Check List 15(3): 405-410, doi: 10.15560/15.3.405
Range expansion of two box jellyfish (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in southern Gulf of Mexico
expand article infoJosé María Ahuatzin Hernández‡, Andrea del Jesus Couoh-Concha§, Lucio Loman-Ramos|, Lorena Violeta Leon-Deniz
‡ Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico§ Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados de IPN, Mérida, Mexico¶ Universida Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico

Corresponding author: Lorena Violeta Leon-Deniz ( lorena.leon@correo.uady.mx )

Academic editor: Luis Felipe Skinner
© José María Ahuatzin Hernández, Andrea del Jesus Couoh-Concha, Lucio Loman-Ramos, Lorena Violeta Leon-Deniz.
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Citation: Ahuatzin-Hernández JM, Couoh-Concha AJ, Loman-Ramos L, León-Deniz LV (2019) Range expansion of two box jellyfish (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) in southern Gulf of Mexico. Check List 15(3): 405-410. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.3.405
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Abstract
We report range extensions of Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Müller, 1859) and Tripedalia cystophora Conant, 1897 to 2 coastal lagoons in the southern Gulf of Mexico. These new records are the first for these species in Yucatán and Mexico.
Keywords
Coastal lagoon, medusae, new records, Yucatán