Eulimids (Gastropoda, Eulimidae) on the sea cucumber Holothuria mexicana (Ludwig, 1875) (Holothuroidea, Holothuriidae) in Belize
de Souza, L.S.; Rogers, A.; Hamel, J.-F.; Mercier, A. (2018). Eulimids (Gastropoda, Eulimidae) on the sea cucumber Holothuria mexicana (Ludwig, 1875) (Holothuroidea, Holothuriidae) in Belize. Check List: the journal of biodiversity data 14(5): 923-931. https://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.5.923
In: Check List: The Journal of Biodiversity Data. Pensoft Publishers: Sofia. e-ISSN 1809-127X, more
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| Keywords |
Caenogastropoda [WoRMS]; Eulimostraca Bartsch, 1917 [WoRMS]; Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Melanella Bowdich, 1822 [WoRMS]; Vanikoroidea J. E. Gray, 1840 [WoRMS]
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parasitic gastropods; shell morphology; Caribbean fauna |
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- de Souza, L.S.
- Rogers, A.
- Hamel, J.-F.
- Mercier, A.
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| Abstract |
This study presents new records for 4 eulimid species (Gastropoda, Eulimidae) including Melanella eburnea (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824), Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900), Melanella sp., and Eulimostraca encalada Espinosa, Ortea & Magaña, 2006 found on the body wall of the sea cucumber Holothuria mexicana in Belize. Three of these records (M. hypsela, M. eburnea, and E. encalada) represent a first for the Western Caribbean ecoregion and close a distributional gap for these species in the Caribbean. The geographic distribution of is thereby expanded by ~800 km; M. hypsela by ~1,200 km and E. encalada by ~970 km in the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic province. This article presents for the first time H. mexicana as a new host record for E. encalada. |
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