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Table 2 Existing and new range limits for all 29 species. Distances were determined using a Google Earth measuring tool by connecting a straight line from former to current range endpoint

From: Shifts in the distribution and abundance of coastal marine species along the eastern Pacific Ocean during marine heatwaves from 2013 to 2018

Genus

species

Northern limit

Southern limit

New range record

Shift (km)

Achelous

xantusii

Morro Bay, CA

Punta Piaxtla, MX

Tomales Bay, CA

370

Alphestes

immaculatus

Golfo de California, MX

Islas GalƔpagos, Ecuador

La Bocana, BCS

577

Aplysia

californica

Yaquina Bay, OR

El Salvador

Ā Ā 

Aplysia

vaccaria

Monterey Bay, CA

Golfo de California, MX

Elkhorn Slough, CA

25

Arbacia

stellata

Channel Islands, CA

PerĆŗ

Monterey, CA

362

Balistes

polylepis

Alaska

Chile

Ā Ā 

Callinectes

arcuatus

San Francisco Bay, CA

Chile

Ā Ā 

Chromis

punctipinnis

Monterey, CA

Punta San Pablo, Baja CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Ctenogobius

sagittula

Los PeƱasquitos Lagoon, CA

PerĆŗ

Ā Ā 

Farfantepenaeus

californiensis

San Francisco Bay, CA

Callao, PerĆŗ and GalĆ”pagos Islands

Ā 

Felimida

macfarlandi

Monterey, CA

Baja CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Flabellina

iodinea

Vancouver Is., Canada

Islas GalƔpagos, Ecuador

Ā Ā 

Glottidia

albida

Monterey Bay, CA

Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica

Ā Ā 

Hypsypops

rubicundus

Monterey Bay, CA

Southwestern Gulf of CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Kelletia

kelletii

Monterey, CA

Isla Asuncion, Baja CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Laminaria

farlowii

British Columbia, Canada

Bahia del Rosario, Baja CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Leptosynapta

albicans

Bodega Head, CA

Baja CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Lobatus

galeatus

Golfo de California, MX

PerĆŗ

La Bocana, BCS

580

Lovenia

cordiformis

Point Conception, CA

Peru

Monterey, CA

378

Lytechinus

pictus

Monterey, CA

Ecuador

Ā Ā 

Malacoplax

californiensis

Morro Bay, CA

Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica

Elkhorn Slough, CA

212

Medialuna

californiensis

Vancouver, Canada

Golfo de California, MX

El Rosario, BC

āˆ’765

Paralabrax

clathratus

Columbia River, OR

Bahia Magdalena, Baja CA, MX

Ā Ā 

Phyllorhiza

punctata

San Diego Bay, CA

Golfo de California, MX

Ā Ā 

Pseudosquillopsis

marmorata

Tomales Bay, CA

Islas GalƔpagos, Ecuador

Ā Ā 

Semicossyphus

pulcher

Monterey Bay, CA

Golfo de California, MX

Ā Ā 

Sphoeroides

annulatus

Redodndo Beach, CA

Pisco, PerĆŗ

Ā Ā 

Spirobranchus

spinosus

Carmel, CA

Baja CA, MX

Pacific Grove, CA

16

Uca

princeps

Ensenada, MX

Peru

Huntington Beach, CA

240