The lancelet asymmetron lucayanum complex in Cocos Island National Park, Pacific Costa Rica

 

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Auteurs: Sibaja Cordero, Jeffrey Alejandro, Troncoso, Jesús S., Cortés Núñez, Jorge
Formaat: artículo original
Publicatiedatum:2012
Omschrijving:The lancelet Asymmetron lucayanum complex was collected from subtidal (5–42 m) sandy bottom during a benthic survey designed to describe the biota of Cocos Island National Park (Parque Nacional Isla del Coco), Costa Rica, a World Heritage Site. Taxonomically significant characters of A. lucayanum (number of myotomes, gonads only on the right side of the body, shape of metapleural folds) are discussed. These lancelets were living in poorly sorted and slightly gravelly sand. Although this taxon has a circumtropical distribution, this is the first time it has been collected anywhere in the eastern Pacific.
Land:Kérwá
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Taal:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/104100
Online toegang:https://bioone.org/journals/pacific-science/volume-66/issue-4/66.4.9/The-Lancelet-Asymmetron-lucayanum-Complex-in-Cocos-Island-National-Park/10.2984/66.4.9.short
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/104100
https://doi.org/10.2984/66.4.9
Keyword:cephalochordata
benthic organisms
marine biodiversity
subtidal zone
pacific ocean