First record of Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) in western Mexico

Authors

  • Michel E. Hendrickx Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, UNAM, P.O. Box 811, Mazatlán, 82000, Sinaloa, México.

Keywords:

Axiopsis serratifrons, Axiidae, new record, Mexican Pacific

Abstract

The thalassinid Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) has been discovered in subtropical waters of the Gulf of California, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific. The large male specimen of this species, collected by scuba diving on rocky substrate, represents the first record north of Colombia along the coast of the Indo-Pacific and the morphology of its 4th and 5th thoracic stemite closely matches recent description by other authors.

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Hendrickx, M. E. (2017). First record of Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) in western Mexico. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 12(2), 163–166. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/index.php/revHidro/article/view/1088

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Nota Científica