Shallow water Gorgonians (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the North Pacific of Costa Rica

 

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著者: Breedy, Odalisca, Cortés, Jorge
フォーマット: artículo original
状態:Versión publicada
出版日付:2014
その他の書誌記述:Octocorals are characteristic and abundant components of shallow waters, rocky walls, and coral reef. Octocoral species richness of the Costa Rican Pacific has been addressed in several taxonomic publications. However, they have not been studied in terms of ecology, due to the problematic identification, especially in the field and the difficult access to specific localities for this type of research. In 2012 we explored some localities (less than 35 m deep) and evaluated the octocorallian fauna, recording species richness and occurrence. Our objective was to record octocoral species and to facilitate their identification by providing a taxonomic key for future studies We identified 10 species of Pacifigorgia, nine of Leptogorgia and four of Eugorgia. Here we include photographs of sclerites and of preserved and live octocorals. Rev. Biol. Trop. 62 (Suppl. 4): 43-62. Epub 2014 Diciembre 01.
国:Portal de Revistas UCR
機関:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
言語:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/20032
オンライン・アクセス:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/20032
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キーワード:biodiversidad
clave para identificación
gorgonias
octocorales
Pacífico oriental
taxonomía.
biodiversity
identification key
Eastern Pacific
gorgonians
octocorals
taxonomy.