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.

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 Journal: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 9.
Available at: https://ikiam.researchcommons.org/neotropical-diversity/vol4/iss1/9