First record of Heterocucumis godeffroyi(Semper, 1868) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Peruvian sea

Authors

  • Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín Laboratorio de Sistemática y Eco-logía de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apdo. Post. 70-305, México, D. F. 04510, México.
  • Yuri Hooker Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Ciencias Bioló-gicas y Fisiológicas, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Av. Honorio Delgado 430, Urb. Inge-niería, S.M.P. Lima, Perú.
  • Andrea Alejandra Caballero Ochoa Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
  • Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras Laboratorio de Sistemática y Eco-logía de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apdo. Post. 70-305, México, D. F. 04510, México.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v19i3.1054

Keywords:

First record, sea cucumber, marine biodiversity.

Abstract

This is the first record of Heterocucumis godeffroyi(Semper, 1868) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) for Peruvian waters. The species was collected at19 m deep, in Pucusana, off Lima Departamento. This record represents the northern most distribution limit knowing to the present. Reference material has been deposited at the Colección de Zoología Acuática, Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Fisiológicas, at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.

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Published

12/31/2012

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2012)

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Copyright (c) 2012 Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín, Yuri Hooker, Andrea Alejandra Caballero Ochoa, Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras

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Solís-Marín, Francisco Alonso, Yuri Hooker, Andrea Alejandra Caballero Ochoa, and Alfredo Laguarda-Figueras. 2012. “First Record of Heterocucumis godeffroyi(Semper, 1868) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Peruvian Sea”. Revista Peruana De Biología 19 (3): 347-50. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v19i3.1054.