Dichotomous key for the identification of Apendicularians in the Eastern Tropical Pacific and Inter American Seas, with a species list for Costa Rica.

 

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Autores: Corrales-Ugalde, Marco, Castellanos-Osorio, Iván, Moráles-Ramírez, Álvaro
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2018
Descripción:Although appendicularians are relevant primary consumers and are part of every zooplankton community, there is a lack of information on the species present in different ocean regions. Thus, regional identification guides are useful to develop datasets with high taxonomic resolution. Appendicularian species were identified in 33 epipelagic samples of zooplankton collected in several locations of Costarican waters. Eighteen appendicularian species were identified, of which 15 were found in the Pacific and only three in the Caribbean. Seven species are new records for Costa Rican Pacific waters (Appendicularia sicula, Fritillaria charybdae, F. cf. pacifica, F. tenella, F. pellucida f. omani, Oikoipleura fusiformis f. cornutogastra and Pelagopleura verticalis). Data for each species distribution in Costa Rica is presented together with a key for the identification of appendicularian species recorded in the Inter-American seas and the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33266
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/33266
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pelagic tunicates
Costa Rica
identification key
Caribbean Sea
zooplankton
taxonomy
species list.
Apendicularias
clave de identificación
mar Caribe
zooplancton
taxonomía
lista de especies.