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New records and range extensions of Astrodictyum panamense (Ophiuroidea: Gorgonocephalidae) in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Arturo Ayala-Bocos ,
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla ,
Ma. Dinorah Herrero-Pérezrul ,
Mariana Walther-Mendoza  and
Verónica Castañeda-Fernández de Lara
Arturo Ayala-Bocos
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, La Paz, B.C.S., México
Héctor Reyes-Bonilla*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, La Paz, B.C.S., México
Ma. Dinorah Herrero-Pérezrul
Affiliation:
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, Col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, CP 23096, La Paz, B.C.S., México
Mariana Walther-Mendoza
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Laboratorio de Sistemas Arrecifales, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, La Paz, B.C.S., México
Verónica Castañeda-Fernández de Lara*
Affiliation:
The School for Field Studies, Centro para Estudios Costeros, Puerto San Carlos, B.C.S., CP 23740, México
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Reyes-Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, La Paz, B.C.S., México email: hreyes@uabcs.mx
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Reyes-Bonilla, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento Académico de Biología Marina, Carretera al Sur km 5.5, La Paz, B.C.S., México email: hreyes@uabcs.mx
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Abstract

The ringed basket star Astrodictyum panamense is an ophiuroid resident of coral and rocky reefs from the central and southern Gulf of California and oceanic islands from the eastern Pacific. This paper presents new records of this species obtained from fieldwork and internet sources, and includes its northernmost and westernmost occurrence in the eastern Pacific (Adair Bay, Gulf of California, and Tortugas Bay, on the Pacific side of Baja California, respectively), as well as Roca Partida Island, in the Revillagigedo Archipelago.

Keywords

basket starRevillagigedo ArchipelagoGulf of CaliforniaTortugas BayBaja California Peninsula
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e46
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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