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New record of the basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae) at the Pacific coast of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2014

MA. Dinorah Herrero-Pérezrul ,
Rebeca Granja-Fernández ,
Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla  and
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla
MA. Dinorah Herrero-Pérezrul
Affiliation:
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, CP 23096, La Paz, B.C.S., México
Rebeca Granja-Fernández*
Affiliation:
Programa de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Avenida de las Ciencias s/n, Col. Juriquilla, CP 76230, Querétaro, México
Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla
Affiliation:
Pelagios-Kakunjá A.C. Sinaloa 1540, La Paz, B.C.S., México
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, CP 23080, La Paz, B.C.S., México
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Granja-Fernández, Programa de Posgrado, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Avenida de las Ciencias s/n, Col. Juriquilla, CP 76230, Querétaro, México email: beckygranja@gmail.com
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Abstract

The basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis is a common ophiuroid resident of rocky bottoms and artificial substrata at depths of 8 to 1,850 m, and in the eastern Pacific is distributed from the Bering Sea to San Diego, USA. This paper presents a new record of this species obtained with a submersible at Guadalupe Island, Mexico (29.10976°N, −118.25417°W), which extends its distribution range over 400 km, and corresponds to the southernmost site of occurrence of this ophiuroid in the eastern Pacific.

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Baja California Peninsulabasket starGuadalupe Islandsubmersible

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e33
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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