First record of the non-indigenous bryozoan Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822) (Bryozoa, Vesiculariidae) in the southern Mexican Pacific

By

Humara-Gil, Karla J.
Cruz-Gómez, Christopher

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-6-28

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

515--522

Subjects

Dispersal , Exotic species , Fouling , Gymnolaemata , Mexico

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.3.515

 

Abstract

The non-indigenous bryozoan Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822) is recorded for the first time from the southern Mexican Pacific. The species was detected between 2014 and 2018 at three locations along the coast of Oaxaca, southwestern Mexico: Puerto Ángel Bay, Santa Cruz Bay, and La Blanca Island. A discussion on the introduction of the species to Oaxaca is also included.