Macrobenthic Fauna From an Upwelling Coastal Area of Peru (Warm Temperate South-eastern Pacific Province -Humboldtian Ecoregion)

摘要: Background A total of 162 species and subspecies marine macroinvertebrates were recorded in the submerged soft hard substrates around PERU LNG terminal surrounding area, central coast Peru, 167 km south Lima, Peru. The collection specimens was carried out from June 2011 to 2015 as part research studies conducted by Biodiversity Monitoring Assessment Program (BMAP) terminal. area is Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem, one most important upwelling systems world. New information We identified belonging 83 families seven phyla. list assembled taxonomic identifications made BMAP. phyla Annelida, Arthropoda, Brachiopoda, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Bryozoa Mollusca. Phyla Annelida (60 spp.), Arthropoda (47 spp.)and Mollusca (45 spp.) exhibited largest number species.