Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda)
Cephalopods have been widely studied around the globe. However, some areas are poorly understood. In Mexico, there is a significant lack of knowledge, particularly in the coastal zone of the eastern Pacific Ocean, where most studies have focused on commercial fisheries. An exhaustive review of docum...
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| description | Cephalopods have been widely studied around the globe. However, some areas are poorly understood. In Mexico, there is a significant lack of knowledge, particularly in the coastal zone of the eastern Pacific Ocean, where most studies have focused on commercial fisheries. An exhaustive review of documents (articles, books, theses, and regional reports) dealing with the cephalopods of the eastern Pacific in general and of Pacific Mexico in particular was undertaken along with an examination of malacological collections and databases available in Mexico and the USA. As a result, we obtained 3752 records corresponding to 3339 taxonomic records, featuring two superorders, six orders, 29 families, 60 genera, and 105 species. Of these, 89 species occurring in Mexican waters were confirmed, 76% pelagic, 21% in strictly benthic habitats, 2% benthopelagic, and 1% corresponding to demersal species. We proposed a modification for the distribution of 21 species and found 10 new records for Mexican waters. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-828cd76a1d874f78b682dadd7b76ca642025-08-20T02:21:09ZengMDPI AGFishes2410-38882025-06-0110628110.3390/fishes10060281Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda)Brian Urbano0Denise Arroyo-Lambaer1Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Cto. de los Posgrados S/N, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, C.U., Coyoacán, Ciudad de Mexico 04510, MexicoInstituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, MexicoCephalopods have been widely studied around the globe. However, some areas are poorly understood. In Mexico, there is a significant lack of knowledge, particularly in the coastal zone of the eastern Pacific Ocean, where most studies have focused on commercial fisheries. An exhaustive review of documents (articles, books, theses, and regional reports) dealing with the cephalopods of the eastern Pacific in general and of Pacific Mexico in particular was undertaken along with an examination of malacological collections and databases available in Mexico and the USA. As a result, we obtained 3752 records corresponding to 3339 taxonomic records, featuring two superorders, six orders, 29 families, 60 genera, and 105 species. Of these, 89 species occurring in Mexican waters were confirmed, 76% pelagic, 21% in strictly benthic habitats, 2% benthopelagic, and 1% corresponding to demersal species. We proposed a modification for the distribution of 21 species and found 10 new records for Mexican waters.https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/6/281squidoctopusmalacological collectionspelagic speciesnew recordsMexico |
| spellingShingle | Brian Urbano Denise Arroyo-Lambaer Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) Fishes squid octopus malacological collections pelagic species new records Mexico |
| title | Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) |
| title_full | Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) |
| title_fullStr | Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) |
| title_short | Richness and Distribution of Mexican Pacific Cephalopods (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) |
| title_sort | richness and distribution of mexican pacific cephalopods mollusca cephalopoda |
| topic | squid octopus malacological collections pelagic species new records Mexico |
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