Benthic amphipods from Alacranes Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico

Study Extent

Alacranes Reef National Park, Gulf of Mexico

Sampling

Several types of coastal habitats were probed, such as beaches of homogeneous white sand, coral rubble bars, sea grass beds of Thalassia testudinum (Banks ex König, 1805), sandy bottoms, and shallow coral reef flats.

Method steps

1. All samples were anesthetized with MgCl2, and then fixed with 10% formaldehyde solution buffered with seawater before storage. In the laboratory, samples were washed through a 500 µm size mesh and transferred to 70% ethanol. Species were sorted and identified to the lowest possible taxonomical rank. Specimens are deposited and vouchered at the regional collection ‘Crustáceos de Yucatán’ (YUC-CC-255-11), UNAM-Sisal.

The data set contains records from organisms belonging to the order Amphipoda. The list of species is made up by 110 species, 71 genera, 33 families and 2 suborders.

1. Ampeliscidae
   rank: family
2. Amphilochidae
   rank: family
3. Bateidae
   rank: family
4. Colomastigidae
   rank: family
5. Cyproideidae
   rank: family
6. Dexaminidae
   rank: family
7. Leucothoidae
   rank: family
8. Liljeborgiidae
   rank: family
9. Lysianassidae
   rank: family
10. Megaluropidae
    rank: family
11. Oedicerotidae
    rank: family
12. Phoxocephalidae
    rank: family
13. Platyischnopidae
    rank: family
14. Sebidae
    rank: family
15. Stenothoidae
    rank: family
16. Ampithoidae
    rank: family
17. Aoridae
    rank: family
18. Caprellidae
    rank: family
19. Eriopisidae
    rank: family
20. Hadziidae
    rank: family
21. Hornelliidae
    rank: family
22. Hyalidae
    rank: family
23. Ischyroceridae
    rank: family
24. Maeridae
    rank: family
25. Melitidae
    rank: family
26. Neomegamphopidae
    rank: family
27. Nuuanuidae
    rank: family
28. Phliantidae
    rank: family
29. Photidae
    rank: family
30. Podoceridae
    rank: family
31. Pontogeneiidae
    rank: family
32. Talitridae
    rank: family
33. Unciolidae
    rank: family

The Alacranes Reef National Park, Yucatan, Mexico. The coral reef ecosystem form part of the Campeche Bank in the Yucatan Continental Shelf. Coordinates: 22°0'0''N and 23°0'0''N Latitude; 89°0'0''W and 88°0'0''W Longitude