title: [Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Gulf of California, Mexico].
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).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. fasolis@icmyl.unam.mx
authors.forename: Francisco A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Solís-Marín
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laguarda-Figueras
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durán-González
authors.forename: Cynthia Gust
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Ahearn
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torres Vega
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004447:Echinodermata / Q000145:classification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D008800:Mexico; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013045:Species Specificity