Equinodermos (Echinodermata) del Golfo de California, México / Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Gulf of California, Mexico

ABSTRACT

A systematic list of the echinoderms of the Gulf of California, based on museum specimens of the Colección Nacional de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. is presented. A total of 193 echinoderm species is recorded, distributed in 108 genera, 51 families and 19 orders. 12 new records for the Gulf of California are presented Asteroidea (four), Ophiuroidea (three) and Holothuroidea (five).