New records of marine planktonic invertebrates from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica

 

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Autores: Carrillo-Baltodano, Allan, Morales-Ramírez, Álvaro V., Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey A., Cortés, Jorge
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2018
Descripción: The coral reef at Cahuita National Park in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica represents very diverse marine ecosystem. Most of this diversity knowledge has been the result of benthic surveys, while very little is known from pelagic studies. A zooplankton survey sampling was conducted monthly from September 2010 to August 2011, finding new records of marine invertebrates: 32 for the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, seven for Costa Rican water and 16 for the Caribbean coast of Central America. These reports include the hoplitomella larva of the sponge Thoosa sp., larval stages of three lophophorates, seven families, five genera and six species of polychaetes, a juvenile of the lancet Branchiostoma (Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Cephalochordata) and four pelagic chordates. Analyzing the zooplankton of Cahuita, is an essential approach to studying not only the diversity, but also enhances the possibility of better understanding the ecological goods and services that the coral reef can provide.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33261
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/33261
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cahuita
coral reef
marine invertebrate larva
polychaetes
zooplankton.
Arrecife coralino
Larvas de invertebrados marinos
Poliquetos
Zooplancton.