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New records of ‘opisthobranchs’ (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Arrecife Alacranes National Park, Yucatan, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2015

Deneb Ortigosa ,
Elia Lemus-Santana  and
Nuno Simões
Deneb Ortigosa*
Affiliation:
UMDI-Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. 70-153, 04510 D.F., Mexico Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Av. República Saharaui s/n, Apartado 40, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Elia Lemus-Santana
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Malacología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, 04510 D.F., Mexico
Nuno Simões
Affiliation:
UMDI-Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. 70-153, 04510 D.F., Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: D. Ortigosa, UMDI-Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. 70–153 04510 D.F., Mexico email: deneb.ortigosa@gmail.com
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Abstract

We report 37 species of heterobranch sea slugs from the National Park Alacranes reef, located in the Campeche Bank, at the south-eastern Gulf of Mexico, of which 18 species are reported for the first time in this reef. With this contribution, the species richness in this national park increases to up to 67. The species Nakamigawaia felis, Petalifera sp., Elysia flava, Elysia pratensis and Bulbaeolidia sp. are reported in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time. The geographical distribution ranges for Oxynoe azuropunctata, Elysia ornata, Placida kingstoni, Aphelodoris antillensis and Tritonia hamnerorum are extended westward. Those for Elysia flava, Pleurobranchus areolatus and Felimare ruthae are extended both northward and westward.

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biodiversitynudibranchscoral reefmolluscsmarine reservesopisthobranch
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e117
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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