Background Costa Rica is located in the southern section of the Central American Isthmus,
which emerged around 3 million years ago and separates the two largest oceans of the …

The pandalid Heterocarpus vicarius is a deepwater shrimp, commercially exploited along
the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and neighboring countries. The constant decrease of …

Squat lobsters can be found worldwide, often in high abundance, which makes them a
potentially commercial fishery resource. Despite this favourable situation, well-established …

A research cruise to Hannibal Bank, a seamount and an ecological hotspot in the coastal
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean off Panama, explored the zonation, biodiversity, and the …

 Abstract The methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica support extensive animal
diversity and offer insights into deep-sea biogeography. During five expeditions between …

Reproduction and larval development of the red squat lobster P leuroncodes monodon is
strongly linked to temperature changes provoked by upwelling along the C hilean coast …

A new species of deep water alpheid shrimp, Alpheus luiszapatai sp. nov., from Arusí,
Chocó, Pacific coast of Colombia is described. The single female known was collected …

Crustaceans are an important component of deep-sea biodiversity. A brief review of the
history of expeditions and studies related to deep-sea crustaceans in Costa Rica is …

The red crab Pleuroncodes planipes is a resource with the potential for commercial
exploitation. Red cr abs have an elevated antioxidant capacity, which is subject to spatial …

This biotope describes the fringing rubble apron of cold water coral mounds or
accumulations of gravel size Lophelia pertusa skeleton. Freiwald et al.(2004) list those …