scholarly journals Leslibetaeus coibita, n. gen., n. sp., a new alpheid shrimp from the Pacific coast of Panama (Crustacea: Decapoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1183 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER ◽  
DENIS PODDOUBTCHENKO ◽  
INGO S. WEHRTMANN
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Abdominal Somite ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Biological Potential ◽  
Accessible Habitat ◽  
Rocky Intertidal Shore ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

A new alpheid shrimp, Leslibetaeus coibita, n. gen., n. sp., is described on the basis of two specimens extracted from crevices in a shale rock on the rocky intertidal shore in the Isla Coiba National Park, Pacific coast of Panama. Leslibetaeus is characterized by absence of rostrum and orbital teeth; eyes being only partially covered by carapace; sixth abdominal somite without articulated plate; first segment of the antennular peduncle without tooth on ventromesial carina; short scaphocerite; tip of third maxilliped with stout spines; and strap-like epipods present on third maxilliped and first to fifth pereiopod; stout symmetrical chelipeds, with carpus distally strongly lobed and bearing two rows of setae mesially, and chela without snapping mechanism; carpus of second pereiopod five-segmented, with second segment distinctly longer than first; ischium and merus of third pereiopod unarmed. The new genus appears to be relatively basal and not closely related to any of the currently described alpheid genera. The finding of this new taxon in a relatively accessible habitat indicates a yet unexplored biological potential of the Isla Coiba National Park.

scholarly journals New species of the gorgoniian genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Pacific Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 541 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ODALISCA BREEDY ◽  
HECTOR M. GUZMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Species List ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
Shallow Water Species ◽  
Water Species

Four new shallow water species of the genus Pacifigorgia were found in recent surveys along the Pacific coast of Panama. One of the species was only found in dense patches at two shallow seamount-like localities inside the Coiba National Park, Gulf of Chiriqu . Two other species were patchily distributed at several localities in the Gulf of Chiriqu . A fourth species was widely distributed around the gulfs of Chiriqu and Panama encompassing a broad range of habitats and depths. The new species are described and illustrated in detail with scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the sclerites, and colour photographs of the colony forms. The suspected occurrence of a particular Pacifigorgia species for this region is confirmed and two other new records are added to the species list. With the new four species, a total of 15 are established for Panama, making 31 species for the eastern Pacific to date.

First study of the Polycladida (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4964 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-381
Author(s):  
PATRICIA SOUTULLO ◽  
DANIEL CUADRADO ◽  
CAROLINA NOREÑA
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
Animal Kingdom ◽  
Invertebrate Diversity ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Rocky Intertidal Zone ◽  
The Pacific

In the present work was carried out in the intertidal zone of Las Baulas de Guanacaste National Marine Park (PNMB) located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.                The main objective was to contribute to knowledge about the invertebrate diversity of the park, one of the richest bioregions on the planet, about which little is known. This study assesses the Order Polycladida Lang, 1884, a cornerstone of this ecosystem and one of the most cosmopolitan and plastic invertebrate taxa in the animal kingdom.                In total, 57 individuals were collected in the rocky intertidal zone of Carbón and Langosta beaches. Nine different species were identified, of which four are new for Costa Rica: Semonia bauliensis n. sp.; Cryptostylochus sesei n. sp.; Paraplanocera angeli n. sp., Prostheceraeus fitae n. sp.; and five new records: Paraplanocera oligoglena (Schmarda, 1859); Marcusia ernesti Hyman, 1953; Enchiridium magec Cuadrado, Moro & Noreña, 2017; Pseudobiceros bajae (Hyman, 1953); and the genus Boninia spp. 

scholarly journals Microcanuella bisetosa gen. n., sp. n., a new taxon of Canuellidae (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Costa Rican Pacific coast, with remarks on Galapacanuella beckeri

1994 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Mielke
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Beach Slope ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Coarse Sediments ◽  
Gulf Of Nicoya

A new canuellid, Microcanuella bisetosa gen. n., sp. n., was collected on the Pacific coast (Gulf of Nicoya) of Costa Rica. Though the male is still unknown, a new genus is established, mainly because of the reduced armature of P1, P4, and P5. The small-sized M. bisetosa sp. n. is a mesopsammic species, inhabiting the interstices of coarse sediments of a beach slope.

Taxonomic remarks on the alpheid shrimp genus Triacanthoneus Anker, 2010, with description of a second eastern Pacific species (Malacostraca: Decapoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Bocas Del Toro ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Southern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
New Material ◽  
First Time ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

The recently described alpheid genus Triacanthoneus Anker, 2010 is reassessed based on new material from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Panama, and the southern Gulf of Mexico. Salmoneus armatus Anker, 2010 is tentatively transferred to Triacanthoneus and the latter genus is redefined. A new eastern Pacific species of Triacanthoneus is described based on a single specimen collected by scuba diving off Coiba Island on the Pacific coast of Panama. Triacanthoneus blanca sp. nov. is closely related to its only eastern Pacific congener, T. pacificus Anker, 2010, which is reported for the first time from the Las Perlas Islands in the Gulf of Panama. Morphological variation in T. toro Anker, 2010 is discussed on the basis of new topotypical material from Bocas del Toro, Panama, and a single specimen tentatively reported as T. cf. toro from Sisal, Mexico. An identification key to the seven currently known species of Triacanthoneus, with updated distributional and ecological information, as well as high-resolution colour photographs of four species are also provided. 

scholarly journals Similarity of rocky intertidal assemblages along the Pacific coast of Japan: effects of spatial scales and geographic distance

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Nakaoka ◽  
Norihiko Ito ◽  
Tomoko Yamamoto ◽  
Takehiro Okuda ◽  
Takashi Noda
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Coast Of Japan

scholarly journals EQUINODERMOS DEL PARQUE NACIONAL NATURAL ENSENADA DE UTRIA (PACIFICO COLOMBIANO)

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Neira O. ◽  
Perla Barba R. ◽  
Roberto Pardo A.
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rocky Shores ◽  
Sandy Shores ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
Colombian Pacific

Fifteen species of echinoderms (5 asteroids, 5 echinoids and 5 ophiuroids) are reported for Natural National Park Ensenada deUtria in the Pacific coast of Chocó, Colombia. For each species, we report its size and ecological observations. Two species, Mithrodia bradleyi and Encope ecuadorensis are new records for the Colombian Pacific coast and are described shortly., Most of the echinoderms found were associated to rocky shores, coral reef and sometimes sandy shores, except Ophiothríx spicuiata and Ophiactis savignyi, which were found living in association with the gorgonia Lophogorgia alba. Hesperocidaris asteriscus and Centrostephanus coronatus live in holes in coral or rock. These are mainly intertidal or shallow subtidal species.

scholarly journals National Parks in Colombia

Oryx ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 441-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Hunsaker
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Peace Corps ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hunting Regulations ◽  
National Park System ◽  
Vast Range

Colombia has one of the largest bird faunas in the world – over 1550 species, over 300 mammals, including the endangered spectacled bear and mountain tapir, 350 reptiles and over 1000 fish, and a vast range of habitats, from the tropical rain forest of the Pacific coast and lowland swamps to the spectacular peaks of the high Andes, 20,000 feet and more. In recent years Colombia has set aside over 3½ million acres for national parks and reserves, which are described here by Dr Hunsaker, Conservation Co-ordinator with INDERENA (the Government department concerned) for the Peace-Corps-Smithsonian Program in Bogotá. Colombia's conservation efforts began in 1919 with the passing of the first laws protecting the fauna and flora. In 1941 the Government introduced hunting regulations, and in 1948 the first biological reserve, La Macarena, was set aside. A law passed in 1954 made the condor the first fully protected species. Since then government, universities and interested people have worked to coordinate, in so far as possible, the national park system, the wildlife service and university projects to protect wilderness and wildlife in this extremely critical region of South America.

Eubostrichopsis johnpearsei n. gen., n. sp., the first stilbonematid nematode (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from the US West Coast

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-362
Author(s):  
JÖRG A. OTT ◽  
PHILIPP PRÖTS
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rocky Intertidal ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Us ◽  
New Type ◽  
Sulfidic Sediment ◽  
Us West

A new genus of the marine Stilbonematinae (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) is described from the Pacific coast of the United States of America. The worms inhabit the sulfidic sediment among the roots of the surfgrass Phyllospadix sp. in the rocky intertidal. The ectosymbiotic coat is of a new type for Stilbonematinae. It consists of rod-shaped bacteria pointed at both poles densely attached with one pole to the host cuticle. This is the first report of this symbiotic nematode subfamily from the US West Coast. 

Epilogue

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie Y. Chiang
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Japanese Americans ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Incarceration Camps

The epilogue explores how the natural world has become a critical element of Japanese Americans’ wartime memories and the public commemoration of the incarceration. It examines pilgrimages to the former camps, National Park Service programs for the preservation of the confinement sites, and private efforts to restore gardens. These diverse acts of remembrance are linked to both the environments of the Pacific Coast and the former incarceration camps. The epilogue also examines a campaign to protect the Manzanar viewshed from solar development. There, the remains of the built environment—barracks, guard towers, barbed wire—coupled with the surrounding terrain and views were critical to efforts to encourage visitors to imagine what confinement must have looked and felt like.

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