New record of the basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae) at the Pacific coast of Mexico
Herrero-Pérezrul, M.A.D.; Granja-Fernández, R.; Hoyos-Padilla, M.; Reyes-Bonilla, H. (2014). New record of the basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis (Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae) at the Pacific coast of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity Records 7: e33. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1755267214000323
In: Marine Biodiversity Records. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. e-ISSN 1755-2672, more
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- Herrero-Pérezrul, M.A.D.
- Granja-Fernández, R.
- Hoyos-Padilla, M.
- Reyes-Bonilla, H.
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| Abstract |
The basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis is a common ophiuroid resident of rocky bottoms and artificial substrata at depths of 8 to 1,850 m, and in the eastern Pacific is distributed from the Bering Sea to San Diego, USA. This paper presents a new record of this species obtained with a submersible at Guadalupe Island, Mexico (29.10976°N, −118.25417°W), which extends its distribution range over 400 km, and corresponds to the southernmost site of occurrence of this ophiuroid in the eastern Pacific. |
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