scholarly journals Checklist of polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) from El Salvador, Eastern Pacific

Check List ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Giovanni Rivera ◽  
Mayra Yaneth Romero de Rivera
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Polychaete Species ◽  
The Pacific

A checklist of polychaete species recorded from El Salvador in the Pacific coast of Central America is presented (13°44'39'' N, 90°07'58'' W to 13°30'10'' N, 87°43'13'' W), including mainly estuaries, sandy beaches and sublittoral environments from El Salvador, Eastern Pacific, is reported. The checklist comprises 121 species belonging to 80 genera in 35 families currently know from the area. W onomical and ecological work carried out until now that could guide to future research.

New records of lampriform fishes (Teleostei: Lampriformes) from the Pacific coast of lower Central America, with comments on the diversity, taxonomy and distribution of the Lampriformes in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4236 (3) ◽  
pp. 573 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTURO ANGULO ◽  
MYRNA I. LÓPEZ-SÁNCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Distributional Information ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
Meristic Data

New records of occurrence for four species of lampriform fishes (Teleostei: Lampriformes; Desmodema polystictum, Regalecus russelii, Trachipterus fukuzakii and Zu cristatus) poorly known or previously unknown for the Pacific coast of lower Central America (Costa Rica-Panama) are herein reported. Museum specimens supporting such records are characterized and described. Comparative morphometric and meristic data on other collections and species of lampriforms, as well as distributional information, are provided and discussed. Diversity, taxonomy and distribution of the eastern Pacific species of the order also are briefly discussed. Finally, a key to the eastern Pacific species of the Lampriformes, based on our research and data available in the literature, is presented. 

Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras), Application to Intervene

1991 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 680-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Ratner
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Central America ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Land Frontier

In this case before a Chamber of the International Court of Justice, El Salvador and Honduras, by a Special Agreement dated May 24, 1986, requested that the Chamber delimit the land frontier and determine the legal status of certain islands and waters in the general area of the Gulf of Fonseca. The gulf, located on the Pacific coast of Central America, is bordered by El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Nicaragua filed an application for permission to intervene in the case on November 17, 1989, pursuant to Article 62 of the Statute of the Court, which permits a state to request intervention if the state considers “that it has an interest of a legal nature which may be affected by the decision in the case.”

scholarly journals NUEVOS REGISTROS DE MOLUSCOS MARINOS DE EL SALVADOR, AMÉRICA CENTRAL

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
C. G. Rivera ◽  
N. E. González
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Marine Mollusks ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Box Corer

Se presentan 27 especies de moluscos marinos de nuevo registro para El Salvador en la costa Pacífica de América Central. El listado incluye 112 individuos pertenecientes a 11 especies de bivalvos y 16 especies de gasterópodos recolectados con un nucleador manual durante una investigación del macrobentos desarrollada entre febrero y julio de 2005 en el Estero El Tamarindo. Se incluye información del hábitat y comentarios para todas las especies. New Records of marine mollusks from El Salvador, Central America New records of 27 species of marine mollusks from the Pacific coast of El Salvador (central America) are presented. The checklist includes 112 individuals of 11 bivalves and 16 gastropods species from El Tamarindo estuary. These were collected with a hand box-corer during an expedition on macrobenthos research between February and July, 2005. Habitat and relevant observations of each species are provided.

A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the eastern Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1419 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
ODALISCA BREEDY ◽  
HECTOR M. GUZMAN
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Type Material ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Reference Specimens ◽  
Original Type

The species of the widespread gorgoniid genus Leptogorgia, which occur along the eastern Pacific, are taxonomically revised based on original type material of all species described until now and reference specimens from recent surveys and expeditions along the Pacific coast of Panama, and Costa Rica. As a result, 21 species are recognized as valid and one as dubious. Lectotypes are assigned for eight species in order to establish their taxonomic status. All the species are described and illustrated. The fauna herein reported does not represent overall diversity or geographical range of each species but adds new reports. The present count is 16 species for Panama, 11 for Costa Rica, 7 for Mexico, 6 for El Salvador, 4 for Peru, 4 for Ecuador, 3 for Colombia, 2 for California, 2 for Nicaragua, and 2 for Chile.

scholarly journals Hatching Success Rather Than Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination as the Main Driver of Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) Nesting Activity in the Pacific Coast of Central America

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3168
Author(s):  
Alejandra Morales Mérida ◽  
Aude Helier ◽  
Adriana A. Cortés-Gómez ◽  
Marc Girondot
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Hatching Success ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Lepidochelys Olivacea ◽  
Marine Turtles ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Nesting Activity

In marine turtles, sex is determined during a precise period during incubation: males are produced at lower temperatures and females at higher temperatures, a phenomenon called temperature-dependent sex determination. Nest temperature depends on many factors, including solar radiation. Albedo is the measure of the proportion of reflected solar radiation, and in terms of sand color, black sand absorbs the most energy, while white sand reflects more solar radiation. Based on this observation, darker sand beaches with higher temperatures should produce more females. As marine turtles show a high degree of philopatry, including natal homing, dark beaches should also produce more female hatchlings that return to nest when mature. When sand color is heterogeneous in a region, we hypothesize that darker beaches would have the most nests. Nevertheless, the high incubation temperature on beaches with a low albedo may result in low hatching success. Using Google Earth images and the SWOT database of nesting olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) in the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, we modeled sand color and nesting activity to test the hypothesis that darker beaches host larger concentrations of females because of feminization on darker beaches and female philopatry. We found the opposite result: the lower hatching success at beaches with a lower albedo could be the main driver of nesting activity heterogeneity for olive ridleys in Central America.

scholarly journals Dispersion to the Tropics of the Spiraea Aphid, Aphis spiraecola Patch

1969 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
George N. Wolcott
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Aphis Spiraecola ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Northern United States ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Young Growth

The spiraea aphid, Aphis spiraecola Patch, which previous to 1924 was known only on species of Spiraea in the northern United States, in that year appeared in mass infestations on citrus trees in Florida and Cuba, causing enormous damage by distorting and resetting the young growth. By 1926 it had spread to Puerto Rico, attacking not only various endemic trees and plants, but being implicated in the transmission of a new virus disease of papaya. By 1928, it was reported on citrus from Honduras in Central America, and it has since dispersed to Costa Rica, and on a great variety of hosts to California, Oregon, and Washington on the Pacific Coast.

Cimaria vargasi n. gen, n. sp. (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae: Odostomiinae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Central America

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3178 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
TORE HØISÆTER
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Biogeographic Province ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Family

The Panamic biogeographic province has long been thought to harbour a rich pyramidellid fauna. In the compilation of Keen (1971) the family is second only to the Turridae in being the most speciose gastropod family in the region, and no less than 350 species are listed. However a number of these have later been recognized to be synonyms, and in the update of the compilation by Skoglund (2002) the number of pyramidellids was reduced to 258.

POTBELLY SCULPTURE

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri McInnis Thompson ◽  
Fred Valdez
Keyword(s):  
El Salvador ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
General Function ◽  
Specific Function ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
Stone Sculpture

AbstractPrehistoric potbelly (boulder) sculpture has been of great interest for many decades. Most such sculptures occur in the highlands and piedmont of the Pacific Coast in Guatemala and El Salvador. The specific function and dating of the monuments has been of particular concern to researchers. This paper presents a summary of data in an attempt to place potbelly sculptures into recognizable stylistic groups that may in turn allow scholars to hypothesize their general function or functions. The excavation of a ceramic potbelly figure in northern Belize may provide hard evidence for the dating of certain potbelly styles and demonstrate the use of this style/manifestation in a mode beyond stone sculpture.

A new genus and species of polyclad flatworm found in the mantle cavities of gastropod molluscs in the high-intertidal zone of the Pacific coast of Central America

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anno Faubel ◽  
Ronald Sluys ◽  
David G. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Intertidal Zone ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Upper Eulittoral ◽  
High Intertidal Zone ◽  
Commensal Relationship

A commensal relationship is described between the polyclad flatworm Paraprostatum echinolittorinae Faubel & Sluys gen. et sp. nov. and gastropod molluscs living on the Pacific coast of central America. Although the worms are relatively large in comparison with their hosts, the latter sustained no apparent damage. Considering the fact that the molluscs live in the upper eulittoral zone and littoral fringe of the shore, it is unlikely that the polyclads could survive for long outside the hosts. Diagnostic characters for the new genus and species are a long penial stylet joined to the proximal vesicle and absence of Lang's vesicle. It is pointed out that Aprostatum clippertoni Bock, 1913 and A. longipenis (Kato, 1943) have been incorrectly transferred to the genus Euplana Girard, 1893 and that Discoplana malagensis Doignon, Artois & Deheyn, 2003 should be transferred to the genus Ilyella Faubel, 1983.

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