Sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from coral reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico

By

González-Muñoz, Ricardo
Simões, Nuno
Tello-Musi, José Luis
Rodríguez, Estefanía

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

341

Pages

77-106

Subjects

Alacranes Reef , Anthozoa , Banco de Campeche , Cayo Arenas , Veracruz Reef System , Yucatan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.341.5816

 

Abstract

Seven sea anemone species from coral reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico are taxonomically diagnosed and images from living specimens including external and internal features, and cnidae are provided. Furthermore, the known distribution ranges from another 10 species are extended. No species records of sea anemones have been previously published in the primary scientific literature for coral reefs in the southern Gulf of Mexico and thus, this study represents the first inventory for the local actiniarian fauna.