Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic

ABSTRACT Cyanoprokaryotes are organisms that perform oxygenic photosynthesis. One of the most diverse orders is Nostocales, whose species are characterized by the presence of heterocytes. Phycofloristic lists in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean have secondarily recorded cyanoprokaryotes....

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ernesto Cabrera‐Becerril, Annie May Ek García‐García, María Luisa Núñez Resendiz, Kurt M. Dreckmann, Abel Sentíes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-08-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71826
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849224499956809728
author Ernesto Cabrera‐Becerril
Annie May Ek García‐García
María Luisa Núñez Resendiz
Kurt M. Dreckmann
Abel Sentíes
author_facet Ernesto Cabrera‐Becerril
Annie May Ek García‐García
María Luisa Núñez Resendiz
Kurt M. Dreckmann
Abel Sentíes
author_sort Ernesto Cabrera‐Becerril
collection DOAJ
description ABSTRACT Cyanoprokaryotes are organisms that perform oxygenic photosynthesis. One of the most diverse orders is Nostocales, whose species are characterized by the presence of heterocytes. Phycofloristic lists in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean have secondarily recorded cyanoprokaryotes. Particularly in Mexico, 1123 species have been recorded, of which only 164 correspond to marine environments. An exhaustive review of the literature on the order Nostocales from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean was carried out. The list of species was updated taxonomically. Furthermore, the historical analysis of their taxonomy was carried out by consulting the literature corresponding to the starting point established in Bornet and Flahault (1886–1888), as well as previous and later works to date. We found 22 works that include reports of marine Nostocales; 18 correspond to articles and four to book chapters; others contain records presented in a congress meeting. Our updated list of Nostocales from the Mexican Atlantic presents 45 currently taxonomically valid species, distributed in 19 genera and eight families. The states that present the greatest specific richness are Veracruz (33), followed by Quintana Roo (23), Yucatán (18), Campeche (5), Tabasco (4), and Tamaulipas (2). Several attempts at ordering have occurred throughout its history; in the work of Bornet and Flahault, one of the first monographs and compendiums of the group, the order was considered a family, composed of 163 species in 30 genera, 19 sections, two subgenera of seven subtribes, five tribes, one subfamily, one family, and one suborder. Despite these advances, in the last 20 years, Mexican benthic marine cyanoprokaryota species remain little explored, so it is important to continue their registration and analysis.
format Article
id doaj-art-30a67eb9ea22446984f26ffd7451c9ce
institution Kabale University
issn 2045-7758
language English
publishDate 2025-08-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Ecology and Evolution
spelling doaj-art-30a67eb9ea22446984f26ffd7451c9ce2025-08-25T08:13:59ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582025-08-01158n/an/a10.1002/ece3.71826Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican AtlanticErnesto Cabrera‐Becerril0Annie May Ek García‐García1María Luisa Núñez Resendiz2Kurt M. Dreckmann3Abel Sentíes4Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Ciudad de México Ciudad de México MexicoDepartamento de Hidrobiología Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana‐Iztapalapa (UAM‐I) Ciudad de México MexicoDepartamento de Hidrobiología Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana‐Iztapalapa (UAM‐I) Ciudad de México MexicoDepartamento de Hidrobiología Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana‐Iztapalapa (UAM‐I) Ciudad de México MexicoDepartamento de Hidrobiología Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana‐Iztapalapa (UAM‐I) Ciudad de México MexicoABSTRACT Cyanoprokaryotes are organisms that perform oxygenic photosynthesis. One of the most diverse orders is Nostocales, whose species are characterized by the presence of heterocytes. Phycofloristic lists in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean have secondarily recorded cyanoprokaryotes. Particularly in Mexico, 1123 species have been recorded, of which only 164 correspond to marine environments. An exhaustive review of the literature on the order Nostocales from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean was carried out. The list of species was updated taxonomically. Furthermore, the historical analysis of their taxonomy was carried out by consulting the literature corresponding to the starting point established in Bornet and Flahault (1886–1888), as well as previous and later works to date. We found 22 works that include reports of marine Nostocales; 18 correspond to articles and four to book chapters; others contain records presented in a congress meeting. Our updated list of Nostocales from the Mexican Atlantic presents 45 currently taxonomically valid species, distributed in 19 genera and eight families. The states that present the greatest specific richness are Veracruz (33), followed by Quintana Roo (23), Yucatán (18), Campeche (5), Tabasco (4), and Tamaulipas (2). Several attempts at ordering have occurred throughout its history; in the work of Bornet and Flahault, one of the first monographs and compendiums of the group, the order was considered a family, composed of 163 species in 30 genera, 19 sections, two subgenera of seven subtribes, five tribes, one subfamily, one family, and one suborder. Despite these advances, in the last 20 years, Mexican benthic marine cyanoprokaryota species remain little explored, so it is important to continue their registration and analysis.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71826classificationdiversitymarine phycoflorataxonomictaxonomic status
spellingShingle Ernesto Cabrera‐Becerril
Annie May Ek García‐García
María Luisa Núñez Resendiz
Kurt M. Dreckmann
Abel Sentíes
Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic
Ecology and Evolution
classification
diversity
marine phycoflora
taxonomic
taxonomic status
title Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic
title_full Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic
title_fullStr Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic
title_full_unstemmed Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic
title_short Taxonomic History and State of Knowledge of the Marine Species in Nostocales (Cyanoprokaryote) From the Mexican Atlantic
title_sort taxonomic history and state of knowledge of the marine species in nostocales cyanoprokaryote from the mexican atlantic
topic classification
diversity
marine phycoflora
taxonomic
taxonomic status
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71826
work_keys_str_mv AT ernestocabrerabecerril taxonomichistoryandstateofknowledgeofthemarinespeciesinnostocalescyanoprokaryotefromthemexicanatlantic
AT anniemayekgarciagarcia taxonomichistoryandstateofknowledgeofthemarinespeciesinnostocalescyanoprokaryotefromthemexicanatlantic
AT marialuisanunezresendiz taxonomichistoryandstateofknowledgeofthemarinespeciesinnostocalescyanoprokaryotefromthemexicanatlantic
AT kurtmdreckmann taxonomichistoryandstateofknowledgeofthemarinespeciesinnostocalescyanoprokaryotefromthemexicanatlantic
AT abelsenties taxonomichistoryandstateofknowledgeofthemarinespeciesinnostocalescyanoprokaryotefromthemexicanatlantic