FIGURE 1. A in Checklist of the salps (Tunicata, Thaliacea) from the Western Caribbean Sea with a key for their identification and comments on other North Atlantic salps

FIGURE 1. A) Location of salp records in the North Atlantic obtained from different sources. Northeastern Atlantic region (NEA) comprises 25°−40°N and 0°−40°W, Northwestern Atlantic (NWA) comprises 25°−40°N and west 40°W, Eastern Equatorial North Atlantic (EENA) comprises 0−25°N and 0°−40°W, Western Equatorial North Atlantic (WENA) comprises 0−25°N and west 40°W to the eastern margin of the Caribbean Sea (CS) and Gulf of México (GOM). The Mexican Caribbean region (MC) is denoted within rectangle and amplified in Figure 1 B. References are: 1, Esnal 1978; 2, Godeaux 1977; 3, Madin et al. 1996; 4, Madin & Cetta 1984; 5, Madin & Harbison 1978; 6, Michel & Foyo, 1976; 7, Van Soest 1975a; 8, Van Soest 1973, 1974a,b; 9, Van Soest 1975b; 10, Other studies: Metcalf & Bell 1918; Meurice 1970; Owre & Foyo 1972; Tokioka & Bhavanarayana 1979; Wiebe et al. 1979; Paffenhofer et al. 1995; Johnsen & Widder 1998; Yoon et al. 2001; Vargas & Madin 2004; Steinberg et al. 2004; Madin et al. 2006; Márquez et al. 2006; Wiebe et al. 2006; Ambler et al. 2008; Díaz et al. 2008; Cole & Lambert 2009; Cortés 2009.