Lista faunística y bibliografía comentadas de los sifonóforos (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) de México

Abstract

AS A GROUP, SIPHONOPHORES ARE ONE OF THE LEAST KNOWN GELATINOUS ZOOP- LANKTERS IN THE MEXICAN PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS. DUE TO THEIR TROPHIC REL- EVANCE AS ACTIVE PREDATORS, THESE CNIDARIANS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT FOR THE DYNAMICS OF THE OCEANIC ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES. IN THIS CONTRIBUTION THE STATUS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE SUBCLASS SIPHONOPHORAE ON MEXICO IS DE- SCRIBED AND ANALYZED. THE INFORMATION OF THE PRIMARY LITERATURE IS PRESENTED IN TWO TABLES, ONE CONTAINING ALL THE REFERENCES OF PUBLISHED WORKS ON MEXICAN WATERS, AND THE OTHER ONE WITH THE COMPLETE LIST OF SPECIES RECORDED IN MEXICO, INCLUDING THE AREA AND AUTHOR OF EACH RECORD. THE NUMBER OF WORKS PUBLISHED ON THE MEXICAN SIPHONOPHORE FAUNA IS INCREASING BY DECADES,