New distribution ranges and records of caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the west coast of Mexico

Authors

  • Michel E. Hendrickx Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. P.O. Box 811 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México.
  • Mary K. Wicksten Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.

Keywords:

Caridea, new records, Pacific Mexico

Abstract

Geographic records are presented for 24 species of Caridea (Crustacea: Decapoda) along Pacific coast of Mexico, in the East Pacific. New records are presented for Psathyrocaris fragilis Wood-Mason, 1893 (from Peru to Mexico), Periclimenes infraspinis (Rathbun, 1902), Pontonia margarita Smith, 1869, Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun, 1900, Alpheus umbo Kim & Abele, 1988, Automate rugosa Coutière, 1900, and Lysmata californica (Stimpson, 1866) (within the Gulf of California), and Typton hephaestus Holthuis, 1951 (from the Gulf of California to the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico). Additional records are given that establish the presence of species at intermediate localities within the Gulf of California and along the southwestern coast of Mexico.

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Published

2017-01-09

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Hendrickx, M. E., & Wicksten, M. K. (2017). New distribution ranges and records of caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the west coast of Mexico. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 21(1), 26–33. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/index.php/revHidro/article/view/733

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