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[Crustaceans associated to macroalgae in Bajo Pepito, Isla Mujeres, Mexican Caribbean]
1Depto. Ecología Acuática, ECOSUR, Apdo. Postal 424, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77000 México. ccampos@ecosur-qroo.mx
Revista De Biologia Tropical
|May 17, 2001
Abstract:
Crustaceans associated with macroalgae were collected for one year by scuba diving in Bajo Pepito, Isla Mujeres, mexican Caribbean. A total of 148 organisms were found: three orders, 11 families, 18 genera and 19 species in nine types of associations. The order with highest abundance was Isopoda (112), followed by Amphipoda (20) and Decapoda (16).