Nectonemertes mirabilis (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Pelagica) from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, first sighting of a pelagic nemertean in the gulf
Violante-Huerta, M.; Sanvicente-Añorve, L. (2021). Nectonemertes mirabilis (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Pelagica) from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, first sighting of a pelagic nemertean in the gulf. Plankton Benthos Res. 16(2): 139-144. https://dx.doi.org/10.3800/pbr.16.139
In: Plankton & Benthos Research. The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology: Tokyo. ISSN 1880-8247, more
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| Keywords |
Nectonemertes mirabilis Verrill, 1892 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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mesopelagic zone, ribbon worms, stratified sampling, western Atlantic, zooplankton |
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- Violante-Huerta, M.
- Sanvicente-Añorve, L.
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| Abstract |
The deep-water bathypelagic nemertean Nectonemertes mirabilis, previously found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was confirmed for the first time in the Gulf of Mexico. This new record is represented by a juvenile male collected by a stratified plankton sampling at 800–1,000 m depth in the southern gulf (20.5°N, 94.5°W), during summer 2014. This is the first record of a pelagic nemertean in the gulf; extending our knowledge about the species’ global distribution, the number of nemertean species present in Mexican Atlantic waters, and the need to explore the mesopelagic zone of the oceans. |
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