Appendix

Data sources for the diversity analysis.

 
Genus
Author
Country
Abertella
Durham 1957
Guatemala
  Agassizia
Donovan 1993
Anguilla
Donovan et al. 2005
Costa Rica
Fischer 1985
Cuba
Jackson 1922
Jamaica
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Puerto Rico
Sanchez Roig 1949
St.Bartholomew
Sanchez Roig 1951
Trinidad
Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Weisbord 1934

  Aguayoaster
Kier 1984
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1952b

Amblypneustes
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Amblypygus
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Jackson 1922
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Anisopetalus
Arnold and Clark 1927
British West Indies

Jamaica
Anorthopygus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Antillaster
Arnold and Clark 1927
Costa Rica
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Fischer 1985
Dutch West Indies
Kier 1984
Jamaica
Pijpers 1933

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1952b

Sanchez Roig 1953b

Arnaudaster
Cooke 1955
Columbia
  Asterostoma
Donovan 1991
Cuba
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Jamaica
Jackson 1922
St.Bartholomew
Kier 1966

Kier 1984

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1952b

Australanthus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Barnumia
Cooke 1953
Guatemala
Bonaireaster
Pijpers 1933
Dutch West Indies
  Breynia
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953a

Brissolampas
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Brissopatagus
Sanchez Roig 1951
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Brissopsis
Donovan et al. 2005
Anguilla
Durham 1961
Costa Rica
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Kier 1984
Dominican Republic
Sanchez Roig 1949
Trinidad
  Brissus
Cooke 1961
Anguilla
Donovan et al. 2005
Barbados
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Kier 1984
Guadeloupe
Sanchez Roig 1952b
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Trinidad
Weisbord 1934

  Cardiaster
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

  Caribbaster
Donovan 1991
Jamaica
Donovan and Lewis 1993

  Cassidulus
Alvarado et al. 2006
Barbados
Arnold and Clark 1934
British West Indies
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Costa Rica
Kier 1966
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Jamaica
Weisbord 1934
Lesser Antilles
  Catopygus
Lambert 1931
Costa Rica
Sanchez Roig 1926
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1952c

Seyfreid and Sprechmann 1986

Centrostephanus
Bernasconi 1955
Trinidad
  Cidaris
Arnold and Clark 1927
Anguilla
Donovan 1993
Barbados
Donovan et al. 1994
Cuba
Donovan et al. 2005
Dominican Republic
Jackson 1922
Jamaica
Lambert 1931
Puero Rico
Sanchez Roig 1926
St.Bartholomew
Sanchez Roig 1949
Trinidad
Sanchez Roig 1952a

  Clypeaster
Arnold and Clark 1934
Anguilla
Carballo and Fischer 1978
Antigua
Clark 1941
British West Indies
Donovan 1993
Costa Rica
Donovan et al. 1994
Cuba
Donovan and Portell 1996
Dominican Republic
Donovan et al. 2005
Guadeloupe
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Jamaica
Durham 1961
Puero Rico
Fischer 1985

Jackson 1922

Mortensen 1948

Roman 1952

Sanchez Roig 1926

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1952d

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Sanchez Roig 1953b

Clypeolampas
Sanchez Roig 1952c
Cuba
  Clypeopygus
Sanchez Roig 1952
Cuba
Weisbord 1934

Codiopsis
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Conoclypus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Conulus
Jackson 1922
Costa Rica
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Seyfreid and Sprechmann 1986

Coraster
Sanchez Roig 1952e
Cuba
Crucibrissus
Sanchez Roig 1953b
Cuba
  Cubanaster
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1952e
Jamaica
  Cyclaster
Arnold and Clark 1934
Costa Rica
Kier 1984
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1926
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1952b

  Diadema
Donovan 1991
Cuba
Donovan et al. 1994
Jamaica
Weisbord 1934

Diplopodia
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Discoides
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Echinarachnius
Jackson 1922
Puero Rico
  Echinocorys
Donovan 2004
Belize
Sanchez Roig 1926
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

  Echinocyamus
Lambert 1931
Barbados
Kier 1966
Cuba

Lesser Antilles
  Echinolampas
Arnold and Clark 1927
Anguilla
Donovan 1993
Antigua
Donovan et al. 2005
Barbados
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Belize
Durham 1961
British West Indies
Fischer 1985
Costa Rica
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Jeannet 1959
Jamaica
Roman and Goncalves 1965
Puero Rico
Sanchez Roig 1926
St.Bartholomew
Sanchez Roig 1949
Trinidad
Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Sanchez Roig 1953b

Weisbord 1934

  Echinometra
Donovan 1993
Anguilla
Donovan et al. 1994
Cuba
Donovan 2000
Jamaica
Donovan et al. 2005
Puero Rico
Jackson 1922

Sanchez Roig 1949

  Echinoneus
Donovan and Veale 1996
Anguilla
Donovan et al. 2005
Barbados
Jackson 1922
Carriacaou
Lambert 1928
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1952a
Guadeloupe
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Jamaica
  Echinopedina
Jackson 1922
Cuba

Dominican Republic
  Echinopsis
Arnold and Clark 1927
Cuba
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Donovan and Lewis 1993

Hawkins 1924

Sanchez Roig 1949

  Encope
Arnold and Clark 1934
Costa Rica
Clark 1948
Jamaica
Donovan 1993
Nicaragua
Jackson 1922
Puero Rico
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000

  Eucidaris
Donovan 1991
Jamaica
Donovan et al. 1994

  Eupatagus
Arnold and Clark 1927
Anguilla
Donovan 1993
Antigua
Donovan et al. 2005
Barbados
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Cuba
Jackson 1922
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949
Puero Rico
Sanchez Roig 1951
St.Bartholomew
Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Sanchez Roig 1953b

Weisbord 1934

  Eurhodia
Arnold and Clark 1927
British West Indies
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1951
Jamaica
Faujasia
Cooke 1955
Columbia
Fellius
Donovan 1991
Jamaica
  Fernandezaster
Fischer 1985
Costa Rica
Sanchez Roig 1952a
Cuba
  Fibularia
Arnold and Clark 1927
Barbados
Cooke 1961
Cuba
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Lesser Antilles
Kier 1966
Trinidad
Sanchez Roig 1949

Galeritas
Seyfreid and Sprechmann 1986
Costa Rica
Globator
Seyfreid and Sprechmann 1986
Costa Rica
Goniocidaris
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Goniopygus
Lambert 1931
Cuba
Hawkins 1924
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949

Gymnopatagus
Sanchez Roig 1951
Cuba
  Haimea
Arnold and Clark 1927
Cuba
Cooke 1961
Jamaica
Donovan 1993
St.Bartholomew
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Trinidad
Lambert 1931

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Hemiaster
Cooke 1953
Cuba
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Guatemala
Jackson 1922
Jamaica
Kier 1984
Puero Rico
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Weisbord 1934

Hemicidaris
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Hemipatagus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Hemipedina
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Herreraster
Sanchez Roig 1951
Cuba
Heteraster
Cooke 1955
Columbia
  Heterosalenia
Donovan 1991
Jamaica
Donovan and Lewis 1993

  Histocidaris
Donovan et al. 2005
Cuba
Mortensen 1926
Jamaica
Holaster
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Costa Rica
  Holectypus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953

Homoeopetalus
Arnold and Clark 1934
Jamaica
Hypselaster
Arnold and Clark 1927
Jamaica
Hypsoclypus
Sanchez Roig 1953b
Cuba
  Jacksonaster
Sanchez Roig 1926
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

  Laganum
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

Weisbord 1934

  Lajanaster
Fischer 1985
Costa Rica
Sanchez Roig 1926
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1953b

  Lanieria
Jackson 1922
Costa Rica

Cuba

Guadeloupe
Leiopedina
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Leptarbacia
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Linthia
Arnold and Clark 1934
Cuba
Castex 1930
Jamaica
Hawkins 1924
Trinidad
Jeannet 1928

Kier 1984

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1952a

  Lovenia
Donovan, 2005
Anguilla
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Costa Rica
  Lytechinus
Arnold and Clark 1927
Barbados
Chesher 1968a
Jamaica
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Panama
  Macraster
Kier 1984
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

  Macropneustes
Arnold and Clark 1927
Anguilla
Arnold and Clark 1934
Cuba
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Jamaica
Jackson 1922
St.Bartholomew
Kier 1984

Sanchez Roig 1953b

Maretia
Sanchez Roig 1926
Cuba
  Mauritanaster
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953b

  Mellita
Clark 1940
Costa Rica
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Donovan et al. 1994
Trinidad
Jackson 1922

Linkimer and Aguilar 2000

  Meoma
Chesher 1968b
Anguilla
Donovan 1993
Barbados
Donovan et al. 1994
Costa Rica
Donovan et al. 2005
Cuba
Durham 1961
Jamaica
Kier 1984

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1952a

  Metalia
Arnold and Clark 1934
Costa Rica
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1953a

Metholectypus
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
  Micraster
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Costa Rica
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Moronaster
Sanchez Roig 1952b
Cuba
Neocatopygus
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Cuba
Neolaganum cf. Dalli
Arnold and Clark 1927
Jamaica

Donovan and Lewis 1993

Neopatagus cubensis
Sanchez Roig 1953
Cuba
  Nucleolites
Sanchez Roig 1952
Cuba
Weisbord 1934

Nucleopygus
Sanchez Roig 1952
Cuba
Nudobrissus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Oligopygus
Arnold and Clark 1927
Cuba
Cooke 1961
Curacao
Donovan 1991
Dutch West Indies
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Donovan et al. 2005
Trinidad
Jeannet 1928

Lambert 1931

Molengraaff 1929

Sanchez Roig 1926

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Oolopygus
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Cuba
  Opissaster
Sanchez Roig 1926
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953a

Orthopsis
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Jamaica
Paleolampas alta
Arnold and Clark 1927
Jamaica
  Paleopneustes
Chesher 1968b
Barbados
Sanchez Roig 1952b
Carriacaou

Cuba
Paralampas
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Cuba
  Parapygus
Jackson 1922
Cuba

St.Bartholomew
  Pedina
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949
Jamaica
Periaster elongatus
Jackson 1922
St.Bartholomew
  Pericosmus
Donovan 1993
Anguilla
Donovan et al. 2005
Costa Rica
Durham 1961
Cuba
Kier 1984
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Peronella
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Molengraaff 1929
Curacao
Weisbord 1934
Dutch West Indies

Trinidad
  Phyllacanthus
Cutress 1980
Cuba
Donovan 1991
Jamaica
Donovan 1993
Puero Rico
Donovan and Lewis 1993

Jackson 1922

Sanchez Roig 1926

Sanchez Roig 1949

  Phymosoma
Arnold and Clark 1927
Costa Rica
Cooke 1961
Cuba
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Jackson 1922
Trinidad
Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Seyfreid and Sprechmann 1986

  Plagiobrissus
Arnold and Clark 1927
Costa Rica
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Durham 1961
Jamaica
Jackson 1922
St.Bartholomew
Sanchez Roig 1951

Plesiaster
Seyfreid and Sprechmann 1986
Costa Rica
Porocidaris
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Cuba
  Prenaster
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Pijpers 1933
Dutch West Indies
Sanchez Roig 1949
St.Bartholomew
  Prionocidaris
Donovan et al. 2005
Anguilla
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Costa Rica
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Jamaica
  Procassidulus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Progonolampas
Sanchez Roig 1952a
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953a

Psammechinus
Donovan et al. 2005
Anguilla
  Pseudorthopsis
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Pygopistes
Donovan 1991
Jamaica
Donovan 1993

Pygorhynchus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Pygurus
Cooke 1955
Columbia
Rhabdobrissus aloysii
Pijpers 1933
Dutch West Indies
  Rhyncholampas
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1926
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Rhynchopygus
Arnold and Clark 1927
British West Indies
Sanchez Roig 1952c
Cuba

Jamaica
Rhynobrissus
Linkimer and Aguilar 2000
Costa Rica
Rumphia
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Salenia
Jackson 1922
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchezella
Durhan 1954
West Indies
  Schizaster
Aguilar 1978
Anguilla
Arnold and Clark 1927
Costa Rica
Carballo and Fischer 1978
Cuba
Donovan 1993
Dutch West Indies
Donovan et al. 1994
Jamaica
Donovan et al. 2005
Lesser Antilles
Donovan and Lewis 1993
Puero Rico
Durham 1961
St.Bartholomew
Engel 1961
Trinidad
Gabb 1881

Jackson 1917

Jackson 1922

Kier 1984

Linkimer and Aguilar 2000

Pijpers 1933

Sanchez Roig 1949

Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1952a

Sanchez Roig 1953a

Sanchez Roig 1953c

Weisbord 1934

  Schizobrissus
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Sanchez Roig 1951

Sanchez Roig 1953a

  Scutella
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
Weisbord 1934

  Sismondia
Donovan et al. 2005
Anguilla
Jackson 1922
Antigua

St.Bartholomew
Sperosoma
Mortensen 1934
Barbados
Sternopatagus
Kier 1984
Cuba
Studeria
Sanchez Roig 1953a
Cuba
Stylocidaris
Schultz 2006
Barbados
Temnocidaris
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Trachyaster
Sanchez Roig 1949
Cuba
  Triadechinus
Arnold and Clark 1927
Jamaica
Donovan 1993

Tripneustes
Donovan et all. 2005
Anguilla
  Trochalosoma
Arnold and Clark 1927
Cuba
Donovan 1993
Jamaica
Sanchez Roig 1949

Weisbordella
Cooke 1961
Trinidad
  Wythella
Donovan 1993
Cuba
Durhan 1954
Jamaica