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A new record of Mayerella redunca (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

Carlos E. Paz-Ríos*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cinvestav, Carretera antigua a Progreso, km 6, Apartado Postal 73–Cordemex, 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Pedro-Luis Ardisson
Affiliation:
Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cinvestav, Carretera antigua a Progreso, km 6, Apartado Postal 73–Cordemex, 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
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Correspondence should be addressed to: C.E. Paz-Ríos, Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Cinvestav, Carretera antigua a Progreso, km 6, Apartado Postal 73–Cordemex, 97310 Merida, Yucatan, Mexico email: [email protected]
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Abstract

To date the occurrence of Mayerella redunca has only been reported from the northern Gulf of Mexico (USA) and southern Caribbean (Venezuela). Based on samples collected from the continental shelf of Yucatan, this paper provides the first record of M. redunca from the southern Gulf of Mexico (Mexico), along with its main morphological features.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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