Resumen

RODRIGUEZ-ALMARAZ, Gabino A.  y  ORTEGA-VIDALES, Víctor M.. First record of Caprella scaura and Caprella penantis (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda) in the Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2013, vol.84, n.3, pp.989-993. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.31501.

The caprellid amphipods Caprella scaura and C. penantis are recorded for first time in the Laguna Madre from Tamaulipas. Both species are cosmopolitan and with exotic numerous records worldwide. The finding of C. scaura is also the first record for the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. This caprellid was collected among green-algae Ulva lactuca that colonized tidal inlets at Laguna Madre. While that specimens of C. penantis were collected between seagrass Halodule wrightii.

Palabras llave : Caprellidea; Laguna Madre; Tamaulipas.

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