Some intertidal and shallow water polychaetes of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

The polychaete fauna of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica has been inadequately characterized with only nine species previously reported. Collections of polychaetes from intertidal coralline rocks and several shallow sub-tidal sites on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica have been examined and 68 spec...

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Autor: Dean, Harlan K
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/14949
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/14949
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Annelida
Polychaeta
Caribbean Sea
Costa Rica
marine biodiversity
intertidal
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Resumo:The polychaete fauna of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica has been inadequately characterized with only nine species previously reported. Collections of polychaetes from intertidal coralline rocks and several shallow sub-tidal sites on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica have been examined and 68 species were identified. Of these, 66 are new records for Costa Rica.