New records of Erichsonella attenuata (Isopoda: Valvifera: Idoteidae) in the Gulf of Mexico

作者：Luis Bortolini Rosales Jose; Reyes Aldana Hugo; Gomez Ponce Mario A

来源：Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016, 87(2): 523-526.

DOI：10.1016/j.rmb.2016.03.004

• Erichsonella attenuata
• New record
• Tamiahua lagoon
• Terminos lagoon

Erichsonella attenuata is an isopod species distributed in the Western Atlantic region of the Gulf of Mexico and is associated with sea -grass beds composed of Ruppia maritima, Halodule wrightii and Thalassia testudinum. In the Gulf of Mexico, this isopod species is found only along the USA coasts, in Texas and Florida. The aim of this work is to report, for the first time, the presence of E. attenuata along Mexican coasts, particularly in the Tamiahua and Terminos lagoons in the states of Veracruz and Campeche, respectively. These are the most southern records for the Gulf of Mexico, showing that this species expands its coverage virtually to the entire coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The specimens were deposited in the Coleccion Nacional de Crustaceos, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

• 出版日期2016-6