Macrobenthic fauna from an upwelling coastal area of Peru (Warm Temperate South-eastern Pacific province - Humboldtian ecoregion)
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Tasso, Vicente
Author
El Haddad, Mustapha
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Assadi, Carolina
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Canales, Remy
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Aguirre, Luis
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Velez-Zuazo, Ximena
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Biodiversity Data Journal
2018
6
28937
28937
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e28937
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e28937
1314-2828--28937
Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853
Notes
Types of substrate: hard and soft bottoms. Depth / bathymetric range: 0-15 m. Station code: BT1S(8, 15); BT2S(10), BT3N(15); BT3S(8); D1(0, 5, 10); D2(0, 5, 10); D3(0,5,10); D4(0, 5); D5(0). Remarks: Considered as non-native species from the Pacific (
Perez-Schultheiss
2009
,
Hughes and Lowry 2010
). After
Hughes and Lowry 2010
, its origin can be Mediterranean, Red Sea or the Indian Ocean. Probably introduced by shipping as fouling.