Alvarez-Garcia, Isis Laura https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6027-8747
Abadia-Chanona, Quetzalli Yasu
Arellano-Martinez, Marcial https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9344-2128
Avila-Poveda, Omar Hernando https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4411-0602
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI-CONAHCYT)
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (SIP-IPN project 20220371)
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (PROFAPI-UAS projects 2014/023, PROFAPI-UAS/2022_A7_002)
Article History
Received: 28 February 2023
Revised: 24 February 2024
Accepted: 15 July 2024
First Online: 22 July 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no financial or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article.
: Each collected chiton was relaxed before killing (Avila-Poveda, ) following the bioethics recommendations for the humanitarian killing of animals established under the Mexican law (NOM-033-SAG/ZOO-2014 derogating to NOM-033-ZOO-1995) in accordance with the ethical principles of autonomy and justice. Specimen collection was conducted under the corresponding research permits (PPF/DGOPA-130/15). The procedures for specimen size selection, collection, relaxation, fixation, and preservation are consistent with the welfare and care of the animals following the Five R´s Principle as closely as possible in invertebrates (Crespi-Abril and Rubilar, ) and in accordance with the ethical principles of beneficence and nonmaleficence.