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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 2009 and 2019, we conducted intensive faunal sampling via 63 submersible dives to 11 localities at depths of 300-3600 m. Based on these expeditions and published literature, we compiled voucher specimens, images, and 274 newly published DNA sequences to present a taxonomic inventory of macrofaunal and megafaunal diversity with a focus on invertebrates.

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Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856 has five branchiate genera: Pettibone, 1984, Pettibone, 1985, Pettibone, 1985, Desbruyères & Laubier, 1988, and Miura, 1994, all native to deep-sea, chemosynthetic-based habitats. Of these, has two accepted species; Desbruyères & Laubier, 1988 (Atlantic Ocean) and Pettibone, 1993 (East Pacific Ocean). The goal of this study was to assess the phylogenetic position of , utilizing DNA sequences from a broad sampling of deep-sea polynoids.

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The scale-worm family Iphionidae consists of four genera. Of these, has two accepted species, both native to hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean; Miura, 1994 (West Pacific) and Hartmann-Schröder, 1992 (East Pacific Rise). is also known from the Pacific, and has two recognized species; Pettibone, 1986 (East Pacific Rise, hydrothermal vents) and Pettibone, 1986 (West Pacific, deep sea).

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