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Costa Rica claimed Isla del Coco in 1832 and declared it a National Park in 1978. The area of the park was increased to include the adjacent waters 5 km offshore in 1984 and 25 km offshore in 1991. Cocos lies within the North Equatorial Countercurrent for most of the year. As the ...
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Once you make your way around to the south side of the island (the area known as Punta Cocos), you may see a different type of “stars” twinkling in the water. The plankton that help draw marine life to the Yucatan Peninsula are bioluminescent, casting a radiant glow in the shallow wa...
Barrio las Jachas: A symbol of the diversity of strata and life forms on the island. Some tour operators offer a day tour to this historical jewel. These tours include food, a tour of the island and its main structures, a hike along Playa Cocos, birdwatching and watching the sunset at ...
Sipunculans and Echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica. Zootaxa 2557, 60-68.Dean HK, Sibaja-Cordero JA, Cortes J, Vargas R, Kawauchi GY (2010a) Sipunculans and echiurans of Isla del Coco (Cocos Island), Costa Rica. Zootaxa 2557:60-68...
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Cocos IslandCoral reefsCosta RicaEast Pacific BarrierFirst recordOceanic islandReef fish diversityAcanthurus guttatus is distributed from the Maldives to the Hawaiian Archipelago and the Pitcairn Islands, and as north as Ryukyu Islands and as south as New Caledonia. The only known locality in the ...
A. 2008 . Vertical zonation in the rocky intertidal at Cocos Island (Isla del Coco), Costa Rica: A comparison with other tropical locations. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56: 171 – 187 .Sibaja-Cordero JA (2008). Vertical zonation in the rocky intertidal at Cocos Island (Isla del Coco), Costa ...
OCTOCORALLIANATIONAL parks & reservesMARINE biodiversitySPECIESALCYONACEAAliena parva gen. et sp. nov. is described from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. The species was found at various islets and rocky outcrops north and northwest of the island, 20-30 m in depth. The g...