Benthic amphipods from Alacranes Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico

Carlos Enrique Paz Ríos

doi:10.15468/r4tghz

Benthic amphipods from Alacranes Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico

Citation

Paz Ríos C E (2019). Benthic amphipods from Alacranes Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico. Version 1.5. Caribbean OBIS Node. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/r4tghz accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-02-18.

Description

The dataset contains information about records of benthic amphipod crustaceans collected in the Alacranes Reef, southern Gulf of Mexico, during the years 2009 - 2011.The identified material form part of the crustacean regional collection from the UNAM-Sisal, and represents the first inventory of amphipods from the Alacranes Reef National Park.

Sampling Description

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

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.

Additional info

Marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

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.

Ampeliscidae
rank: family
Amphilochidae
rank: family
Bateidae
rank: family
Colomastigidae
rank: family
Cyproideidae
rank: family
Dexaminidae
rank: family
Leucothoidae
rank: family
Liljeborgiidae
rank: family
Lysianassidae
rank: family
Megaluropidae
rank: family
Oedicerotidae
rank: family
Phoxocephalidae
rank: family
Platyischnopidae
rank: family
Sebidae
rank: family
Stenothoidae
rank: family
Ampithoidae
rank: family
Aoridae
rank: family
Caprellidae
rank: family
Eriopisidae
rank: family
Hadziidae
rank: family
Hornelliidae
rank: family
Hyalidae
rank: family
Ischyroceridae
rank: family
Maeridae
rank: family
Melitidae
rank: family
Neomegamphopidae
rank: family
Nuuanuidae
rank: family
Phliantidae
rank: family
Photidae
rank: family
Podoceridae
rank: family
Pontogeneiidae
rank: family
Talitridae
rank: family
Unciolidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

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

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Carlos Enrique Paz Ríos
originator
position: Researcher
Colegio de la Frontera Sur
MX
email: cepaz@ecosur.edu.mx

Carlos Enrique Paz Ríos
metadata author
position: Researcher
Colegio de la Frontera Sur
MX
email: cepaz@ecosur.edu.mx

Nuno Simões
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad Academica Sisal
MX

Carlos Enrique Paz Ríos
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Colegio de la Frontera Sur
MX
email: cepaz@ecosur.edu.mx