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Records and observations of amphipods (Amphipoda: Gammaridea and Corophiidea) from fouling assemblages in the Alacranes Reef, southern Gulf of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2013

Carlos E. Paz-Ríos*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cinvestav, Carretera antigua a Progreso, km 6, Apartado Postal 73, Cordemex 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Nuno Simões
Affiliation:
Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigacion, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Puerto de Abrigo s/n, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico
Pedro-Luis Ardisson
Affiliation:
Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cinvestav, Carretera antigua a Progreso, km 6, Apartado Postal 73, Cordemex 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C.E. Paz-Ríos, Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cinvestav, Carretera antigua a Progreso, km 6, Apartado Postal 73, Cordemex 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico email: cpaz@mda.cinvestav.mx
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Abstract

The present study documents for the first time the occurrence of amphipods in the Alacranes Reef, Gulf of Mexico. Six macrofouling assemblages were sampled from two types of man-made structures (wood docks and navigation buoys). After sorting the material, 17 species were identified. An annotated checklist for all species is provided, documenting new records for 11 species (Ampithoe marcuzzii, Apolochus cf. delacaya, Audulla chelifera, Cymadusa compta, Leucothoe cf. wuriti, Neomegamphopus hiatus, Parhyale hawaiensis, Podocerus fissipes, Quadrimaera prope pacifica, Stenothoe gallensis and Stenothoe valida).

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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