Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica: The phyla Sipuncula and Echiura

Fourteen species of Sipuncula belonging to 9 genera have been reported from Costa Rican waters, mostly from the Pacific coast. Three of these species are new records for Costa Rica (Phascolion strombus (Montagu 1804), Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri Diesing 1851, and Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon)...

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Autor: Dean, Harlan K.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/26294
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26294
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sipuncula
Echiura
Costa Rica
biodiversity
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Sumario:Fourteen species of Sipuncula belonging to 9 genera have been reported from Costa Rican waters, mostly from the Pacific coast. Three of these species are new records for Costa Rica (Phascolion strombus (Montagu 1804), Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) muelleri Diesing 1851, and Aspidosiphon (Aspidosiphon) gracilis schnehageni (W. Fisher 1946)). One species of Echiura, Thalassema steinbecki Fisher 1946, in the order Echiuroinea, has been reported from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.