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<journal-id>2007-3364</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Therya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Therya]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-3364</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-33642017000300273</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12933/therya-17-517</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus (Sirenia: Trichechidae) as a motile ecosystem of epibiont fauna in the Caribbean Sea, Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Violante-Huerta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marco]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Gamboa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raúl]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ordóñez-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Uriel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mérida Yucatán]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Politécnico Nacional Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Mérida Yucatán]]></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>8</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>273</fpage>
<lpage>276</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-33642017000300273&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-33642017000300273&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-33642017000300273&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The study of epibionts allows inferring ecological, biogeographic and health aspects of the host species (basibiont), and their study on marine mammals is scarce. The aim of this work was to characterize the epibiont fauna associated with the skin of captive individuals of the West Indian manatee in three sites from the Mexican Caribbean. In autumn 2014, 22 dorsal skin scrapings were collected from 11 captive manatees. The biological material was scraped off the skin with a blunt spatula, covering 100 cm2 of sampled area of the dorsal skin of each manatee. Samples were immediately fixed in 8 % formalin solution and placed in labeled vials for laboratory analysis. We used specialized literature to identify epibionts at the lowest taxonomic level possible. A total of 1,353 individuals from 31 taxa were found, belonging to eight phyla. Twenty nine taxa are new records of epibionts from Sirenians. The nematodes Monhystera sp. and Rabdolaimus sp., the adult and larvae of copepods from the Order Harpacticoida, the foraminifer Ammonia sp. and the rotifer Lecane sp. were the dominant epibionts. These new interactions may suggest that in the Caribbean Sea, the manatee skin represents a nutrient-rich substrate for an opportunistic fauna that is more diverse than previously estimated.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Los epibiontes pueden ser estudiados para inferir aspectos ecológicos, biogeográficos y de la salud de la especie que los alberga (basibionte). Su estudio es muy escaso en mamíferos marinos por lo que el objetivo de este trabajo fue caracterizar la fauna epibionte asociada a la piel de individuos cautivos del manatí Antillano en tres localidades del Caribe mexicano. En otoño de 2014 se colectaron 22 muestras de piel de 11 manatíes cautivos. El material biológico se obtuvo por medio de un raspado superficial con una espátula blanda cubriendo un área de 100 cm2 de la piel del dorso del manatí. Las muestras se fijaron inmediatamente en una solución de formalina al 8 % y fueron colocadas en frascos etiquetados para su análisis en laboratorio. Con el uso de literatura especializada, se realizó la identificación del material al menor nivel taxonómico posible. Se encontraron un total de 1,353 individuos de 31 taxa pertenecientes a ocho fila. De ellos, 29 son nuevos registros de epibiontes para el Orden Sirenia. Los nematodos Monhystera sp. y Rhabdolaimus sp., las larvas nauplio y adultos de copépodos del Orden Harpacticoida, foraminíferos Ammonia sp. y los rotíferos Lecane sp. fueron dominantes. Estas nuevas interacciones sugieren que, en el Mar Caribe, la piel de los manatíes representa un sustrato rico en nutrientes para una fauna oportunista que es más diversa de lo previamente estimado.]]></p></abstract>
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