Sipunculans and Echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica
Author
Vargas, Rita
Author
Kawauchi, Gisele Y.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2557
60
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196936
a2d81a5c-6c54-40d9-946d-86fa5224d0fd
1175-5326
196936
Aspidosiphon elegans
Chimisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Bahía Chatham,
11m
,
26 May 2008
, one specimen, 6.5 mm;
Isla
Manuelita, 4.5 m,
29 May 2008
, one specimen, 1.5 mm; Punta Ulloa, SCUBA, calcareous rocks,
12 October 2007
, one specimen,
14 mm
;
12 m
, reef,
23 May 2008
, three specimens, 3.5 to 4.5 mm;
3 m
,
28 May 2008
, four specimens,
4–40 mm
;
8 m
,
28 May 2008
, one specimen,
16 mm
.
Additional material
. Bahía Chatham, subtidal sand bottom,
30m
,
12 October 2007
,
1 specimen
,
10 mm
; Bahía Wafer
20m
,
10 April 2008
,
2 specimens
,
11–12mm
; Silverado
11m
23 May 2008
,
9 specimens
,
10- 30mm
.
Description
: This species is easily recognized by the dark pyramidal hooks proximal to the rings of bidentate hooks and the well demarcated, ungrooved shield made up of large irregular units. Nephridia were 65–75% the body length.
Habitat.
Subtidal calcareous rock, sand bottom,
3-
30 m
.
Distribution.
Aspidosiphon elegans
is a widely distributed species first reported from Pacific
Costa Rica
by
Fonseca and Cortés (1998)
.