Coral-associated decapods (Crustacea) from the Mexican Tropical Pacific coast Author Ortiz, Luis Hernández Georgina Ramírez Author Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor text Zootaxa 2013 3609 5 451 464 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.5.1 a72c19ec-68b4-411e-9f1d-6ffc7d4f418b 1175-5326 215771 3D6C8E11-F7CF-4D02-9420-012DF4669CCD Synalpheus charon (Heller, 1861) Material examined. New records along the study area were collected at Tenacatita ( 19°16´N , 104°52´W ) with one male (ICMyL MAZ 9370A) and one female (ICMyL MAZ 9370B), and at La Ensenada, in Caleta de Campos region, one male (ICMyL MAZ 9369A) and one female (ICMyL MAZ 9369B). Remarks. This species is commensal on Pocillopora corals (Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003) and its range was documented as circumtropical (Wicksten 1983). In Mexican waters the northern-most site was recorded at Isla Carmen ( 26°02´N , 111°10´W ) in the Loreto region (Hernández et al. 2009). Hermoso (1999) noted this species at Bahía Santiago as well in the Huatulco region. Our data confirm its distribution in two other areas of the Mexican tropical Pacific coast, as a commensal on coral.