Loveniidae

Kašćelan, Slavica, Mandić, Sreten, Radović, Ivica & Krpo-Ćetković, Jasmina, 2009, An annotated checklist of Echinodermata of Montenegro (the south Adriatic Sea), Zootaxa 2275, pp. 21-40 : 34

Fam: Loveniidae

Echinocardium cordatum (Pennant, 1777)

Material: 9 specimens; stations: T6, T7, T9, T12; depth: 3-25 m; substrates: sand.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Kolosváry (1937), Zavodnik (1960, 1964, 1977), Tortonese (1965), Despalatović (2005).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): none.

Literature records for Montenegro: Kolosváry (1938, 1940), Bruno (1972), Milojević (1979, 1982), Stjepčević & Parenzan (1980).

Echinocardium fenauxi Péquignat, 1963

Material: 5 specimens; stations: T5; depth: 15-20 m; substrates: well sorted sand.

Distribution: Atlantic–Mediterranean.

Literature records for central and/or north Adriatic: Zavodnik (1997), Zavodnik et al. (2005, 2006).

Literature records for south Adriatic ( Croatia): Zavodnik (2003).

Literature records for Montenegro: none.

Remarks: Considered as a Mediterranean endemic, but cited for southwest coast of Portugal by Cunha de Jesus & Cancela da Fonseca (1999).