Metadata

Typhlias pearsei

Hubbs 1938

Typhlias pearsei
Redrawn by Rhian Kendall from Chumba-Segura (1983)
ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
OphidiiformesBythitoideiDinematichthyidae

Synonyms

Typhlisina pearsei  Whitley 1951

Ogilbia pearsei  (Hubbs 1938) Cohen and Nielson 1978

These names have been variously misspelt by numerous authors, Reddell (1981:245-246) provides a full list to that date

Country

México

Types

Holotype: UMMZ 116094 adult male 90.5mm SL. Paratype: UMMZ 116095 immature specimen 41mm SL.

Distribution

Type locality: Grutas de Balankanche (or Balaam Canche), 5 km from Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Known also from: Cenote de Hoctun, Cenote del Pochote, Grutas de Tzab‑Nah, Cenote de Calchuhuim (Reddell 1981:246), and Cenote Xebiz (specimen UMMZ 190412) in the same area (20-21oN, 89-91oW). In all but Cenote de Calchuhuim and Cenote Xebiz this species coexists with Ophisternon infernale. Also recorded from cenotes in and around Mayan Blue Cenote on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (Pohlman, Iliffe and Cifuentes 1997; Pohlman, Cifuentes and Iliffe 2000). Known also from Cenotes Tábano, Odyssey, Muknal and Bang which are part of the very extensive Ox Bel Ha system in eatern Quintana Roo on the Yucatam pennisula (Benítez et al. 2019).

Habitat

Typhlias pearsei is the top predator in the Mayan Blue Cenote system and probably fulfils the same position in other locations (Pohlman, Iliffe and Cifuentes 1997; Pohlman, Cifuentes and Iliffe 2000). At least four species of troglobitic shrimps, Typhlatya mitchelli, T. campecheae, T. pearsei (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) and Creaseria morleyi (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) inhabit the subterranean waters of Yucatan (Hobbs and Hobbs 1976, Holthuis 1977) and these may form part of the food supply of the cave fishes. Reddell (1981) records other aquatic fauna from this area.

Systematics

The genus Typhlias Hubbs 1938 was long thought to be a primary junior homonym of Typhlias Bryce 1910 (Rotifera) and Whitey (1951) provided Typhliasina as a replacement name. Scharpf (2017) demostrated conclusively that Typhlias Bryce 1910 is not an available name and therefore cannot be a senior synonym of Typhlias Hubbs 1938. Therefore the species pearsei can retain it original name of Typhlias pearsei.  In a detailed study of the Ophidiiform fishes Cohen and Nielsen (1978, see also Nielsen, Cohen, Markle and Robins 1999) placed the species in Ogilbia Jordan and Evermann, 1898 but the species is so dictinctive as to retains its original generic name. Gibbs (1999) examined the lateral line morphology and cranial osteology of the Rubynose Brotula Cataetyx rubrirostris (Bythitidae) and suggested that they were very simlar to those of Typhlias pearsei as detailed in Schemmell (1977). Placed in the new Family Dinematichthyidae by Moller et al. (2016).

Conservation Status

MG [NT:3.1:2018]

Arroyave, J., Schmitter-Soto, J. and Lyons, T.J.

VU D2:2.3:1996 Contreras-Balderas, S. and Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Typhliasina pearsei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T39296A10176336.en. Downloaded on 10 July 2017.

E (IUCN, 1990), E (IUCN, 1993).

The groundwater beneath Merida, one of the largest cities in Yucatan, is contaminated with bacteria from human effluent (Cruickshank, Maguirre, Kraemer and Craviota 1980) and it seems likely that this situation will pertain elsewhere on the peninsula. The same authors report the construction of disposal facilities intended to reduce the contamination. Whether these facilities can keep up with the human population growth remains to be seen. A more recent study of the water supply of Yucatan was made by Brenner, Medina Gonzalez and Zetina Moguel (1995). See also Proudlove, Medina Gonzalez, Chumba-Segura and Iliffe (2001). One known site for this species, Cenote del Pochote, has been destroyed by the building of a large pig farm (Horst Wilkens pers. comm.). Not only has this lead directly to loss of habitat, but there will lead to chronic problems with further faecal contamination of the aquifer. Endangered (Contreras-Balderas et al. 2003).

Museum Holdings

UMMZ 190412 82mm SL, UMMZ 211159 79mm SL (R. R. Miller pers. comm.)

Internet Resources

Typhlias pearsei in its natural environment

Key References

The two papers by Angyal et al. (2020) and Angyal et al. (2020) contains a great deal of information on the invertebrate fauna of Cenotes in Yucatan. It has an extensive reference list that is highly relevant for any studies of the fishes. The references are not included in the subterranean fish bibliography but should be consulted by anyone following up the biology of Ophisternon infernale and/or Typhlias pearsei.

Pearse, A.S. Journal Article 1936 Parasites from Yucatan
Hubbs, C. L. Book Section 1936 Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula
Creaser, E.P. Book Section 1936 Crustaceans from Yucatan
Pearse, A.S., Creaser, E.P. and Hall, F.G. Book 1936 The cenotes of Yucatan: A zoological and hydrographic survey
Chitwood, B.G. Journal Article 1938 Some nematodes from the caves of Yucatan
Hubbs, C.L. Book Section 1938 Fishes from the caves of Yucatan
Solorzano, A. Journal Article 1953 Nota ictiologia. Variacion de Typhliasina pearsei (Hubbs)
Miller, R. R. Journal Article 1966 Geographical distribution of central American freshwater fishes
Van Mol, J.J. Journal Article 1967 Etude anatomique du genre Caecogilbia Poll et Leleup
Wilkens, H. Journal Article 1973 Uber das phylogenetische Alter von Hohlentieren. Untersuchungen uber die cavernicol Susswasserfauna Yukatans
Suarez, S.S. Journal Article 1975 The reproductive biology of Ogilbia cayorum, a viviparous brotulid fish
Hobbs, H.H. I.I I. and Hobbs, H H. Jr Journal Article 1976 On the troglobitic shrimps of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (Decapoda: Atyidae and Paleamonidae)
Schemmel, C. Journal Article 1977 Zur Morphologie und Funktion der Sinnesorgane von Typhliasina pearsei (Hubbs) (Ophidioidea, Teleostei)
Hobbs, H.H. Jr., Hobbs, H.H. III and Daniel, M.A. Journal Article 1977 A review of the troglobitic decapod crustaceans of the Americas
Reddell, J. R. Journal Article 1977 A preliminary survey of the caves of the Yucatan peninsula
Reddell, J. R. Journal Article 1977 Studies on the caves and cave fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula
Cohen, D.M. and Nielsen, J.G. Journal Article 1978 Guide to the identification of genera of the fish order Ophidiiformes with a tentative classification of the order
Peters, G. Journal Article 1978 Hohlenfisch (die blinden fische von Yucatan)
Wilkens, H. Journal Article 1979 Reductionsgrad und phylogenetisches Alter: Ein Beitrag zur Besiedlungsgeschichte der Limnofauna Yukatans
Reddell, J. R. Journal Article 1979 Zoogeography of the cave fauna of the Yucatan peninsula
Cruickshank, G. G., Maguirre, J., Kraemer, D. M. and Craviota, E. G. Book Section 1980 Bacterial contamination of the limestone aquifer beneath Merida, Mexico
Reddell, J. R. Book 1981 A review of the cavernicole fauna of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
Wilkens, H. Journal Article 1982 Regressive evolution and phylogenetic age: the history of colonisation of freshwaters of Yucatan by fish and crustacea
Chumba-Segura, L. Journal Article 1983 Brotulidae: Typhliasina pearsei
Chumba Segura, L. Journal Article 1983 Characidae. Astyanax fasciatus altior
Chumba-Segura, L. Journal Article 1984 Synbranchidae: Ophisternon infernale
Weidie, A.E. Book Section 1985 Part I: Geology of Yucatan Platform
Wilkens, H. Journal Article 1986 The tempo of regressive evolution: Studies of the eye reduction in stygobiont fishes and decapod crustaceans of the Gulf Coast and Western Atlantic region
Coke, J.G. Journal Article 1986 Explorations underneath Quintana Roo
Coke, J.G. Journal Article 1987 Underwater caves of Quintana Roo
Navarro-Mendoza, M Report 1988 Inventario ictio y estudios ecologicos preliminares en los cuerpos de agua continentales en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an y areas circunvecinas en Quintana Roo, Mexico
Williams, J.E., Johnson, J.E., Hendrickson, D.A., Conteras-Balderas, S., Williams, J.D., Navarro-Mondoza, M., McAllister, D.E. and Deacon, J.E. Journal Article 1989 Fishes of North America endangered, threatened or of special concern 1989
Wilkens, H., Strecker, U. and Yager, J. Journal Article 1989 Eye reduction and phylogenetic age of ophidiiform cave fishes
Marin, L.E. Thesis 1990 Field investigations and numerical simulation of groundwater flow in the karstic aquifer of northwestern Yucatan, Mexico
Iliffe, T.M. Book Section 1992 An annotated list of the troglobitic anchialine and freshwater fauna of Quintana Roo
Arita, H.T. Journal Article 1993 Conservation biology of the cave bats of Mexico
Iliffe, T. M. Book Section 1993 Fauna troglobia acuatica de la Peninsula de Yucatan
Moravec, F, Vivas-Rodríguez, C., Scholz, T., Vargas-Vázquez, J., Mendoza-Franco, E. and González-Solís, D. Journal Article 1995 Nematodes parasitic in fishes of cenotes (= sinkholes) of the Peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico, Part 1. Adults
Moravec, F., Vivas-Rodriguez, C., Scholtz, T., Vargas-Vazquez, J., Mendoza-Franco, E., Schmitter-Soto, J. and Gonzalez-Solis, D. Journal Article 1995 Nematodes parasitic in fishes of cenotes (=sinkholes) of the peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico. Part 2. Larvae
Moravec, F., Scholz, T. and Vivas-Rodriguez, C. Journal Article 1995 Pseudocapillaria yucatanensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from the bagre Rhamdia guatemalensis (Pisces) from cenotes in Yucatan, Mexico
Moravec, F., Scholz, T. and Vivas-Rodriguez, C. Journal Article 1995 Phílometroides caudaıa sp. n. (Nematoda: Philometridae) from Rhamdia guatemalerısis (Pisces) in Yucatan, Mexico
Arita, H.T. and Vargas, J.A. Journal Article 1995 Natural history, interspecific association, and incidence of the cave bats of Yucatan, Mexico
Scholz, T., Vargas-Vazquez, J., Moravec, F. Vivas-Rodriguez, C. and Mendoza-Franco, E. Journal Article 1995 Cenotes (sinkholes) of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, as a habitat of adult trematodes of fish
Scholz, T., Vargas-Vazquez, J., Moravec, F. Vivas-Rodriguez, C. and Mendoza-Franco, E. Journal Article 1995 Metacercarial trematodes of fish from cenotes (sinkholes) of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Moravec, F., González-Solís, D. and Vargas-Vázquez, J. Journal Article 1995 Paracapillaria rhamdiae sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from Rhamdia guatemalensis (Pisces) in Yucatan, Mexico
Stoessell, R.K. Journal Article 1995 Dampening of transverse dispersion in the halocline in Karst limestone in the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula
Perry, E.C., Marin, L., McClain, J. and Velazquez, G. Journal Article 1995 Ring of Cenotes (sinkholes), northwest Yucatan, Mexico: its hydrogeologic characteristics and possible association with the Chicxulub impact crater
Arita, H.T. Journal Article 1996 The conservation of cave-roosting bats in Yucatan, Mexico
Steinich, B. and Marín, L.E. Journal Article 1996 Hydrogeological investigations in northwestern Yucatan, Mexico, using resistivity surveys
Scholz, T., Vargas-Vazquez, J. and Moravec, F. Journal Article 1996 Bothriocephalus pearsei n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from Cenote Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Curtis, J.H., Hodell, D.A. and Brenner, M. Journal Article 1996 Climate variability on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) during the past 3500 years, and implications for Maya cultural evolution
Pohlman, J.W., Iliffe, T M. and Cifuentes, L A. Journal Article 1997 A stable isotope study of organic cycling and the ecology of an anchialine cave ecosystem
Gibbs, MA Journal Article 1999 Lateral line morphology and cranial osteology of the Rubynose brotula, Cataetyx rubirostris
Nielsen, J.G., Cohen, D.M., Markle, D.F. and Robins, C.R. Journal Article 1999 Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date
Moravec, F., Vargas-Vazquez, J. and Gonzalez-Solis, D. Journal Article 1999 Nematode parasites from the blind fish Ogilbia pearsei from the Nohoch system with remarks on Rhabdochona kidderi (Nematoda) from the fishes of Yucatan, Mexico
Coke, J.G. Journal Article 2001 The Quintana roo speleological survey
Proudlove, G.S., Medina Gonzalez, R., Chumba-Segura, L. and Iliffe, T. Journal Article 2001 Threatened fishes of the world: Ogilbia pearsei (Hubbs, 1938) (Bythitidae
Medina Gonzalez, R., Proudlove, G.S., Chumba-Segura, L. and Iliffe, T. Journal Article 2001 Threatened fishes of the world: Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs, 1938) (Synbranchidae)
Marín, L.E., Perry, E.C., Essaid, H.I. and Steinich, B. Conference Paper 2001 Hydrogeological investigations and numerical simulation of groundwater flow in the karstic aquifer of northwestern Yucatan, Mexico
Mejia-Ortiz, L.M. and Palacios-Vargas, J.G. Journal Article 2001 Estigofauna de la Cueva de las Sardinas, Tabasci, Mexico
Perry, E., Velazquez-Oliman, G. and Marin, L. Journal Article 2002 The hydrogeochemistry of the karst aquifer system of the northern Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
González-Herrera, R., Sánchez-y-Pinto, I. and Gamboa-Vargas, J. Journal Article 2002 Groundwater-flow modeling in the Yucatan karstic aquifer, Mexico
Schmitter-Soto J.J., Comin F.A., Escobar-Briones E., Herrera-Silveira J., Alcocer J., Suárez-Morales E., Elías-Gutiérrez M., Díaz-Arce V., Marín L.E. and Steinich Journal Article 2002 Hydrogeochemical and biological characteristics of cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula (SE Mexico).
González, B.C., Worsaae, K. and Fontaneto, D. Journal Article 2002 Groundwater-flow modeling in the Yucatan karstic aquifer, Mexico
Beddows, P.A. Journal Article 2003 Cave hydrology of the Caribbean Yucatan coast
Contreras-Balderas, S, Almada-Villela, P, Lozano-Vilano, M de L and Garcia-Ramirez, ME Journal Article 2003 Freshwater fish at risk or extinct in Mexico
Perry, E., Velazquez-Oliman, G. and Socki, R. Book Section 2003 Hydrogeology of the Yucatán Peninsula
Barona, A. and Espinasa, L. Journal Article 2004 Speciation in aquatic trogloxenes in cenotes
Beddows, P.A. Thesis 2004 Groundwater hydrology of a coastal conduit carbonate aquifer: Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Moller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. Journal Article 2004 Review of the American Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae). Part 1. Dinematichthys, Gunterichthys, Typhliasina and two new genera
Hodell, D.A., Brenner, M., Curtis, J.H., Medina-González, R., Ildefonso-Chan Can, E., Albornaz-Pat, A. and Guilderson, T.P. Journal Article 2005 Climate change on the Yucatan Peninsula during the Little Ice Age.
Motyčka, Z. Conference Paper 2005 Exploration of underwater caves of the Riviera Maya, Mexico 2003 – 2005
Zambrano, L., Vazquez-Dominguez, E., Garcia-Bedoya, D., Loftus, W. and Trexler, J.C. Journal Article 2006 Fish community structure in freshwater karstic water bodies of the Sian Ka'an Reserve in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Smart, P.L., Beddows, P.A., Coke, J., Doerr, S., Smith, S. and Whitaker, F.F. Book Section 2006 Cave development on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Beddows, P.A., Smart, P.L., Whitaker, F.F. and Smith, S.L. Journal Article 2007 Decoupled fresh-saline groundwater circulation of a coastal carbonate aquifer: spatial patterns of temperature and specific electrical conductivity.
Beddows, P.A., Blanchon, P., Escobar, E. and Torres-Talamante, O. Journal Article 2007 Los cenotes de la península de Yucatán
Mejia-Ortız, L.M. Book 2008 Biodiversidad acuatica de la Isla de Cozumel.
Contreras-Balderas, S and others, 13 Journal Article 2008 Freshwater fishes and water status in México: A country-wide appraisal
Alvarez, F. and Iliffe, T.M. Book Section 2008 Fauna anquihalina de Yucatan
Hunter, R.L., Webb, M.S., Iliffe, T.M. and Alvarado Bremer, J.R. Journal Article 2008 Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cave-adapted shrimp genus Typhlataya (Atyidae) in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic
Yañez-Mendoza, G., Zarza-González, E. and Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. Book Section 2008 Sistemas anquihalinos
Valdez-Moreno, M., Ivanova, N.V., Elias-Gutierrez, M., Contreras-Balderas, S. and Herbert, P.D.N. Journal Article 2009 Probing diversity in freshwater fishes from Mexico and Guatemala with DNA barcodes
Charvet, G. Thesis 2009 Exploration, modeling and management of groundwater resources in northern Quintana Roo, Mexico
Gondwe, B.R.N., Lerer, S., Stisen, S., Marín, L., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Merediz-Alonso, G. and Bauer-Gottwein, P. Journal Article 2010 Hydrogeology of the south-eastern Yucatan Peninsula: New insights from water level measurements, geochemistry, geophysics and remote sensing
Soares, D. Conference Paper 2010 Cavefishes as models for sensory adaptation
Chumba, S.L. and Barrientos Medina, R.C. Journal Article 2010 Especies: Peces dulceacuícolas. Biodiversidad y desarrollo humano en Yucatán
Botello, A. and Alvarez, F. Journal Article 2010 Genetic variation in the stygobitic shrimp Creaseria morleyi (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), evidence of bottlenecks and re-invasions in the Yucatan Peninsula
Pino-Del-Carpio, A., Villarroya, A., Arino, A.H., Puig, J. and Miranda, R. Journal Article 2011 Communication gaps in knowledge of freshwater fish biodiversity: implications for the management and conservation of Mexican biosphere reserves
Bauer-Gottwein, P., Gondwe, B.R.N., Charvet, G., Marin, L., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M. and Merediz-Alonso, G. Journal Article 2011 Review: the Yucatan Peninsula karst aquifer, Mexico
Hernández-Terrones, L., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Merino-Ibarra, M., Soto, M., Le-Cossec, A. and Monroy- Ríos, E. Journal Article 2011 Groundwater pollution in a karstic region (NE Yucatan): baseline nutrient content and flux to coastal ecosystems
Mejia, R Journal Article 2011 Cave-dwelling fish provide clues to the circadian cycle
Neiber, M.T., Hansen, F.C., Iliffe, T.M., Gonzalez, B.C. and Koenemann S Journal Article 2012 Molecular taxonomy of Speleonectes fuchscockburni, a new pseudocryptic species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from an anchialine cave system on the Yucatán Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Melo Zurita, M. de L. Thesis 2012 The underground forest frontier in Mexico's Quintana Roo competing discourse and materialities surrounding caves and cenotes
Botello, A., Iliffe, T.M., Alvarez, F., Juan, C., Pons, J. and Jaume, D. Journal Article 2012 Historical biogeography and phylogeny of Typhlatya cave shrimps (Decapoda:Atyidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data
Von Rintelen, K. et al. Journal Article 2012 Drawn to the dark side: a molecular phylogeny of freshwater shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) reveals frequent cave invasions and challenges current taxonomic hypotheses.
Kambesis, P.N. and Coke, J.G. Book Section 2013 Overview of the controls on eogenetic cave and karst development in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Camargo-Guerra, T., Escalera-Vázquez, L.H. and Zambrano, L. Journal Article 2013 Fish community structure dynamics in Cenotes of the Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka’an, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.
Mercado-Salas, N.F., Morales-Vela, B., Suarez-Morales, E, and Iliffe, T.M. Journal Article 2013 Conservation status of the inland aquatic crustaceans in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: shortcomings of a protection strategy
Gonneea, M.E., Charette, M.A., Liu, Q., Herrera-Silveira, J.A. and Morales-Ojeda, S.M. Journal Article 2014 Trace element geochemistry of groundwater in a karst subterranean estuary (Yucatan Peninsuala, Mexico).
Gomez-Nicolas, M., Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Huerta-Quintanilla, R. and Canto-Lugo, E. Conference Paper 2014 Connectivity among sinkholes and complex networks: The case of Ring of Cenotes in northwest Yucatan, Mexico
Havird, J.C. et al. Journal Article 2014 Taking their breath away: metabolic responses to low-oxygen levels in anchialine shrimps (Crustacea: Atyidae and Alpheidae)
Moseley, G.E., Richards, D.A., Smart, P.L., Standish, C.D., Hoffmann, D.L., ten Hove, H. and Vinn, O. Journal Article 2015 Early–middle Holocene relative sea-level oscillation events recorded in a submerged speleothem from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Alvarez, F., Iliffe, T.M., Benitez, S., Brankovits, D. and Villalobos, J.L. Journal Article 2015 New records of anchialine fauna from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Chavez-Solis, E.M. Thesis 2015 Aspectos ecológicos y etológicos de decápodos estigobios (Creaseria morleyi y Typhlatya spp.) En cenotes de Yucatán: utilización espacio- temporal, cambios anuales y relaciones interespecíficas
Rubio, F., Rolan, E., Worsaae, K., Martınez, A. and Gonzalez, B.C. Journal Article 2015 Description of the first anchialine gastropod from a Yucatan cenote, Teinostoma brankovitsi n. sp. (Caenogastropoda: Tornidae), including an emended generic diagnosis.
Knudsen, S.W., Møller, P.R., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. Journal Article 2016 Molecular, morphological and fossil input data for inferring relationship among viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – Resulting in a family status change for Dinematichthyidae
Kambesis, P.N. and Coke, J.G. Journal Article 2016 The Sac Actun System, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Kane, K. Thesis 2016 Impacts of tourism on water quality in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Moller, P.R., Knudsen, S.W., Schwarzhans, W. and Nielsen, J.G. Journal Article 2016 A new classification of viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – with family status for Dinematichthyidae – based on molecular, morphological and fossil data
Medina, R.C.B. and Tenorio, L.G. Journal Article 2017 Diversidad de peces en cenotes del municipio de Mérida, Yucatán
Scharpf, C. Journal Article 2017 Typhliasina Whitley 1951, an unneeded repacement name for Typhlias Hubbs 1938 (Ophidiiformes: Dinematichthyidae)
Calderon-Gutierrez, F., Solis-Marin, F.A., Gomez, P., Sanchez, C., Hernandez-Alcantara, P., Alvarez-Noguera, F. and Yanez-Mendoza, G. Journal Article 2017 Mexican anchialine fauna - with emphasis in the high biodiversity cave El Aerolito
Brankovits, D., Pohlman, J., Niemann, H., Leigh, M., Leewis, M.C., Becker, K., Iliffe, T.M., Alvarez, F., Lehmann, M. and Phillips, B. Journal Article 2017 Methane- and dissolved organic carbon- fueled microbial loop supports a tropical subterranean estuary ecosystem
Jurado-Rivera, J.A., Pons, J., Alvarez, F., Botello, A., Humphreys, W.F., Page. T.J., Iliffe, T.M., Willassen, E., Meland, K., Juan, C. and Jaume, D. Journal Article 2017 Phylogenetic evidence that both ancient vicariance and dispersal have contributed to the biogeographic patterns of anchialine cave shrimps
Olesen, J., Meland, K., Glenner, H., Van Hengstum, P.J. and Iliffe, T.M. Journal Article 2017 Xibalbanus cozumelensis, a new species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from Cozumel, Mexico, and a molecular phylogeny of Xibalbanus on the Yucatan Peninsula
Deng, Y., Young, C., Fu, X., Song, J. and Peng, Z.R. Journal Article 2017 The integrated impacts of human activities and rising sea level on the saltwater intrusion in the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula
Cervantes-Martínez, A., Gutiérrez-Aguirre, M.A., Elías-Gutiérrez, M., Arce-Ibarra, A.M. and García-Morales, A. Journal Article 2018 Aquatic biodiversity in cenotes from the Yucatan
Saint-Loup, R., Felix, T., Maqueda, A., Schiller, A. and Renard, P. Journal Article 2018 A survey of groundwater quality in Tulum region, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Calderón-Gutiérrez, F., Sánchez-Ortiz, C. A. and Huato-Soberanis, L. Journal Article 2018 Ecological patterns in anchialine caves
Chávez-Solís, E.M., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Simões, N. Journal Article 2018 Predatory behavior of the cave shrimp Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936) (Caridea: Palaemonidae), the blind hunter of the Yucatán cenotes, Mexico
Alvarez, F. and Villalobos, J.L. Journal Article 2018 A new species of stygobitic freshwater crab of the genus Rodriguezia Bott, 1969 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Trichodactylidae) from Tabasco, Mexico
National Geographic Web Page 2018 World's largest underwater cave discovered
Arroyave, J. Web Page 2019 Rhamdia guatemalensis
Ditter, R.E., Erdman, R.B., Goebel, A.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. Journal Article 2019 Widespread phenotypic hypervariation in the enigmatic anchialine shrimp Barbouria cubensis (Decapoda: Barbouriidae)
van Hengstum, P.J., Cresswell, J.N., Milne, G.A. and Iliffe, T.M. Journal Article 2019 Development of anchialine cave habitats and karst subterranean estuaries since the last ice age
Ditter, R.E., Snyder, A.P., Schulman, S.E. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. Journal Article 2019 Notes on the behavior and first records of three enigmatic anchialine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Barbouriidae, Palaemonidae) in the Bahamas
Grego, J., Angyal, D. and Beltrán, L.A.L. Journal Article 2019 First record of subterranean freshwater gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the cenotes of Yucatán state
Espinasa, L., Chávez Solís, E.M., Mascaró, M., Rosas, D., Simoes, N. and Violette, G. Journal Article 2019 A new locality and phylogeny of the stygobitic Typhlatya shrimps for the Yucatan Peninsula
Fragoso-Servón, P., Pereira-Corona, A. and Bautista, F. Journal Article 2019 The karst and its neighbors: Digital map of geomorphic environments in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coke, J.G. Book Section 2019 Underwater caves of the Yucatan Peninsula
Benítez, S., Iliffe, T.M., Quiroz-Martínez, B. and Alvarez, F. Journal Article 2019 How is the anchialine fauna distributed within a cave? A study of the Ox Bel Ha System, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Hendus, B., Medina-González, R., Sélem-Salas, C. and Vanschoenwinkel, B. Journal Article 2019 Explaining diversity patterns in dark waters – a study of aquatic caves in Yucatán, Mexico
Martínez-Salvador, C., Moreno-Gómez, M. and Liedl, R. Journal Article 2019 Estimating pollutant residence time and NO3 concentrations in the Yucatan karst aquifer; Considerations for an integrated karst aquifer vulnerability methodology
McNeill-Jewer, C.A., Reinhardt, E.G., Collins, S., Kovacs, S., Chan, W.M., Devos and LeMaillot, F.C. Journal Article 2019 The effect of seasonal rainfall on nutrient input and biological productivity in the Yax Chen cave system (Ox Bel Ha), Mexico, and implications for μXRF core studies of paleohydrology
Adams, R.E., Iliffe. T.M. and West, J.B. Journal Article 2019 Identifying tree roots in the caves of Quintana Roo, Mexico as a step toward ecological insights and improved conservation
Melo Zurita, M. de L. Journal Article 2019 Holes, subterranean exploration and affect in the Yucatan Peninsula
Arroyave, J., Schmitter-Soto, J. and Lyons, T.J. Web Page 2019 Typhlias pearsei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019 e.T39296A2896759
McNeill-Jewer, C.A. Thesis 2020 Development and application of µXRF-CS Cl as a proxy for Holocene drought and hurricane conditions in the Yucatan Aquifer, Mexico
Arroyave, J. Book Section 2020 The subterranean fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula
Arroyave, J., Martinez, C.M., Martínez-Oriol, F.H., Sosa, E. and Alter, S.E. Journal Article 2020 Regional-scale aquifer hydrogeology as a driver of phylogeographic structure in the Neotropical catfish Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Ditter, R.E., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Bracken-Grissom, H.D. Journal Article 2020 Anchialine adjustments: an updated phylogeny and classification for the family Barbouriidae Christoffersen 1987 (Decapoda: Caridea)
Chávez‑Solís, E.M., Solís, C., Simões, N., and Mascaró, M. Journal Article 2020 Distribution patterns, carbon sources and niche partitioning in cave shrimps (Atyidae: Typhlatya)
Angyal, D., Simões, N. and Mascaró, M. Journal Article 2020 Uptaded checklist, historical overview and illustrated guide to the stygobiont Malacostraca (Arthropoda: Crustacea) species of Yucatan (Mexico)
Angyal, D., Chávez-Solís, E.M., Liévano-Beltrán, L.A., Magaña, B., Simoes, N. and Mascaró, M. Journal Article 2020 New distribution records of subterranean crustaceans from cenotes in Yucatan (Mexico)
Quintana Roo Speleological Survey Web Page 2020 Quintana Roo Speleological Survey
Coutino, A., Stastna, M., and Reinhardt, E.G. Journal Article 2020 Interaction of mangrove surface coverage and groundwater inputs on the temperature and water level near Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico: Observations and modelling
Coutino, A., Stastna, M., McNeill-Jewer, C.A., and Reinhardt, E.G. Journal Article 2021 Inland tidal oscillations within the Yucatan Peninsula
Valdez-Moreno, M., Mendoza-Carranza, M., Rendón-Hernández, E., Alarcón-Chavira, E. and Elías-Gutiérrez, M. Journal Article 2021 DNA barcodes applied to a rapid baseline construction in biodiversity monitoring for the conservation of aquatic ecosystems in the Sian Ka’an Reserve (Mexico) and adjacent areas
Macario-González, L., Cohou, S., Angyal, D., Pérez, L. and Mascaró, M. Journal Article 2021 Subterranean waters of Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico reveal epigean species dominance and intraspecific variability in freshwater Ostracodes (Crustacea: Ostracoda)
Liévano-Beltrán, L.A. and Simões, N. Journal Article 2021 Updated distribution of the mysid Antromysis cenotensis (Crustacea: Peracarida), a protected key species in Yucatan Peninsula cenotes
Coutino, A. Thesis 2021 Hydrodynamics of the Yucatan peninsula carbonate aquifer: surface flow, inland propagation and mixing
Campos-Filho, I.S., Gallo, J.S., Gallão, J.E., Torres, D.F., Horta, L., Carpio-Díaz, Y.M., López-Orozco, C.M., Borja-Arrieta, R., Aguiar, J.O. and Bichuette, M.E. Journal Article 2022 Unique and fragile diversity emerges from Brazilian caves – two new amphibious species of Xangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo and Taiti, 2014 (Oniscidea, Styloniscidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, Brazil
Vernes, K. and Devos, F. Journal Article 2022 Use of cenotes and the cave environment by mammals on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Arroyave, J., Mar‐Silva, A.,F. and Díaz-Jaimes, P. Journal Article 2022 The complete mitochondrial genome of the Mexican blind brotula Typhlias pearsei (Ophidiiformes: Dinematichthydae): an endemic and troglomorphic cavefish from the Yucatán Peninsula karst aquifer
Angyal, D., Cohou, S., Castro-Pérez, J.M., Mascaró, M. and Rosas, C. Journal Article 2022 Benthic species assemblages change through a freshwater cavern-type cenote in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Hernández-Mendoza, H., Piña Leyte-Vidal, J.J., Romero-Guzmán, E.T., Rios-Lugo, M.J., Medellín-Castillo, N.A. Journal Article 2022 Relationship of thorium, uranium isotopes and uranium isotopic ratios with physicochemical parameters in cenote water from the Yucatán Peninsula
Suárez‑Moo, P., Remes‑Rodríguez, C.A., Márquez‑Velázquez, N.A., Falcón, L.I., García‑Maldonado, J.Q. and Prieto‑Davó, A. Journal Article 2022 Changes in the sediment microbial community structure of coastal and inland sinkholes of a karst ecosystem from the Yucatan peninsula
Mejía-Ortíz, L.M., Collantes-Chávez-Costa, A.L., López-Contreras, C. and Frausto-Martínez, O. Book Section 2022 Subterranean waters in Riviera Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula: Vulnerability and the Importance of monitoring
Mar‐Silva, A.F., Arroyave, J. and Díaz-Jaimes, P. Journal Article 2022 The complete mitochondrial genome of the Mexican-endemic cavefish Ophisternon infernale (Synbranchiformes, Synbranchidae): insights on patterns of selection and implications for synbranchiform phylogenetics
Montes-Ortiz, L., Elías-Gutiérrez, M. and Ramírez-Sánchez, M.M. Journal Article 2022 Checklist of Arrenurids (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae) of Mexico, with new records from the Yucatan Peninsula, and the description of five new dpecies of the subgenera Megaluracarus and Dadayella
Alter, S.E. and Arroyave, J. Journal Article 2022 Environmental DNA metabarcoding is a promising method for assaying fish diversity in cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Mejıa-Ortız, L.M., Chavez-Solıs, E.M. and Brankovits, D. Journal Article 2022 Editorial: The effects of environmental change on anchialine ecosystems
Marks, G.S., Medina-Elizalde, M, Burns, S.J., Weldeab, S., Lases-Hernandez, F., Cazares, G., McGee, D. and Medina-Elizalde, M. Journal Article 2022 Evidence for decreased precipitation variability in the Yucatan Peninsula during the mid-Holocene
Solís, C., Chávez-Solís, E.M., Rodríguez-Ceja, M., Méndez-García, C.G., Ortíz, E., Canto, C., Martínez-Carrillo, M.A., Mascar, M. Journal Article 2023 Linking radiocarbon and trophic webs in karstic groundwater ecosystems in the Yucatan Peninsula, México
Cohou, S., Moreno‐López, A., Escamilla‐Tut, N.Y., Pérez‐Tapia, A.M., Santos‐Itzá, I., Macario‐González, L.A., Villegas‐Sánchez, C.A., Medina‐Quej, A. Journal Article 2023 Assessment of water quality and heavy metal environmental risk on the peri‐urban karst tropical lake La Sabana, Yucatán Peninsula
Álvarez, F., Durán, B. and Meacham, S. Book Section 2023 Anchialine fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula: Diversity and conservation challenges
Díaz-Hernández, J.A., Ugalde-Silva, P., Berriozabal-Islas, C., Novelo, A., Hernandez-Uc, J., Arana-May, A., Pech-Patrón, S.D., Nava-Jiménez, I.A., Borbolla-Vazquez, J. Journal Article 2023 Aquatic microdiversity from urban cenotes in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Romo-Hernández, K., Ortega, J., Bolívar-Cimé, B. and MacSwiney, M.C. Journal Article 2023 Group structure and diurnal behavior in a large colony of Mimon cozumelae in Yucatán, México
Thome, M.J.I. Thesis 2023 Exploring vulnerability and scarcity of groundwater resources in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Vaughn, G. Conference Paper 2024 Insights into subterranean connectivity within the aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula: Population genetics and distribution of Typhlatya species
Chavez Solıs, E.M., Mascaro, M., Rosas, C., Rodrıguez-Fuentes. G, Caamal Monsreal, C., Paschke, K., Dıaz, F. and Re Araujo, D. Journal Article 2024 Are haloclines distributional barriers in anchialine ecosystems? Physiological response of cave shrimps to salinity
Calderón-Gutiérrez, F., Labonté, J.M., Gonzalez, B.C., Iliffe, T.M., Mejía-Ortíz, L.M. and Borda, E. Journal Article 2024 Cryptic diversity patterns of subterranean estuaries
Camacho-Cruz, K.A., Ortiz-Hernandez, M.C., Carrillo, L. and Sanchez, A. Journal Article 2024 Dissolved inorganic nutrients in a reef lagoon influenced by submarine groundwater discharge in the Mexican Caribbean
Gutiérrez-Aguirre, M.A., Cervantes-Martínez, A. and Suárez-Morales, E. Journal Article 2024 Ecological indicators and estimators of fish and Crustacean diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula