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Published on: February 14, 2021
New distribution records of subterranean crustaceans from cenotes in Yucatan (Mexico)
Dorottya Angyal1,2, Efraín M Chávez-Solís1,3, Luis A Liévano-Beltrán1,4
1Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.
Abstract:
New records of 14 stygobiont crustacean species pertaining to six Malacostraca orders from 32 cenotes are presented, with their associated caves of the state of Yucatan, Mexico, together with an individual account for each species. Species composition of most of the investigated cenotes is examined for the first time. A thermosbaenacean and two amphipod species were not formally recorded to the cenote ecosystems of the state of Yucatan prior to our research. Distribution data of a cirolanid isopod previously known only from its type locality is also provided. Barcodes of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I for the reported peracarid species previously lacking this information have been included in present study as tools for species identification and a baseline of further molecular genetic analyses.

