First record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica

We report the first record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, extending its southern distribution. Four specimens were collected from an artificial breakwater in Mata de Limo´n, Puntarenas. We present images of the live specimens and analyses of their cnid...

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Autores: Quesada, Andres J., Acuña, Fabian Horacio, Cortés, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/48531
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/48531
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Actiniidae
Bunodosoma Californicum
Central America
Costa Rica
Pacific Coast
Sea Anemone
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
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Sumario:We report the first record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, extending its southern distribution. Four specimens were collected from an artificial breakwater in Mata de Limo´n, Puntarenas. We present images of the live specimens and analyses of their cnidae composition.