Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America Edited by Ingo S. Wehrtmann and Jorge Cortés CIMAR and Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Editors Ingo S. Wehrtmann Unidad Investigación Pesquera y Acuicultura (UNIP) of the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), and Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología Universidad de Costa Rica 11501-2060 San José, Costa Rica [email protected] Jorge Cortés Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), and Escuela de Biología Universidad de Costa Rica 11501-2060 San José, Costa Rica [email protected] ISBN: 978-1-4020-8277-1 e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-8278-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008931008 © 2009 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover page: Seagrass habitat at Parque Nacional Cahuita, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (Photo: Ingo S. Wehrtmann) Back cover, photo 1: A green algae, Acetabularia calyculus, from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (Photo: Ingo S. Wehrtmann) Back cover, photo 2: Carpilius corallinus, a brachyuran crab occurring in the Parque Nacional Cahuita, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica (Photo: Ingo S. Wehrtmann) Back cover, photo 3: A black turtle, Chelonia agassizi, observed in waters around the offshore island, Isla del Coco, Pacific Costa Rica (Photo: Jaime Nivia) Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com Contents of CD – Rom Part 1 Phytoplankton Roxana Víquez and Paul E. Hargraves Species List 1.1 List of phytoplankton species from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 1 Species List 1.2 Phytoplankton species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 4 Part 2 Marine Benthic Algae Andrea Bernecker Species List 2.1 Marine benthic algae and Cyanobacteria reported from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ........................................................... 17 Species List 2.2 Marine benthic algae and Cyanobacteria reported from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica ................................................................ 53 Part 3 Seagrasses Jorge Cortés and Eva Salas Species List 3.1 Seagrasses found on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 71 Species List 3.2 Seagrasses found on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica ......... 72 Part 4 Mangroves Ana Margarita Silva-Benavides Species List 4.1 Mangrove species occurring along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ..................................................................................................... 73 Species List 4.2 Mangrove species occurring along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica ..................................................................................................... 75 Part 5 Foraminifera Jorge Cortés, Claudia Mora-Baumgartner, and Vanessa Nielsen Contents of CD – Rom v Species List 5.1 Foraminifera of the Caribbean of Costa Rica .................... 79 Species List 5.2 Foraminifera of the Pacific of Costa Rica .......................... 79 Part 6 Sponges Jorge Cortés, Noam Van Der Hal, and R.W.M. Van Soest Species List 6.1 Sponges reported from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica .................................................................................................... 83 Species List 6.2 Sponges from the Pacific of Costa Rica ............................ 88 Part 7 Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, and Cubozoa (Medusozoa) Karina Rodríguez-Sáenz and Lourdes Segura-Puertas Species List 7.1 Medusozoa (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, and Cubozoa) recorded from the Caribbean of Costa Rica ..................................................... 94 Species List 7.2 Medusozoa (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, and Cubozoa) recorded from the Pacific of Costa Rica .......................................................... 95 Part 8 Siphonophores Karina Rodríguez-Sáenz and Rebeca Gasca Species List 8.1 Siphonophores collected in Caribbean of Costa Rica ..................................................................................................... 101 Species List 8.2 Siphonophores collected in Pacific waters of Costa Rica ......................................................................................... 102 Part 9 Zoanthids, Sea Anemones and Corallimorpharians Jorge Cortés Species List 9.1 Zoanthids, actiniarians, and corallimorpharians found on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ............................................................... 105 Species List 9.2 Zoanthids, actiniarians, and corallimorpharians found on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica .................................................................... 107 Part 10 Octocorals Odalisca Breedy Species List 10.1 Octocorals from Caribbean shallow waters of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 108 Species List 10.2 Octocorals from Pacific shallow waters of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 110 Part 11 Stony Corals Jorge Cortés Species List 11.1 Stony corals (hydrocorals and scleractinians) from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica .......................................................................... 112 vi Contents of CD – Rom Species List 11.2 Stony corals (hydrocorals and scleractinians) from the Pacific of Costa Rica .......................................................................... 116 Part 12 Sipunculans José A. Vargas and Harlan K. Dean Species List 12.1 List of sipunculans reported for the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, .......................................................................................... 119 Species List 12.2 List of sipunculan species reported for the Pacific coast of Costa Rica ........................................................................................... 120 Part 13 Polychaetes and Echiurans Harlan K. Dean Species List 13.1 Polychaetes from the Caribbean of Central America....... 122 Species List 13.2 Polychaeta and Echiura from the Pacific of Central America ............................................................................................................. 132 Part 14 Stomatopods Rita Vargas Species List 14.1 Stomatopod taxa from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 160 Species List 14.2 Stomatopod taxa from Pacific coast of Costa Rica .......... 161 Part 15 Euphausiids Iván Castellanos, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, and Álvaro Morales-Ramírez Species List 15.1 Euphausiid species recorded in Caribbean waters of Costa Rica ........................................................................................................ 164 Species List 15.2 Euphausiid species recorded in Costa Rican waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. ............................................................... 165 Part 16 Decapod Crustaceans Rita Vargas and Ingo S. Wehrtmann Species List 16.1 Caribbean Costa Rica. Species of Dendrobranchiata, Stenopodidea, Caridea, Astacidea, Thalassinidea, and Palinura ...................... 167 Species List 16.2 Pacific Costa Rica. Species of Dendrobranchiata, Stenopodidea, Caridea, Astacidea, Thalassinidea, and Palinura ...................... 170 Species List 16.3 Caribbean Costa Rica. Species of Anomura .................... 178 Species List 16.4 Pacific Costa Rica. Species of Anomura .......................... 179 Species List 16.5 Caribbean Costa Rica. Species of Brachyura ................... 185 Species List 16.6 Pacific Costa Rica. Species of Brachyura ........................ 188 Part 17 Shallow Water Mysids W. Wayne Price, Richard W. Heard, and Rita Vargas Contents of CD – Rom vii Species List 17.1 Mysida reported from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 199 Species List 17.2 Mysida reported from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 200 Part 18 Cumaceans Iorgu Petrescu, Richard W. Heard, Rita Vargas, and Odalisca Breedy Species List 18.1 Cumaceans from the Caribbean waters of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 201 Species List 18.2 Cumaceans from the Pacific waters of Costa Rica .......... 202 Part 19 Tanaidaceans Richard W. Heard, Odalisca Breedy, and Rita Vargas Species List 19.1 Tanaidaceans from the Caribbean waters of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 204 Species List 19.2 Tanaidaceans from the Pacific waters of Costa Rica ......................................................................................................... 205 Part 20 Isopods Richard C. Brusca and Ingo S. Wehrtmann Species List 20.1 Isopods reported from the Caribbean coast