Checklist of lobster-like decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea. Astacidea and palinuridea) from the eastern tropical Pacific

Abstract

LITERATURE DEALING WITH. THALASSINIDEA, ASTACIDEA AND PALINURIDEA FROM THE EAST PACIFIC WAS REVIEWED. MARINE AND BRACKISH WATER SPECIES REPORTED AT LEAST ONCE IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC ZOOGEOGRAPHIC SUBREGIÓN, WHICH EXTENDS FROM MAGDALENA BAY, ON THE WEST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO, TO PAITA, IN NORTHOERN PERUI, ARE ENLISTED AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION RANGE ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST OF AMERICA IS PROVIDED. UNPUBLISHED RECORDS, BASED ON MATERIAL KEPT IN THE AUTHOR'S COLLECTION ( ""COLECCIÓN DE REFERENCIA DE INVERTEBRADOS"", ESTACION MAZATLAN, UNAM) WERE ALSO CONSIDERED TO DETERMINE OR CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF SPECIES. A TOTAL OF 47 SPECIES, BELONGING TO GENERA ARE INCLUDED IN THE CHECKLIST WHICH IS THE FIRST FOR THE ENTIRE TROPICAL ZOOGEOGRAPHIC SUBREGION OF THE WESR COAST OF AMERICA. A LIST OF NAMES OF SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED AS INVALID FOR THE AREA IS ALSO INCLUDED.