Equinodermos (Echinodermata) del Caribe Mexicano / Echinoderms (Echinodermata) of the Mexican Caribbean
Rev. biol. trop
;
53(supl.3): 109-122, dic. 2005.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-454815
ABSTRACT
A systematic list of the echinoderms of the Mexican Caribbean based on museum specimens of the Colección Nacional de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. is presented. This list reveals an important echinoderm biodiversity in the Mexican Caribbean, where five of the six echinoderm classes are represented. A total of 178 echinoderm species is recorded, distributed in 113 genera, 51 families and 22 orders. 30 new records for the Mexican Caribbean are presents: Crínoidea (three), Asteroidea (two), Ophiuroidea (eleven), Echinoidea (one), Holothuroidea (thirteen).
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Biodiversity
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Echinodermata
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. biol. trop
Journal subject:
Biology
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Tropical Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
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United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Smithsonian Institution/US
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UNAM/MX
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Universidad Autónoma de México/MX
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