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First record of Ophioderma vansyoci (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Gulf of California

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2010

L.A. Hernández-Herrejón*
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado post. 70-305, México, DF 04510, México Colección Nacional de Equinodermos ‘Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Muñoz’, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, ICML, UNAM, Apartado post. 70-305, México, DF 04510, México
F.A. Solís-Marín
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos ‘Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Muñoz’, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, ICML, UNAM, Apartado post. 70-305, México, DF 04510, México
A. Laguarda-Figueras
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos ‘Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Muñoz’, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, ICML, UNAM, Apartado post. 70-305, México, DF 04510, México
T. Pineda Enríquez
Affiliation:
Colección Nacional de Equinodermos ‘Dra. Ma. Elena Caso Muñoz’, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, ICML, UNAM, Apartado post. 70-305, México, DF 04510, México
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Correspondence should be addressed to: L.A. Hernández-Herrejón, Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado post. 70-305, México, DF 04510, México email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The rare ophiuroid Ophioderma vansyoci was collected at Las Animas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. This is the first record of this brittle-star from the Gulf of California. This locality is a shallow area of a seamount in the Baja California Seamount Province.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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