[Echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Gulf of Mexico].
The echinoid fauna of the Gulf of Mexico collected during three research cruises (20-1260 m depth) was surveyed from samples were taken at 43 stations. A total of 190 individuals were identified (eight orders, 11 families, 15 genera and 18 species). Six species are new records for the Gulf of Mexico: Stylocidaris lineata, Phormosoma placenta placenta, Plesiodiadema antillarum, Plethotaenia spatangoides, Brissopsis atlantica and Hypselaster limicolus. This adds to the little information available on the echinoid fauna of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatan states in Mexico.
Laguarda-Figueras
Alfredo
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Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. laguarda@icmyl.unam.mx
Gutiérrez-Castro
Adriana
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Solís-Marín
Francisco A
FA
Durán-González
Alicia
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Torres-Vega
Juan
J
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D008800:Mexico; D011156:Population Density; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D012623:Seawater; D013045:Species Specificity