First record of the genus Leptopentacta (Cucumariidae: Colochirinae) for the Nicaraguan Caribbean.
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| Formatua: | artículo original |
| Egoera: | Versión publicada |
| Argitaratze data: | 2021 |
| Deskribapena: | Introduction: The genus Leptopentacta has only been previously reported from Florida, Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Suriname. Objective: To present the first record of the genus for Nicaragua. Methods: The morphological characters of Nicaraguan material at the Smithsonian Institution (USNM 1014529), were corroborated with the original description. Results: The five specimens collected in the Nicaraguan Caribbean match the genus. Conclusions: Leptopentacta is reported for the first time from the Nicaraguan Caribbean Sea. This increases the number of Nicaraguan echinoderms to 194 species. |
| Herria: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Erakundea: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Hizkuntza: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/46329 |
| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/46329 |
| Gako-hitza: | Holothuroidea; Atlantic; sea cucumber; taxonomy; morphology Holothuroidea; Atlántico; pepino de mar; taxonomía; morfología. |