Author:
Méndez-Abarca Felipe,Mundaca Enrique A.,Pepe-Victoriano Renzo
Abstract
AbstractWe report the capture of a single specimen of the species Paulia horrida Gray, 1840, off the coast of Arica, in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Northern Chile. This finding extends the currently known distributional range of the species by 2,434 km towards the south, since the southernmost known area for this species corresponds to Punta Sal, Peru. We discuss the importance of finding this relatively unknown species in Chile and the need to continue sampling to confirm the continuous distributional range of the species between the south of Peru and the north of Chile.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Aquatic Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Oceanography
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