Check List 14(4): 619-631, doi: 10.15560/14.3.619
First record of Calliactis tricolor (Le Sueur, 1817) (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Hormathiidae) in the Veracruz reef system, southwestern Gulf of Mexico
expand article infoJosé Luis Tello-Musi‡, Ricardo González-Muñoz§, Fabián H. Acuña|, Nuno Simões
‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Estado de México, Mexico§ Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina| Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata , Mar del Plata , Argentina¶ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mérida, Mexico

Corresponding author: Ricardo González-Muñoz ( ricordea.gonzalez@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Rafael B. de Moura
© 2018 José Luis Tello-Musi, Ricardo González-Muñoz, Fabián H. Acuña, Nuno Simões.
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Citation: Tello-Mussi JM, González-Muñoz R, Acuña FH, Simões N (2018) First record of Calliactis tricolor (Le Sueur, 1817) (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Hormathiidae) in the Veracruz reef system, southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Check List 14(4): 619-631. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.3.619
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Abstract
The sea anemone Calliactis tricolor (Le Sueur, 1817) is an ecologically important member of the benthic community in coastal and coral reefs of the tropical Atlantic, particularly for their propensity to establish mutualistic symbiotic relationships with hermit crabs. This species is presumably distributed throughout the Gulf of Mexico; however, it had never been recorded in the southwestern part of the Gulf. Here we document the first record of C. tricolor in 2 coral reef localities of the Veracruz reef system, Mexico, and update the number of species of sea anemones known for the region.
Keywords
Anthozoa, sea anemone, coral reefs, epibiont, hermit crab