Cumaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) associated with shallow-water hydrothermal vents at Banderas Bay, Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cumaceans mostly inhabit marine environments, where they play a crucial role in marine food webs and actively participate in the transfer between benthic and pelagic systems. Scientific interest in these crustaceans has been increasing, but is limited to certain geographic areas, which do not include extreme environments such as hydrothermal vents.

New information

Therefore, this study aimed to report the distribution of cumaceans in shallow-water hydrothermal vents at Banderas Bay and to identify the specimens present. Three sites were selected (20°44'54.7"N, 105°28'40.6"W; 20°44'54.8"N, 105°28'40.4"W; 20°44'54.9"N, 105°28'38.4"W) and each site was divided into three zones, based on sediment temperature. Through SCUBA diving, 27 sediment cores were collected. The

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Uribe MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656162 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature