Comparison of ecological diversity and species composition of macroalgae, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish assemblages between two tropical rocky reefs

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“…Los registros históricos de los diferentes grupos de organismos son difíciles de interpretar cuando estos se analizan en términos de abundancia, ya que se ven afectados por factores como el método de muestreo y el esfuerzo de muestreo; tamaño de muestra, registros de variables ambientales y ecológicas (Clarke & Warwick, 1998;Leonard et al, 2006;Ceshia et al, 2007). La biodiversidad medida con los Índices de distinción taxonómica (Δ + y Λ +), se ha utilizado con éxito en otros grupos taxonómicos marinos con información basada en la presencia/ ausencia de especies de equinodermos (: (Ríos-Jara, et al 2013);); moluscos bivalvos (Esqueda-González, et al, 2014); macroalgas, macroinvertebrados y peces (García et al, 2014 Es importante señalar que las localidades en las que se registraron la mayor cantidad de especies únicas se southern coast; historically, this is the region with the largest number of phycological studies. This could be an important factor to increase the records of unique species; since this was not observed in the sites of the northern coast which have been recently explored (Tehuamixtle, Mayto, Playitas).…”

Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Central Mexican Pacific

“…Additionally, we detected 57 records in the literature (two Crinoidea, 21 Asteroidea, 14 Ophiuroidea, 15 Echinoidea, and five Holothuroidea) considered as invalid and which were removed from the updated checklist. Family Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908 Genus Nidorellia Gray, 1840 Nidorellia armata (Gray, 1840) JAL, COL, MICH, MAR, ISA, MAT, REV 58,81,104,107,108,109,110,129 Nidoriella armata (Gray, 1840) 7, 8, 13 Genus Pentaceraster Döderlein, 1916 Pentaceraster cumingi (Gray, 1840) NAY, JAL, COL, MICH, ISA, MAT, REV 58,81,91,92,104,107,109,110,111,113,124,126 Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1867 Fisher, 1923 Ampheraster marianus (Ludwig, 1905) MAR Order Notomyotida Ludwig, 1910 Family Benthopectinidae Verrill, 1899 Genus Nearchaster Fisher, 1911 Subgenus Nearchaster Fisher, 1911 Nearchaster (Nearchaster) aciculosus (Fisher, 1910) REV Nearchaster aciculosus (Fisher, 1910) 58,81,104,111,113 Genus Pachythyone Deichmann, 1941 Pachythyone lugubris (Deichmann, 1939 (Deichmann, 1958) JAL, COL, MICH 111,113 Holothuria (Irenothuria) maccullochi (Deichmann, 1958) 58 Labidodemas macullochi (Deichmann, 1958) 41,43,45,…”

“…simplex (Le Conte, 1851) NAY, JAL, COL, MICH, MAR, ISA, MAT, REV58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 81, 91, 92, 104, 111 Genus Hemipholis Lyman, 1865Hemipholis gracilis Verrill, 1867 NAY, JAL63, 64, 71 Family Ophiopholidae O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy, & Martynov, 2018 Genus Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 Ophiopholis bakeri McClendon, 1909 REV 63, 92 Family Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867 Genus Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840 Ophiothrix galapagensis Lütken & Mortensen, 1899 MAR,…”

“…Order Holothuriida Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal & Rouse, 2017 Family Holothuriidae Burmeister, 1837 Genus Holothuria Linnaeus, 1767 Subgenus Cystipus Haacke, 1880 Holothuria (Cystipus) inhabilis Selenka, 1867 REV 91,126 Holothuria inhabilis Selenka, 1867 7, 46, 92, 130 Holothuria parinhabilis Cherbonnier, 1951 15 Jaegerothuria inhabilis (Selenka, 1867) 77 Holothuria (Cystipus) rigida (Selenka, 1867) NAY, JAL, COL, MICH, MAT 44,58,81,104,105,113,124 Holothuria rigida (Selenka, 1867) 44, 84, 111 Subgenus Halodeima Pearson, 1914 Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 NAY, JAL, ISA 81 Holothuria atra Jaeger, 1833 109, 110 Holothuria (Halodeima) inornata Semper, 1868 NAY, JAL, MICH, ISA, MAT, REV 104,107,113,116,119,120,126,127 Holothuria inornata Semper, 1868 Holothuria (Halodeima) kefersteini (Selenka, 1867) 58,81,91,105,109,110,116,119,120,124,126 Holothuria (Paraholothuria) riojai Caso, 1963 58 Ludwigothuria kefersteini (Selenka, 1867) Holothuria lubrica Selenka, 1867 7, 12, 13, 15, 45, 58,92,111,112,121 Holothuria pseudolubrica Cherbonnier, 1951 15 Selenkothuria lubrica (Selenka, 1867) 41, 48 Holothuria (Selenkothuria) portovallartensis Caso, 1954 NAY, JAL, MICH, REV 58,81,91,104,116,119,126 Holothuria portovallartensis Caso, 1954 12, 13, 92 Selenkothuria po...…”

Taxonomic richness and abundance of cryptic peracarid crustaceans in the Puerto Morelos Reef National Park, Mexico

“…These species inhabit cracks or holes, formed by bioeroders, or in the interstices between coral rubble and dead corals, or that nestle within reef framework ( Takada, Abe & Shibuno, 2007 ; Enochs et al, 2011 ). Among crustaceans, peracarids are dominant taxonomic components of the reef cryptofauna and play an important ecological role within the reef ecosystem as they have a position near the base of various food chains, consume epiphytic algae, and recycle organic matter and detritus ( Kensley, 1984 ; Preston & Doherty, 1990 ; Hernández et al, 2014 ). Despite the high diversity and abundance of reef cryptic fauna, it has been seldom studied ( Enochs et al, 2011 ), largely due to difficulties in collecting and identifying species ( Enochs, 2010 ; Plaisance et al, 2011 ).…”