New distribution records of subterranean crustaceans from cenotes in Yucatan (Mexico)

By

Angyal, Dorottya
Chávez Solís, Efraín
Liévano Beltrán, Luis Arturo
Magana, Benjamin
Simões, Nuno
Mascaro, Maite

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

911

Pages

21--49

Subjects

anchialine ecosystems , barcode sequences , Biodiversity , endemic , Eucarida , Peracarida , stygobiont , Yucatán Peninsula

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.911.47694

 

Abstract

New records of 14 stygobiont crustacean species pertaining to six Malacostraca orders from 32 cenotes are presented, with their associated caves of the state of Yucatan, Mexico, together with an individual account for each species. Species composition of most of the investigated cenotes is examined for the first time. A thermosbaenacean and two amphipod species were not formally recorded to the cenote ecosystems of the state of Yucatan prior to our research. Distribution data of a cirolanid isopod previously known only from its type locality is also provided. Barcodes of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I for the reported peracarid species previously lacking this information have been included in present study as tools for species identification and a baseline of further molecular genetic analyses.