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1522 Rice, D.W. 1998 Marine Mammals of the World Systematics and Distribution. Special Publication number 4: The Society for Marine Mammalogy. 231p.
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1624 Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno 2005 Ascidians from Bocas del Toro, Panama. I. Biodiversity. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(3):600-612.
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74657 Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.) 2006 DIAS. Introduced species in fisheries and aquaculture: information for responsible use and control (CD-ROM). Rome, FAO.
75620 Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley 1997 Penaeoid and Sergestoid shrimps and prawns of the world: keys and diagnoses for the families and genera. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 175:1-233.
80376 Anker, A., C. Hurt and N. Knowlton 2008 Revision of the Alpheus cristulifrons species complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), with description of a new species from the tropical eastern Atlantic. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 88(3):543-562.
80701 Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2009 AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2009.
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81394 Littler, D.S. and M.M. Littler 1997 An illustrated flora of the Pelican Cays, Belize. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 9:1-149, 190 figs.
81712 Alvarez, B., R.W.M. van Soest and K. Rützler 1998 A revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Central-West Atlantic region. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 598, 47 p.
81714 Alvarez, B., R.W.M. van Soest and K. Rützler 2002 Svenzea, a new genus of Dictyonellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) from tropical reef environments, with description of two new species. Contr. Zool. 71(4):171-176.
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82302 Thomas, J.D. and K.N. Klebba 2007 New species and host associations of commensal leucothoid amphipods from coral reefs in Florida and Belize (Crustacea:Amphipoda). Zootaxa 1494:1-44.
83409 Duffy, J.E. 1996 Synalpheus regalis, new species, a sponge-dwelling shrimp from the Belize Barrier Reef, with comments on host specificity in Synalpheus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(3):564-573.
83410 Macdonald, K.S. III, R. Ríos and J.E. Duffy 2006 Biodiversity, host specificity, and dominance by eusocial species among sponge-dwelling alpheid shrimp on the Belize Barrier Reef. Diversity and Distributions 12:165-178.
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83817 Aronson, R., A. Bruckner, J. Moore, B. Precht and E. Weil 2008 Meandrina danae. In IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. . [Accessed 26/03/2010].
83908 Bernecker, A. 2009 Marine benthic algae. p. 109-118 In Wehrtmann, I.S. and Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83909 Cortés, J. and E. Salas 2009 Seagrasses. p. 119-122 In Wehrtmann, I.S. and Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83910 Silva-Benavides, A.M. 2009 Mangroves. p. 123-130 In Wehrtmann, I.S. and Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83912 Cortés, J., N. Van Der Hal and R.W.M. Van Soest 2009 Sponges. p. 137-142 In Wehrtmann, I.S. and Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
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83919 Dean, H.K. 2009 Polychaetes and echiurans. p. 181-192 Wehrtmann, I.S. and Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83920 Vargas, R. 2009 Stomatopods. p. 193-198 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83921 Castellanos, I., E. Suárez-Morales and A. Morales-Ramírez 2009 Euphausiids. p. 199-208 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83924 Petrescu, I., R.W. Heard, R. Vargas and O. Breedy 2009 Cumaceans. p. 237-244 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83926 Brusca, R.C. and I.S. Wehrtmann 2009 Isopods. p. 257-266 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83927 Foster, J.M., S.E. LeCroy, R.W. Heard and R. Vargas 2009 Gammaridean amphipods. p. 265-274 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83931 Bamber, R.N. 2009 Sea-spiders. p. 307-312 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83934 Rodríguez-Sevilla, L., R. Vargas and J. Cortés 2009 Benthic, shelled gastropods. p. 333-356 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83936 Camacho-García, Y.E. 2009 Benthic opisthobranchs. p. 371-386 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
83938 Hochberg, F.G. and Y.E. Camacho-García 2009 Squids and octopuses. p. 399-408 Wehrtmann, I.S.; Cortés, J. 2009. Marine biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America. Springer 538pp.
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86352 Gischler, E. and R.N. Ginsburg 1996 Cavity dwellers (coelobites) under coral rubble in southern Belize barrier and atoll reefs. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58(2):570-589.
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86558 Fenner, D. 1999 New observations on the stony coral (Scleractinia, Milleporidae, and Stylasteridae) species of Belize (Central America) and Cozumel (Mexico). Bull. Mar. Sci. 64(1):143-154.
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86591 Schulze, A. and M.E. Rice 2004 Sipunculan diversity at Twin Cays, Belize with a key to the species. Atoll Research Bulletin 521:11pp.
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86736 Thomas, J.D. and J.L. Barnard 1986 New genera and species of the Megaluropus group (Amphipoda, Megaluropidae) from American Seas. Bull. Mar. Sci. 38(3):442-476.
86737 Thomas, J.D. and J.L. Barnard 1986 Two species of Hornellia (subgenus Metaceradocus) from the Florida Keys and Belize (Amphipoda, Melphidippoidea). Bull. Mar. Sci. 38(3):477-487.
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86836 Diaz, M.C. and K. Ruetzler 2009 Biodiversity and abundance of sponges in Caribbean mangrove: Indicators of environmental quality. pp. 151-172, In Lang, M.A.; Macintyre, I.G.; Ruetzler, K. (eds). 2009. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences 38:529 pp. + 217 figures + 47 tables.
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86844 Carricart-Ganivet, J.P., L.F. Carrera-Parra, L.I. Quan-Young and M.S. García-Madrigal 2004 Ecological note on Troglocarcinus corallicola (Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) living in symbiosis with Manicina areolata (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) in the Mexican Caribbean. Coral Reefs 23:215-217.
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