Morphology and taxonomy of a new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in Cocos Island National Park, Pacific Costa Rica

dc.creator	Breedy Shadid, Odalisca
dc.creator	Cortés Núñez, Jorge
dc.date.accessioned	2026-01-12T14:32:08Z
dc.date.issued	2011-08-02
dc.description.abstract	Leptogorgia tricorata is a new shallow-water species found at 14–22 m depth at two rocky islets on the north side of Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica. The branching pattern, the small size, bright yellow color, long spindles (up to 0.2 mm), and the occurrence of tentacular rods distinguish the new species from others in the genus. Gorgoniids are rare in shallow waters at Cocos Island. Including the new species there are only three species found so far in the region. Leptogorgia tricorata is described, illustrated, and compared with other similar species of the genus reported from the eastern Pacific.
dc.description.procedence	UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.2988/10-18.1
dc.identifier.issn	0006-324X
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/103590
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.rights	acceso restringido
dc.source	Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124(2), 2011
dc.subject	octocorallia
dc.subject	gorgoniidae
dc.subject	biodiversity
dc.subject	rocky reefs
dc.subject	pacific ocean
dc.title	Morphology and taxonomy of a new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in Cocos Island National Park, Pacific Costa Rica
dc.type	artículo original

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