title: [Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica: Crustacea: Infraorder Anomura].
abstract: The anomuran crabs are among the best known crustacean groups from the Pacific coast. However, this group is poorly known from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. In this compilation based on the literature and the collection at the Zoology Museum, Biology School, University of Costa Rica, we report the presence of 114 species of the Infraorder Anomura for Costa Rica, 20 species from the Caribbean, 96 species from the Pacific (two are present on both coasts). Twenty-nine species are new reports for Costa Rica, 15 from the Caribbean coast (74% of the total of species from that coast) and 14 from the Pacific (15% of the total from the Pacific). The range often species is extended to Costa Rica, siete from the Caribbean and three from the Pacific. Six species are reported for the first time from Cocos Island, where there are also four endemic species.
authors.affiliation: Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, San José 2060, Costa Rica. ritav@biologia.ucr.ac.cr
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cortés
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033381:Anomura / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D044822:Biodiversity; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003364:Costa Rica; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D011156:Population Density; D013045:Species Specificity