Check List 4(1): 18-30, doi: 10.15560/4.1.18
Checklist of polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) from El Salvador, Eastern Pacific
Carlos Giovanni Rivera‡,
Mayra Yaneth Romero de Rivera‡‡ Universidad Doctor Andrés Bello, El Salvador
Corresponding author:
Carlos Rivera
(
fcarlos.rivera@ues.edu.sv
)
© 2017 Carlos Rivera, Mayra Yaneth Rivera. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Rivera C, Rivera M (2008) Checklist of polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) from El Salvador, Eastern Pacific. Check List 4(1): 18-30. https://doi.org/10.15560/4.1.18 |  |
Abstract
A checklist of polychaete species recorded from El Salvador in the Pacific coast of Central America is presented (13°44'39'' N, 90°07'58'' W to 13°30'10'' N, 87°43'13'' W), including mainly estuaries, sandy beaches and sublittoral environments from El Salvador, Eastern Pacific, is reported. The checklist comprises 121 species belonging to 80 genera in 35 families currently know from the area. W onomical and ecological work carried out until now that could guide to future research.