Abstract

HENRICKX, Michel E.. First record of Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) in western Mexico. Hidrobiológica [online]. 2002, vol.12, n.2, pp.163-166. ISSN 0188-8897.

The thalassinid Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) has been discovered in subtropical waters of the Gulf of California, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific. The large male specimen of this species, collected by scuba diving on rocky substrate represent the first record north of Colombia along the coast of the eastern Pacific. The material was compared to specimens from the Indo-Pacific and the morphology of its 4th and 5th thoracic sternites closely matches recent description by other authors.

Keywords : Axiopsis serratifrons; Axiidae; new record; Mexican Pacific.

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