@article{Durán-González_Laguarda-Figueras_Solís-Marín_Gracia_Vázquez-Bader_2021, title={Biodiversity of ophiuroids (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the slope of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico}, volume={69}, url={https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/46337}, DOI={10.15517/rbt.v69iSuppl.1.46337}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><strong>Introduction:</strong> The Ophiuroidea class is the most diverse of the Phylum Echinodermata, with 2 064 described species, which can be found from intertidal zones to abyssal depths, but the fauna of Yucatan peninsula needs more study. <strong>Objective:</strong> To describe the diversity of ophiuroids in the Yucatan continental slope. <strong>Methods:</strong> Information was compiled from four oceanographic surveys carried out in August 2005, June 2007 (BIOREPES 1 and 2: BRP1 and BRP2), April 2011 and August 2014 (COBERPES 2 and 6: CBP2 and CBP6). The specimens were obtained by trawling with a shrimp net in soft substrates and with a skimmer-type trawl dredge at a depth range of 200 to 1 071 m off the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo, Mexico. <strong>Results:</strong> We found members of two superorders, five orders, six suborders, five superfamilies, 18 families, 28 genera and 43 species. <strong>Conclusions:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The northeast zone Yucatan Peninsula has at least 43 species, of which 19 are new records for the area.</p>}, number={S1}, journal={Revista de Biología Tropical}, author={Durán-González, Alicia and Laguarda-Figueras, Alfredo and Solís-Marín, Francisco-Alonso and Gracia, Adolfo and Vázquez-Bader, Ana Rosa}, year={2021}, month={Mar.}, pages={S132–S153} }