Riqueza específica de copépodos en Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur, México

Abstract

IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE SPECIES RICHNESS OF COPEPODS FROM BAHÍA MAGDALENA, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MÉXICO, SAMPLES TAKEN DURING SEVERAL YEARS USING DIFFERENT COLLECTING METHODS, WERE ANALIZED. ADITIONAL DATA ON THE SPECIES RICHNESS OF COPEPODS FROM THE STUDY SITE WERE OBTAINED FROM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED PAPERS. AS A RESULT OF THE ABOVE ANALYSES, 152 SPECIES OF PELAGIC, EPIBENTHIC AND PARASITIC COPEPODS WERE RECORDED. THE SPECIES FOUND BELONG TO CALANOIDA, MONSTRILLOIDA, SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA AND POECILOSTOMATOIDA. SPECIES RICHNESS TURNED OUT TO BE 57% HIGHER THAN IN PREVIOUS STUDIES, AND 12 NEW RECORDS FOR BAHÍA MAGDALENA ARE PRESENTED HEREIN.