First Record of Amphioxus Branchiostoma californiense (Amphioxiformes: Branchiostomatidae) Adjacent to a Shallow Submarine Hydrothermal System at Banderas Bay (Mexico)
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María Carolina Rodríguez-Uribe 1, Rosa María Chávez-Dagostino 2, Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores 3 and Myrna Leticia Bravo-Olivas 2,*
María Carolina Rodríguez-Uribe 1, Rosa María Chávez-Dagostino 2, Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores 3 and Myrna Leticia Bravo-Olivas 2,*
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Department of Exact Sciences, Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 48280, Mexico
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Department of Biological Sciences, Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 48280, Mexico
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Faculty of High Studies Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Tlalnepantla, Estado de México 54090, Mexico
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Diversity 2019, 11(12), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11120227
Received: 18 October 2019 / Revised: 21 November 2019 / Accepted: 23 November 2019 / Published: 28 November 2019
(This article belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
Shallow submarine hydrothermal vent systems assume differentiated environmental conditions. Some specimens of Branchiostoma californiense were found in the sediments of the influence area of the shallow hydrothermal venting in Punta Mita. This is the only lancelet species registered for the Mexican Pacific. The meristic and morphometric characteristics of the organisms first collected in unconsolidated sediments of this shallow system were reviewed, in order to determine the species. We confirm that it is the same species. This represents the first record of it for both the Banderas bay and in the influence area of a shallow hydrothermal system.
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Keywords:
Cephalochordata; lancelet; hydrothermal system; record; shallow vent; Banderas Bay
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Rodríguez-Uribe, M.C.; Chávez-Dagostino, R.M.; Del Moral-Flores, L.F.; Bravo-Olivas, M.L. First Record of Amphioxus Branchiostoma californiense (Amphioxiformes: Branchiostomatidae) Adjacent to a Shallow Submarine Hydrothermal System at Banderas Bay (Mexico). Diversity 2019, 11, 227.
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