Pelagic amphipods (Amphilochidea, Hyperiidea and Senticaudata) from the Pacific of Costa Rica: new records and an updated list of species
Few studies of zooplankton have been carried out in Costa Rica that address pelagic amphipods; the species list prior to this work includes only 41 species from the suborder Hyperiidea. The aim of this paper was to update the species list of pelagic amphipods from the Pacific of Costa Rica, and reco...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositório: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/15467 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/revmar/article/view/15467 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Cocos Island Costa Rica Dome eastern tropical Pacific Stenopleura Synopia isla del Coco Domo de Costa Rica Pacífico este tropical Isla del Coco |
| Resumo: | Few studies of zooplankton have been carried out in Costa Rica that address pelagic amphipods; the species list prior to this work includes only 41 species from the suborder Hyperiidea. The aim of this paper was to update the species list of pelagic amphipods from the Pacific of Costa Rica, and record previously unknown species from the country. In July 2012, zooplankton sampling was carried out in the waters near Cocos Island, Costa Rica, at 26 oceanographic stations. A total of 13 pelagic amphipod species from the suborders Amphilochidea (1), Hyperiidea (11) and Senticaudata (1) were identified in the Pacific waters of Costa Rica. These new records increase the known total of pelagic amphipod species from the Pacific of Costa Rica to 54 species, which suggests a need to further explore the diversity of these organisms in the region. |
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