Serpúlidos (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) del Caribe noroccidental: Hydroides y Serpula

From the study of more than 450 specimens of Hydroides and Serpula, 12 species from the Grand Caribbean Region were identified and characterized. Eight species were collected along the shores of the Yucatan Peninsula and five were found in other localities in the Gulf of Mexico, seven others are fro...

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Autores: Bastida-Zavala, José Rolando, Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/18901
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/18901
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:caribbean sea
morphometric variation
polychaetes
serpulids
taxonomy
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Sumario:From the study of more than 450 specimens of Hydroides and Serpula, 12 species from the Grand Caribbean Region were identified and characterized. Eight species were collected along the shores of the Yucatan Peninsula and five were found in other localities in the Gulf of Mexico, seven others are from Cuba and comments on type specimens of five species are also included. One morphometric analysis made on Hydroides mucronatus Rioja and Hydroides cf. mucronatus, indicated several differences among them. Comments on all species are also included