Benthic amphipods from Alacranes Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico
Citation
Caribbean OBIS Node: Benthic amphipods from Alacranes Reef, Campeche Bank, Mexico https://doi.org/10.15468/r4tghz accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-15.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 MexicoSampling
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 OBISTaxonomic 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.
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Ampeliscidaerank: family
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Amphilochidaerank: family
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Bateidaerank: family
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Colomastigidaerank: family
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Cyproideidaerank: family
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Dexaminidaerank: family
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Leucothoidaerank: family
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Liljeborgiidaerank: family
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Lysianassidaerank: family
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Megaluropidaerank: family
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Oedicerotidaerank: family
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Phoxocephalidaerank: family
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Platyischnopidaerank: family
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Sebidaerank: family
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Stenothoidaerank: family
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Ampithoidaerank: family
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Aoridaerank: family
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Caprellidaerank: family
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Eriopisidaerank: family
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Hadziidaerank: family
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Hornelliidaerank: family
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Hyalidaerank: family
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Ischyroceridaerank: family
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Maeridaerank: family
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Melitidaerank: family
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Neomegamphopidaerank: family
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Nuuanuidaerank: family
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Phliantidaerank: family
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Photidaerank: family
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Podoceridaerank: family
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Pontogeneiidaerank: family
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Talitridaerank: family
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Unciolidaerank: 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 Ríosoriginator
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