Check List 18(5): 1141-1146, doi: 10.15560/18.5.1141

First records of Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) and Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from Parque Nacional Coiba, Pacific coast of Panama

Fabián H. Acuña^‡§, Ricardo González-Muñoz^§, Agustin Garese^§, Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson^‡

‡ Coiba-AIP, Panama, Panama§ Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Corresponding author: Fabián H. Acuña ( facuna@mdp.edu.ar )

Academic editor: Luis Felipe Skinner

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Citation: Acuña FH, González-Muñoz R, Garese A, Díaz-Ferguson E (2022) First records of Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) and Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from Parque Nacional Coiba, Pacific coast of Panama. Check List 18(5): 1141-1146. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1141

Abstract

We report two species of sea anemones, Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) and Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869), for the first time from Parque Nacional Coiba, a large, protected area in the Pacific off Panama. In addition, we describe the external anatomical taxonomic characters and provide images of live specimens of each species. The number of sea anemones species known for Panama is updated to 57. This work constitutes the first study in the documentation of sea anemones of Coiba Island.

Keywords

Benthic invertebrate fauna, distribution, tropical Eastern Pacific, rocky intertidal, sea anemones