title: [Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico].
abstract: We present a systematic list of the echinoderms from Gulf of Mexico's Mexican waters based on specimens of the Colecci6n Nacional de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Aut6noma de México and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. This list reveals an important echinoderm biodiversity present in the Gulf of Mexico, where five of the six echinoderm classes are represented. A total of 209 echinoderm species is recorded, distributed in 129 genera, 63 families and 25 orders. 31 new records for the Gulf of Mexico are presented: Asteroidea (16), Ophiuroidea (nine), Echinoidea (one) and Holothuroidea (five).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Sistemáitica y Ecología de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. duran-gonzalez@mar.icmyl.unam.mx
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durán-González
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laguarda-Figueras
authors.forename: Francisco A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Solís-Marin
authors.forename: Blanca Estela
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Buitrón Sánchez
authors.forename: Cynthia Gust
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Ahearn
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torres-Vega
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004447:Echinodermata / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008386:Marine Biology; D008800:Mexico; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012623:Seawater