New record of the starfish Narcissia ahearnae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Mexican Caribbean
Narcissia ahearnae is a starfish found on hard substrates with a thin surface of fine sediment. This species has been collected in Florida and The Bahamas at depths of 53–135 m. This paper presents a new record of this species for the Mexican Caribbean (23 ◦ 17 04 N, 87 ◦ 57 04 W), on the northern c...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:42549957016 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42549957016 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42549957016/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42549957016/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42549957016/42549957016.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/425/42549957016/movil |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biología Yucatán Asteroidea First record Quintana Roo |
| Sumario: | Narcissia ahearnae is a starfish found on hard substrates with a thin surface of fine sediment. This species has been collected in Florida and The Bahamas at depths of 53–135 m. This paper presents a new record of this species for the Mexican Caribbean (23 ◦ 17 04 N, 87 ◦ 57 04 W), on the northern coast of Quintana Roo, which extends its distribution range to its southernmost limit. A bathymetric range extension is also presented. © 2017 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ). |
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