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Journal article

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An updated checklist of ctenophores (Ctenophora: Nuda and Tentaculata) of Mexican seas

Abstract

Ctenophores are one of the most conspicuous and frequent groups of the gelatinous zooplankton community, but their regional diversity in tropical and subtropical latitudes remains largely unknown. We provide an overview and update of the current knowledge of the diversity in Mexican seas, including ocean and coastal-neritic environments of the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican Caribbean Sea, and the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Ctenophore records were reviewed based on the available scientific and gray literature, the Naturalista network (www.naturalista.mx), and the ctenophore species collected in the Gulf of California by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. A total of 33 taxa (Class Nuda and Tentaculata) were found to occur in Mexican seas, of which 12 of the 33 taxa (36.4 % of the total) were recorded in the Gulf of Mexico, 7 (21.2 %) in the Mexican Caribbean Sea, 25 (75.8 %) in the Gulf of California, 11 (33.3 %) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, and only 1 (3.0 %) are known in the Northeastern Pacific. Up to nine taxa included in our account represent first records for Mexico (i.e., Bathocyroe fosteri, Kiyohimea usagi, Lampocteis cruentiventer, Leucothea sp., Aulacoctena sp., Haeckelia beehleri, Charistephane fugiens, Bathyctena chuni, and Hormiphora californensis). Due to the lack of data on benthic ctenophores and the sparse studies on oceanic and deep-living species, it is expected that the list will grow as new surveys are performed in the deep sea. The lack of long-term studies on Mexican ctenophores have limited our capacity to draw valid conclusions on their abundance, total diversity, endemicity, and trophic ecology in Mexico.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000649269800018

Bibliographic citation

Puente-Tapia, F.A.; Gasca, R.; Schiariti, A.; Haddock, S.H.D. (2021). An updated checklist of ctenophores (Ctenophora: Nuda and Tentaculata) of Mexican seas. Regional Studies in Marine Science 41: 101555. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101555

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Marine

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open access

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