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Revista de Biología Tropical
versión On-line ISSN 0034-7744versión impresa ISSN 0034-7744
Resumen
SOLIS-MARIN, Francisco-Alonso; SANDINO, Osmar-Benito; CONEJEROS-VARGAS, Carlos-Andrés y CABALLERO-OCHOA, Andrea-Alejandra. First record of the genus Leptopentacta (Cucumariidae: Colochirinae) for the Nicaraguan Caribbean. Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2021, vol.69, suppl.1, pp.80-88. ISSN 0034-7744. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69isuppl.1.46329.
Introduction:
The genus Leptopentacta has only been previously reported from Florida, Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Suriname.
Objective:
To present the first record of the genus for Nicaragua.
Methods:
The morphological characters of Nicaraguan material at the Smithsonian Institution (USNM 1014529), were corroborated with the original description.
Results:
The five specimens collected in the Nicaraguan Caribbean match the genus.
Conclusions:
Leptopentacta is reported for the first time from the Nicaraguan Caribbean Sea. This increases the number of Nicaraguan echinoderms to 194 species.
Palabras clave : Holothuroidea; Atlantic; sea cucumber; taxonomy; morphology.
