Checklist of echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Southern Mexican Pacific: a historical review Rebeca Granja-Fernández1, Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín2, Francisco Benítez-Villalobos3, María Dinorah Herrero-Pérezrul4 & Andrés López-Pérez5 1. Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina. CP 09340. D.F., México;
[email protected] 2. Colección Nacional de Equinodermos “Ma. E. Caso Muñoz”, Laboratorio de Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos, ICMyL, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 México, D.F.;
[email protected] 3. Instituto de Recursos, Universidad del Mar, Campus Puerto Ángel, 70902, San Pedro Pochutla, Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca, México;
[email protected] 4. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional s/n, col. Playa Palo de Santa Rita, 23096, La Paz, B.C.S., México;
[email protected] 5. Departamento de Hidrobiología, División CBS, UAM-Iztapalapa. Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, 09340, AP 55-535, México, D.F.;
[email protected] Received 22-VII-2014. Corrected 04-XI-2014. Accepted 08-XII-2014. Abstract: The echinoderms of the Southern Mexican Pacific have been studied for three centuries, but dis- crepancies in the nomenclature of some species have pervaded through time. The objective of this work is to present the first updated checklist of all valid species and synonyms, and a historical review of the study of the echinoderms of the Southern Mexican Pacific is also presented. The checklist is based on an exhaustive pub- lished literature search and records of specimens deposited in museum and curated reference collections.