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<b>A new record of Harlequin Shrimp (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Palaemonidae: <I>Hymenocera picta</I> Dana, 1852) in the southern Mexican Pacific Reefs</b>

2017; Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society; Volume: 9; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11609/jott.3238.9.8.10571-10576

ISSN

0974-7907

Autores

Omar Valencia‐Méndez, Andrés López‐Pérez, Betel Martínez-Guerrero, Virgilio Antonio-Pérez, Eduardo Ramírez-Chávez,

Tópico(s)

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Resumo

The Harlequin Shrimp Hymenocera picta is abundant in the Indo-Pacific and Central Pacific regions, but there are few reports of it from the eastern Pacific. Two pairs of the Harlequin Shrimp were observed feeding on the Sea Star Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840) in the reefs of Huatulco National Park, Mexican Pacific. This paper reports the occurrence of H. picta in Mexican Pacific waters and extends its previous distribution by 1,270km north of El Ocotal, Costa Rica in the eastern Pacific equatorial zone. In addition, we evaluate the potential distribution of H. picta along the tropical eastern Pacific using the Maximum-Entropy modelling algorithm.

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