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30 December 2024 First Recorded Observations of Luidia Senegalensis Adults in a Northeast Florida Lagoonal Estuary
Edward J. McGinley, Leslie Palmer, Destiny Clore, Mike Alyea, Cindy Alyea, Scott Lindsey
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Abstract

On 2 dates, 15 and 17 July 2024, we deployed a 7-m otter trawl with 3-mm mesh in the Matanzas River Estuary in northeast Florida. We caught a total of 3 Luidia senegalensis (Nine-armed Sea Star) adults during 8 trawls. We measured all 3 sea stars for the maximum radius (length from tip of arm to center of aboral surface). The 3 individuals had measurements of 159, 109, and 106 mm. A single larva of this species was documented in this area during a plankton sample in 2015, but the organisms observed in the otter trawls represent the farthest north the adults have been documented.

Edward J. McGinley, Leslie Palmer, Destiny Clore, Mike Alyea, Cindy Alyea, and Scott Lindsey "First Recorded Observations of Luidia Senegalensis Adults in a Northeast Florida Lagoonal Estuary," Southeastern Naturalist 23(4), N84-N89, (30 December 2024). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.023.0416
Published: 30 December 2024
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