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<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1870-34532017000400995</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2017.10.032</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[New records of the Californian lancelet Branchiostoma californiense (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomidae) from the Pacific coast of Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Nuevos registros de la lanceta de California Branchiostoma californiense (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomidae) de la costa pacífica de México]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Galván-Villa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cristian Moisés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ríos-Jara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ayón-Parente]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Zapopan Jalisco]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>88</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>995</fpage>
<lpage>998</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000400995&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000400995&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532017000400995&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: A number of specimens of the Californian lancelet, Branchiostoma californiense Andrews, 1893 were found in Isla Melendres, Sinaloa and Bahía Chamela, Jalisco, in the Mexican Pacific. The specimens were collected with a biological dredge on sandy bottoms. Some morphometric and meristic characters of the collected specimens are described and discussed herein. This is the first record of the species for the Bahía Chamela in the central Mexican Pacific and second for the Sinaloa state in the Gulf of California, confirming their distribution along the Eastern Pacific from the coast of California coast, USA to Panama. However, an extensive area of the southern Mexican Pacific (~1,500 km from Colima to Chiapas) have scarce records of this species, this possibly due to the lack of sampling effort on this group in the area.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Algunos especímenes de la lanceta de California Branchiostoma californiense Andrews, 1893 fueron encontrados en la isla Melendres (Sinaloa) y en la bahía Chamela (Jalisco), en el Pacífico mexicano. Los ejemplares fueron recolectados con una draga biológica en fondos arenosos. Algunos caracteres morfométricos y merísticos de los especímenes encontrados son descritos y discutidos en este trabajo. Este es el primer registro de la especie para la bahía Chamela en el Pacífico central mexicano y el segundo para el estado de Sinaloa, dentro del golfo de California, lo que permite confirmar su distribución a lo largo del Pacífico oriental desde la costa de California (EUA) hasta Panamá. Sin embargo, en una extensa área del sur del Pacífico mexicano (~1,500 km desde Colima hasta Chiapas) se encuentran escasos registros de esta especie, posiblemente por la falta de esfuerzo de muestreo sobre este grupo en esta área.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Amphioxus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[New records]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Distribution]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Central Mexican Pacific]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Anfioxos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nuevos registros]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Distribución]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pacífico central mexicano]]></kwd>
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