From: Decapod crustaceans associated with macroinvertebrates in Pacific Costa Rica
Host Phylum | Host Group | Host Species | Associated species | Site | Abundance | Depth (m) | Year |
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Porifera | Demospongidae | Halichondria sp. | Panopeus chilensis | Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Abundant | Intertidal | 2014 |
Cnidaria | Scleractinia | Pavona gigantea | Opecarcinus crescentus | Isla del Caño, Puntarenas | Abundant | 6 | 1992 |
Pavona gigantea | Opecarcinus crescentus | Islas Pelonas, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 16 | 1992 | ||
Pavona gigantea | Opecarcinus crescentus | Playa Pochote, Guanacaste | Abundant | NI | 1994 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Ala cornuta | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Alpheus lottini | Islas Palmitas, Bahía Huevo, Guanacaste | Abundant | 6–10 | 1997 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Alpheus lottini | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Amphithrax tuberculatus | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Cycloxanthops vittatus | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Fennera chacei | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Hapalocarcinus marsupialis | Islas Palmitas, Bahía Huevo, Guanacaste | Rare | 6 | 1991 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Harpiliopsis depressa | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Heteractaea lunata | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Pachycheles biocellatus | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Pagurus lepidus | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Petrolisthes haigae | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Teleophrys cristulipes | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Trapezia bidentata | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Trapezia corallina | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Trizopagurus magnificus | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora damicornis | Williamstimpsonia stimpsoni | Playa Blanca, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 3 | 2003–2004 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Alpheus lottini | Bahía Thomas, Cuajiniquil, Guanacaste | Abundant | 2 | 2016 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Brachycarpus biunguiculatus | Bahía Thomas, Cuajiniquil, Guanacaste | Abundant | 2 | 2016 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Domecia hispida | Bahía Santa Elena, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 1994 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Hapalocarcinus marsupialis | Isla del Caño, Puntarenas | Rare | 8–10 | 1986 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Harpiliopsis depressa | Bahía Santa Elena, Guanacaste | Abundant | NI | 1994 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Hemus finneganae | Playa Matapalo, Guanacaste | Very abundant | 6–14 | 2008 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Lipaesthesius leeanus | Playa Matapalo, Guanacaste | Rare | 6–14 | 2008 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Stenorhynchus debilis | Playa Matapalo, Guanacaste | Very abundant | 6–14 | 2008 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Trapezia bidentata | Bahía Thomas, Cuajiniquil, Guanacaste | Abundant | 2 | 2016 | ||
Pocillopora sp. | Trapezia cymodoce | Bahía Santa Elena, Guanacaste | Abundant | NI | 1994 | ||
Porites lobata | Alpheus floridanus | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2004 | ||
Porites lobata | Pachygrapsus transversus | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Very abundant | NI | 2004 | ||
Porites lobata | Paracallianidea laevicauda | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2004 | ||
Porites lobata | Parapinnixa cortesi | Chatham Bay, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2004 | ||
Porites lobata | Petrolisthes artifrons | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2004 | ||
Porites lobata | Uca (Petruca) panamensis | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2004 | ||
Porites lobata | Pomatogebia rugosa | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | NI | 1988–1989 | ||
Tubastraea coccinea | Platypodiella rotundata | Isla San José, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Abundant | 30 | 2010 | ||
Antipatharia | Antipathes sp. | Periclimenes murcielagensis | San Pedrito, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Rare | 25 | 1996 | |
Antipathes sp. | Waldola schmitti | San Pedrito, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Rare | 25 | 1996 | ||
Lillipathes ritamariae | Coralaxius galapagensis | Parrita, Puntarenas | Rare | 1000 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Eupilumnus xantusii | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Gnathophyllum panamense | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Iridopagurus occidentalis | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Lipkemedaeus spinulifer | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Pachycheles velerae | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Periclimenes murcielagensis | Peñon Abrazo de la Muerte, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Rare | 30 | 1999 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Pilumnus stimpsonii | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Quadrella nitida | Peñon Abrazo de la Muerte, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Rare | 30 | 1999 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Stenorhynchus debilis | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Synalpheus sp. | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Veleronia sympathes | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Myriopathes panamensis | Waldola schmitti | Peñon Abrazo de la Muerte, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Rare | 30 | 1999 | ||
Octocorallia | Eugorgia mutabilis | Megalobrachium tuberculipes | Los Potreros, Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas | Abundant | Intertidal | 2013 | |
Eugorgia mutabilis | Neopontonides henryvonprahli | Los Potreros, Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas | Rare | 11 | 2013 | ||
Eugorgia mutabilis | Orthochela pumila | Los Potreros, Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas | Rare | Intertidal | 2013 | ||
Eugorgia mutabilis | Pseudoveleronia laevifrons | Los Potreros, Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas | Abundant | Intertidal | 2013 | ||
Eugorgia mutabilis | Typton sp. | Los Potreros, Puerto Jiménez, Puntarenas | Rare | 11 | 2013 | ||
Leptogorgia cortesi | Hippolyte sp. | Punta Islotes, Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Rare | NI | 1997 | ||
Leptogorgia cortesi | Periclimenes infraspinis | Punta Islotes, Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Rare | NI | 1997 | ||
Leptogorgia cortesi | Periclimenes sp. | Punta Islotes, Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Rare | NI | 1997 | ||
Leptogorgia cuspidata | Raytheres clavapedathus | San Pedrito, Islas Murciélago, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 1994 | ||
Muricea sp. | Pseudocoutierea elegans | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Muricea sp. | Quadrella nitida | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 70–80 | 2009 | ||
Muricea sp. | Quadrella nitida | Rodolitos, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 50 | 2009 | ||
Pacifigorgia irene | Megalobrachium tuberculipes | Playa Matapalo, Península de Osa, Puntarenas | Rare | 11 | 2013 | ||
Pacifigorgia irene | Neopontonides henryvonprahli | Playa Matapalo, Península de Osa, Puntarenas | Rare | 11 | 2013 | ||
Pacifigorgia irene | Orthochela pumila | Playa Matapalo, Península de Osa, Puntarenas | Rare | 11 | 2013 | ||
Pacifigorgia irene | Pseudoveleronia laevifrons | Playa Matapalo, Península de Osa, Puntarenas | Rare | 11 | 2013 | ||
NI | Nemausa sinensis | Dos Amigos, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2001 | ||
NI | Neopontonides henryvonprahli | Islas Palmitas, Bahía Huevo, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 1997 | ||
NI | Pseudoveleronia laevifrons | Sámara, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 1997 | ||
NI | Pseudoveleronia laevifrons | Dos Amigos, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2001 | ||
NI | Quadrella nitida | Dos Amigos, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | NI | 2001 | ||
NI | Veleronia serratifrons | Bahía Salinas, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 1997 | ||
Pennatulacea | Euceramus transversilineatus | Punta Sortija, Bahía Santa Elena, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 2013 | ||
Hydrozoa | Stylaster marenzelleri | Munida sp. | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 86 | 2014 | |
Stylaster marenzelleri | Pseudocoutierea elegans | Everest, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | 86 | 2014 | ||
Mollusca | Gastropoda | Crepidula sp. | Calyptraeotheres pepeluisi | Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Rare | Intertidal | 2014–2016 |
Bivalvia | Pinctada mazatlanica | Pontonia margarita | Isla Tortuga, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Rare | 2–18 | 1993–2018 | |
Pinctada mazatlanica | Pontonia margarita | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 8 | 2014 | ||
Pinna rugosa | Pontonia simplex | Playa Iguanita, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Very rare | NI | 1995 | ||
Sacosstrea palmula | Austinotheres angelicus | Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Very abundant | Intertidal | 2012–2014 | ||
Annelida | Polychaeta | Lanicola sp. | Glassella costaricana | Punta Morales, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Abundant | Intertidal | 1992 |
NI | Tetrias scabripes | Bajo Manuelita, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 66 | 2009 | ||
Onuphidae | Pinnixa longipes | Punta Islotes, Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Rare | 10 | 2014 | ||
Onuphidae | Polyonyx nitidus | Punta Islotes, Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Rare | 10 | 2014 | ||
Echinodermata | Asteroidea | Asteropsis carinifera | Calyptraeotheres sp. | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | 12 | 2014–2016 |
Asteropsis carinifera | Pachycheles biocellatus | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 12 | 2014–2016 | ||
Asteropsis carinifera | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 12 | 2014–2016 | ||
Astropecten regalis | Minyocerus kirki | Manglar de Térraba-Sierpe, Puntarenas | Rare | 8 | 2013 | ||
Nidorellia armata | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Salinas, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3–8 | 2014–2016 | ||
Nidorellia armata | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 3 | 2014–2018 | ||
Pentaceraster cumingi | Zenopontonia soror | Isla Tortuga, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Abundant | 6 | 2013 | ||
Pentaceraster cumingi | Zenopontonia soror | Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Abundant | 2–16 | 2014 | ||
Pentaceraster cumingi | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Cuajiniquil, Golfo de Santa Elena | Abundant | 25 | 2014–2016 | ||
Pentaceraster cumingi | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 2–12 | 2014–2018 | ||
Pharia pyramidata | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 4–6 | 2014–2016 | ||
Phataria unifascialis | Zenopontonia soror | Nicuesa, Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas | Abundant | 2.5 | 2014 | ||
Phataria unifascialis | Zenopontonia soror | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundant | 4–6 | 2014–2016 | ||
Echinoidea | Astropyga pulvinata | Tuleariocaris holthuisi | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundanta | 6–8 | 2013–2014 | |
Centrocidaris doederleini | Pseudocoutierea elegans | Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Abundant | 85–103 | 2009, 2013, 2016 | ||
Diadema mexicanum | Stenorhynchus debilis | Isla Tortuga, Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas | Abundant | 2–15 | 2014–2019 | ||
Diadema mexicanum | Tuleariocaris holthuisi | Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Abundanta | 2–8 | 2014 | ||
Encope micropora | Dissodactylus nitidus | Bahía Salinas, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 2005 | ||
Lanthonia longifissa | Dissodactylus nitidus | Playa Costa de Oro, Coyote, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 2010 | ||
Tripneustes depressus | Gnathophylloides mineri | Bahía Wafer, Parque Nacional Isla del Coco | Rare | 15 | 2016 | ||
Chordata | Ascidiacea | Rhopalaea birkelandi | Ascidonia pusilla | Playas del Coco, Bahía Culebra, Guanacaste | Rare | Shallow | 1970 |
NI | Ascidonia pusilla | Isla Bolaños, Bahía Salinas, Guanacaste | Rare | NI | 2012 |