Open AccessFirst record of Ophiura ljungmani (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from an anchialine cave in the Mexican Caribbean
Author(s) -
Francisco Márquez-Borrás,
Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín,
Guadalupe BribiescaContreras,
Alfredo LaguardaFigueras
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
revista mexicana de biodiversidad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2007-8706
pISSN - 1870-3453
DOI - 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.07.006
Subject(s) - cave , habitat , ecology , biology , paleontology , geography
One specimen of Ophiura ljungmani Lyman, 1878 was collected in an anchialine cave in Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo. The finding represents the first record of this ophiuroid in an anchialine cave, and also the shallower record for the species in any habitat
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