Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN Impreso: 0034-7744 ISSN electrónico: 2215-2075

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New records of heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica
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Keywords

Heterobranchia
Nudipleura
Sacoglossa
Aplysiomorpha
opisthobranch
biodiversity
new records
Isla del Coco
Cocos Island.
Heterobranchia
Nudipleura
Sacoglossa
Aplysiomorpha
opisthobranquios
biodiversidad
nuevos registros
Isla del Coco.

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García-Méndez, K., & Camacho-García, Y. E. (2016). New records of heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica. Revista De Biología Tropical, 64(S1), 205–219. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v64i1.23449

Abstract

The molluscan fauna of Isla del Coco has recently been well documented, but the heterobranch sea slugs, traditionally called “opisthobranchs”, remain poorly known. We report 13 new records, increasing the total to 40 species. Of the 13 newly discovered species, the following species had not been previously recorded along the Pacific Costa Rican mainland: Berthella californica (Dall, 1900), Peltodoris rubra (Bergh, 1905), Dendrodoris albobrunnea Allan, 1933, Doriopsilla cf. spaldingi Valdés & Behrens, 1998, Glaucus cf. marginatus (Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864), and Flabellina sp. Additionally, we report Peltodoris rubra, previously known from the Indo-Pacific, for the first time in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.

 
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