An integrative identification guide to the Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Authors

• Maria Pia Miglietta
• Stefano Piraino
• Sarah Pruski, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USsa
• Magdalena Alpizar Gonzalez, Zooplankton Laboratory, CIMAR, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
• Susel Castellanos-Iglesias, Cnidaria Laboratory, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
• Sarai Jerónimo-Aguilar, Unidad Académica Sisal, Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico
• Jonathan W. Lawley, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
• Davide Maggioni, Marine Research and High Education (MaRHE) Center, Republic of Maldives
• Luis Martell, Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
• Yui Matsumoto, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USsa
• Andrea Moncada, Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, València, Spain
• Pooja Nagale, Department of Conservation, Bombay Natural History Society, India
• Sornsiri Phongphattarawat, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Carolina Sheridan, Rodríguez, Biology school, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
• Joan J. Soto Àngel, Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, València, Spain
• Alena Sukhoputova, Department of Biological Evolution, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Rachel Collin, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Ancon, Panama

Abstract

This work is the first attempt to assess the biodiversity of the Hydrozoa in the Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro (Panamá, Caribbean Sea) using morphology and molecular taxonomy, and to produce field identification tools to help future identification and monitoring efforts in the area.

DOI

10.1080/23766808.2018.1488656

Recommended Citation

Miglietta, Maria Pia; Piraino, Stefano; Pruski, Sarah; Alpizar Gonzalez, Magdalena; Castellanos-Iglesias, Susel; Jerónimo-Aguilar, Sarai; W. Lawley, Jonathan; Maggioni, Davide; Martell, Luis; Matsumoto, Yui; Moncada, Andrea; Nagale, Pooja; Phongphattarawat, Sornsiri; Sheridan, Carolina; Soto Àngel, Joan J.; Sukhoputova, Alena; and Collin, Rachel (2018) "An integrative identification guide to the Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Bocas del Toro, Panama," Neotropical Biodiversity: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 9.
DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2018.1488656
Available at: https://ikiam.researchcommons.org/neotropical-diversity/vol4/iss1/9