New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica

Despite being important components in coastal marine systems, sea anemones have been poorly studied on both coasts of Costa Rica. In this paper new records of sea anemones are mentioned for the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Costa Rica and the Isla del Coco National Park. Additionally, the presence...

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Autores principales: Acuña,Fabián H, Garese,Agustín, Excoffon,Adriana C, Cortés,Jorge
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Publicado: Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-195720130001000152014-09-09New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa RicaAcuña,Fabián HGarese,AgustínExcoffon,Adriana CCortés,Jorge Actiniaria Caribbean coast Pacific coast Cocos Island Central America Despite being important components in coastal marine systems, sea anemones have been poorly studied on both coasts of Costa Rica. In this paper new records of sea anemones are mentioned for the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Costa Rica and the Isla del Coco National Park. Additionally, the presence of other species previously recorded in Costa Rica based on single observations or photos, is reconfirmed. An updated inventory of these cnidarians is provided, and with the corallimorpharians, comprises of 16 species (10 in the Caribbean and 6 in the Pacific and Coco Island). A comparison with the sea anemone fauna of Panama is added.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del MarRevista de biología marina y oceanografía v.48 n.1 20132013-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-19572013000100015en10.4067/S0718-19572013000100015
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topic Actiniaria
Caribbean coast
Pacific coast
Cocos Island
Central America
spellingShingle Actiniaria
Caribbean coast
Pacific coast
Cocos Island
Central America
Acuña,Fabián H
Garese,Agustín
Excoffon,Adriana C
Cortés,Jorge
New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica
description Despite being important components in coastal marine systems, sea anemones have been poorly studied on both coasts of Costa Rica. In this paper new records of sea anemones are mentioned for the Caribbean and Pacific coasts of Costa Rica and the Isla del Coco National Park. Additionally, the presence of other species previously recorded in Costa Rica based on single observations or photos, is reconfirmed. An updated inventory of these cnidarians is provided, and with the corallimorpharians, comprises of 16 species (10 in the Caribbean and 6 in the Pacific and Coco Island). A comparison with the sea anemone fauna of Panama is added.
author Acuña,Fabián H
Garese,Agustín
Excoffon,Adriana C
Cortés,Jorge
author_facet Acuña,Fabián H
Garese,Agustín
Excoffon,Adriana C
Cortés,Jorge
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title New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica
title_short New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica
title_full New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica
title_fullStr New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica
title_full_unstemmed New records of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Costa Rica
title_sort new records of sea anemones (cnidaria: anthozoa) from costa rica
publisher Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar
publishDate 2013
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