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Published on: August 6, 2019
[Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Gulf of California, Mexico]
Francisco A Solís-Marín1, Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras, Alicia Durán-González
1Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. fasolis@icmyl.unam.mx
Abstract:
A systematic list of the echinoderms of the Gulf of California, based on museum specimens of the Colección Nacional de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. is presented. A total of 193 echinoderm species is recorded, distributed in 108 genera, 51 families and 19 orders. 12 new records for the Gulf of California are presented: Asteroidea (four), Ophiuroidea (three) and Holothuroidea (five).
