Check List 20(1): 233-241, doi: 10.15560/20.1.233

Four new records of gymnosome pteropods (Pteropoda, Gymnosomata) in the Campeche Canyon, southern Gulf of Mexico

Zayra López-Cabello^‡, Erik Coria-Monter^‡, María Adela Monreal-Gómez^‡, David Alberto Salas-de-León^‡, Elizabeth Durán-Campos^§, Adolfo Gracia^‡

‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico§ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mazatlán, Mexico

Corresponding author: Erik Coria-Monter ( coria@cmarl.unam.mx )

Academic editor: Leonardo Souza

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: López-Cabello Z, Coria-Monter E, Monreal-Gómez MA, Salas-de-León DA, Durán-Campos E, Gracia A (2024) Four new records of gymnosome pteropods (Pteropoda, Gymnosomata) in the Campeche Canyon, southern Gulf of Mexico. Check List 20(1): 233-241. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.1.233

Abstract

This study reports four new records of gymnosome pteropods (Pteropoda, Gymnosomata): Pneumodermopsis macrochira Meisenheimer, 1905, Spongiobranchaea intermedia Pruvot-Fol, 1926, Schizobrachium cf. polycotylum Meisenheimer, 1903, and Cliopsis krohnii Troschel, 1854, collected at different depths in the Campeche Canyon, southern Gulf of Mexico, during the winter storm season in 2011 (“Nortes”). These species are illustrated and described, increasing the knowledge of this group in the region. We also present hydrographic conditions of the stations and depths where the organisms were collected.

Keywords

Zooplankton, gymnosomes, species richness, diversity, “Nortes” season