Abstract

WINFIELD, Ignacio; CHAZARO-OLVERA, Sergio; ORTIZ, Manuel  and  PALOMO-AGUAYO, Ulíses. Updated checklist of marine invasive species of amphipods (Peracarida: Gammaridea and Corophiidea) from Mexico. Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr. [online]. 2011, vol.46, n.3, pp. 349-361. ISSN 0718-1957.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-19572011000300006.

An updated checklist of the marine invasive amphipod species from Mexico is documented. This list includes 11 species, belonging to the suborders Gammaridea and Corophiidea, and grouped in five families and six genera. Information about distribution, habitat, natural history, and dispersal mechanisms was added, according to the Sistema Nacional de Información sobre Biodiversidad and Análisis de Riesgo. The species Ampelisca abdita, A.burkei, A. schellenbergi, Melita nitida, Colomastix irciniae, C. tridentata, Ampithoe longimana, A. pollex, Apocorophium acutum, Monocorophium acherusicum, and M. insidiosum, were characterized as marine invasive species from Mexico.

Keywords : Peracarid crustaceans; no-native species; gammarideans; corophiideans.