Open AccessTAXONOMY OF THE CHAETOGNATHS OF THE BIGHT OF PANAMA
Author(s) -
Pineda Polo Francisco H
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.1977.9.0.529
Subject(s) - meristics , panama , taxonomy (biology) , sagitta , biology , plankton , ecology , geography , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , otolith
Confusions arising on the taxonomy of Sagitta pacifica, S. bedoti and S. pulebra are mainly the result of imprecise and subjective descriptions. A new modern account on two of the three spccies as they appeared in plankton samples collected off the Colombian Pacific and the Bight of Panama is provided, including meristic and morphological information. For the third species S. bedoti, only the relevant meristic and morphometric information gathered is included since published accounts are adequate. It is hoped that this work will represent a contribution in future taxonomic and ecological studies on these species.