Abundancia del erizo de mar Centrostephanus coronatus (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) en el Pacífico de Costa Rica

Centrostephanus coronatus reaches a density of 0.06 individuals/m2 in shallow reef waters in Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Pacific of Costa Rica, in the same habitat occupied by the urchin Diadema mexicanum. It is the fourth species of diadematoid urchins reported for Costa Rican and a first new r...

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Main Author: Alvarado, Juan José
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2004
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/15513
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Summary:Centrostephanus coronatus reaches a density of 0.06 individuals/m2 in shallow reef waters in Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Pacific of Costa Rica, in the same habitat occupied by the urchin Diadema mexicanum. It is the fourth species of diadematoid urchins reported for Costa Rican and a first new report for Central America.