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Free Content Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Alacranes Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico

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Here, we provide the first list of shallow-water hydroids for Alacranes Reef, Mexico, comprising 49 species in 33 genera. The most speciose superorder was Leptothecata (36 species), with three particularly diverse families: Clytiidae, Sertulariidae, and Plumulariidae. Three species were recorded for the first time in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and 13 for the south-central GoM. The majority of fauna was substrate generalist with specific distributions: 38 hydroid species occurred on natural reefs, 18 on artificial reefs, 9 on drifting Sargassum spp., and 8 on the seagrass Thalassia testudinum K.D. Koenig. Our results significantly increase knowledge of the hydroids from Mexican waters. This is an important step toward detecting non-native species in the near future, as well as for improving and designing new conservation programs in the area.

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Affiliations: 1: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C. Inst. Politécnico Nacional 195, La Paz, BCS CP. 23096, Mexico;, Email: [email protected] 2: Unidad Académica Sisal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Puerto de Abrigo, Sisal, CP. 97356, Yucatán, Mexico 3: Estación Costera Nágera, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIM y C), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

Publication date: 01 January 2018

This article was made available online on 04 October 2017 as a Fast Track article with title: "Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Alacranes Reef, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico".

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