Ocurrence of the sea anemone Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) at Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica

ACUÑA FABIÁN H.; CORTÉS JORGE; GARESE AGUSTÍN

REVISTA DE BIOLOGíA TROPICAL

REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL

Año: 2012 vol. 60 p. 201 - 205

0034-7744

The sea anemone fauna of Cocos Island National Park (Parque Nacional Isla del Coco), Pacific Costa Rica is poorly known. In the present work we report the first occurrence of the species Telmatactis panamensis.Individuals of this sea anemone were collected at Chatham Bay intertidal and at 15 m depth in Punta Ulloa, in both cases attached to rocks; during the expedition UCR-UNA-COCO-I in April 2010. We provide photographs of live individuals, external anatomy and an inventory of cnidae of the studied specimens. Possibly this species is extended to greater depth as observed by other authors in the Galápagos Islands.