Biodiversidad marina de Costa Rica: Crustacea: Decapoda (Penaeoidea, Sergestoidea, Caridea, Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Palinura) del Pacífico

 

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Autores: Vargas, Rita, Cortés, Jorge
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:1999
Descripción:A total of 1 1 7 species of shrimp and lobster are known from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. They belong to the Suborders Dendrobranchiata, Superfarnily Penaeoidea (26 species) and Pleocyemata, Infraorder Caridea (73), Astacidea (one), Thalassinidea ( 1 3), and Palinura (four species). Twenty seven species (23%) are reported for the first time for Costa Rica. The distribution range of five species is extended, three of which are significant: Pontonía símplex (Holthuis, 1 95 1 ) from Tenacatitán B ay. México to Culebra Bay, Guanacaste; Veleronía serratifrons (Holthuis, 1 95 1 ) from La Libertad, Ecuador to Sámara, Guanacaste and Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1 873) from Gorgona Island, Colombia to Culebra Bay, Guanacaste. Nine species, two of which are endernic, were described based on specimens collected in Costa Rica. Forty three percent of the tropical eastem Pacific species of shrimps are found on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
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/19265
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19265
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:shrimps
lobsters
crustacea
eastem pacific
costa rica
biodiversity