasteridae.. Class Ophiuroidea.. Brittle Stars, Basket Stars.. Key to the Families of Brittle Stars.. Family Ophiomyxidae.. Family Gorgonocephalidae.. Family Ophiuridae.. Family Ophiocomidae.. Family Ophionereididae.. Family Ophiodermatidae.. Family Hemieuryalidae.. Family Ophiactidae.. Family Amphiuridae.. Family Ophiotrichidae.. Family Cidaridae.. Family Diadematidae.. Family Arbaciidae.. Family Toxopneustidae.. Family Echinometridae.. Family Echinoneidae.. Family Clypeasteridae.. Family Mellitidae.. Family Schizasteridae.. Family Brissidae.. Family Cucumariidae.. Family Sclerodactylidae.. Family Phyllophoridae.. Family Stichopodidae.. Family Holothuriidae.. Family Caudinidae.. Family Synaptidae.. Family Chiridotidae.. Appendix: Data on Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary station and the Distribution of Echinoderm syectes by station.. Glossary.. Literature Cited.. Index to Scientific Names

Excerpt from the Introduction: This is a handbook of the echinoderms found in the Florida Keys and the Bahama Islands, and it will be useful throughout the Caribbean region and the Gulf of Mexico. It treats in detail echinoderms occurring at scuba depths (30 m [98 ft] or less) in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas. Complete discussion and illustrations are provided for 144 species, many of which are widespread and abundant, and other species are described briefly. Consequently, the book covers about 80% of the echinoderm species inhabiting shallow tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic north of Brazil. The procedure for using this information to identify species is described in this chapter. Inglés