scholarly journals PRIMER REGISTRO DE ANORMALIDADES EN LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL DE UN TIBURON CAPTURADO EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Rey Carrasco ◽  
Ricardo Alvarez León
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Caribbean

The S deformation of the backbone of a shark (Carcharhinidae: Carcharhinus) is reported for the irst time in the Caribbean Sea and this is apparently the third record of the anomaly in the genus in the western Atlantic.

The shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae) in the tropical western Atlantic, with description of five new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2372 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Coarse Sand ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Coral Rubble ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Turks And Caicos Islands ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Soft Bottoms ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

The present study examines the diversity of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 in the western Atlantic. Five species are described from the shallow waters of the Caribbean Sea: Salmoneus hispaniolensis sp. nov., from the southern coast of the Dominican Republic; S. camaroncito sp. nov. from Panama and Honduras; S. armatus sp. nov. from Panama; S. degravei sp. nov. from Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Tobago; and S. wehrtmanni sp. nov. from Panama, Honduras, Mexico (Yucatan) and Tobago. In addition, S. ortmanni (Rankin, 1898) is reported from new localities in Panama and Costa Rica; S. carvachoi Anker, 2007 from Mexico (Yucatan) and the Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Paraíba; S. cavicolus Felder & Manning, 1986 from Turks and Caicos Islands; and S. setosus Manning & Chace, 1990 from Mexico (Yucatan). Most specimens were collected at shallow depths (0.5–2 m), on soft bottoms ranging from mudsilt to coarse sand mixed rubble, under rocks or coral rubble; S. degravei sp. nov. appears to be associated with burrows of the callianassid ghost shrimp, Neocallichirus grandimana (Gibbes, 1850).

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cave-adapted shrimp genus Typhlatya (Atyidae) in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic

2007 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 071009214220003-??? ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Hunter ◽  
Michael Scott Webb ◽  
Thomas M. Iliffe ◽  
Jaime R. Alvarado Bremer
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Historical Biogeography ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Caribbean

Fruits and flowers of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Caribbean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelcie L. Chiquillo ◽  
Paul H. Barber ◽  
Demian A. Willette
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Native Population ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Invasive Range ◽  
First Report ◽  
Halophila Stipulacea ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Survey Effort

Abstract While the seagrass Halophila stipulacea reproduces both sexually and asexually in its native range, reproduction is largely asexual in its invasive range in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean Seas. Here we make the first report of fruit-bearing H. stipulacea in the Caribbean. Although the lack of reports of H. stipulacea fruit could be the consequence of past survey effort, multiple recent reports of both flowers and fruit across the invasive range strongly suggest that introductions of H. stipulacea in the tropical western Atlantic and Caribbean included both sexes of this dioecious seagrass. This finding may have important implications for the future dispersal, survival, and maintenance of the non-native population.

Uroptychus nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) and related species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from the western Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4221 (3) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
KEIJI BABA ◽  
MARY K. WICKSTEN
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Straits Of Florida ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Comparative Zoology ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Squat Lobsters

Eight species of squat lobsters of the genus Uroptychus are reported from the western Atlantic based on the collections of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, the Smithsonian Institution and Texas A&M University. Uroptychus nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) is reviewed and redescribed, with a syntype taken at Blake Station 200 off Martinique designated as the lectotype. Uroptychus alphonsei n. sp. is named for U. nitidus variety C Chace, 1942, U. fenneri n. sp. for U. nitidus variety A Chace, 1942, and U. janiceae n. sp. for U. nitidus variety B Chace, 1942; U. lindae n. sp. is described on the basis of specimens collected by the Alaminos in the Caribbean Sea off northern Columbia; U. rafai n. sp. is described based on a sole specimen taken from the Straits of Florida; U. reedae n. sp. is described from among the syntypes of U. nitidus; and U. uncifer (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) is redescribed to elaborate on its specific status, with the designation of lectotype from Blake Station 299 off the coast of Barbados. The number of species of Uroptychus from the western Atlantic now stands at 21. A key to these species is provided. 

A Cryptic Invasion in the Western Atlantic: Presence of the Fouling Barnacle Megabalanus zebra (Darwin, 1854) (Crustacea, Cirripedia) in the Caribbean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4237 (1) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
FABIO BETTINI PITOMBO ◽  
JUDITH GOBIN ◽  
NIVIA MARIA NUNES ABREU ◽  
ALANA JUTE
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Ship Hulls ◽  
Western Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Cryptic Invasion ◽  
Southern Caribbean ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Delayed Recognition

The barnacle Megabalanus zebra is largely known from ship hulls, with little information on its biology, ecology, and natural range. We identify M. zebra here from the southern Caribbean, based upon specimens collected as early as 2002. Challenges associated with identifying megabalinine species have delayed recognition of this species as distinct from other Caribbean Megabalanus. Sequenced material of M. zebra from Curaçao did not match M. zebra GenBank sequences that could be verified by descriptions or vouchered material. The presence of young M. zebra on vessels that have not left the Caribbean, as well as on pier pilings and resident buoys, indicate that this species is established in the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, but the timing of its invasion remains unknown.  

scholarly journals ADICIONES A LAS CLOROFICEAS MARINAS DEL CARIBE COLOMBIANO, I

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán Bula Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Green Algae ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Caribbean Coast ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

Eleven species of green algae not mentioned before for the Caribbean coast of Colombia are added to the list of the already known ones. These are: Siphonocladus tropicus (Crouan) J. Agardh, Anadyomene saldanhae Joly et Oliveira Filho, Caulerpa webbiana(?) Montagne, Bryobesia sp., Halimeda goreauii Taylor, H. copiosa Goreau et Graham ., Avrainvillea nigricans Decaisne, F. fulva Howe, A. elliottii A. et E. S. Gepp, Udotea cyathiformis Decaisne, Rhipiliopsis stri (Earle et Young) Farghaly et Denizot y Polyphysa myriospora (Joly et Cordeiro-Marino) Bula, comb. nov. The latter and A. saldanhae are reported by the first time for the Caribbean Sea. The discovery of R. stri in Colombia, constitutes the third record considering Rhipiliopsis reticulata (Van den Hoek) Farg. et. Den. collected in Curacao as conspecific to R. stri, initially collected in the Caribbean coast of Panamá. Morphological and ecological descriptions and illustrations of all of them are given, and a map indicating the collection places also.

scholarly journals New host report for nematodes in a stranded short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Mexican Caribbean coast

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Aguilar-Aguilar ◽  
A. Delgado-Estrella ◽  
R. Moreno-Navarrete
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
New Host ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Spinner Dolphin ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

AbstractOne short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene individual stranded on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, was examined for stomach and lung nematodes. During necropsy, a large number of nematodes of the species Skrjabinalius guevarai were found in the airways. Additionally, some larval Anisakis sp. were found in the stomach. Both nematode species are reported for the first time from this host. The present is the first helminthological study of the short-snouted spinner dolphin in Mexico and adjacent waters of the Caribbean Sea. S. guevarai is reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Ocean.

Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description ofPlakina jamaicensis

2013 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Ereskovsky ◽  
Dennis V. Lavrov ◽  
Philippe Willenz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Size Class ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Molecular Barcoding ◽  
Vertical Walls ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Bacterial Morphotypes

Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) of four genera,Oscarella,Plakortis,PlakinaandCorticium, are described from vertical walls of reef caves at depths ranging from 23 to 28 m in the Caribbean Sea.Oscarella nathaliaesp. nov. has a leaf-like thinly encrusting, flat body, loosely attached to the substrate and a perforated, not lobate surface.Oscarella nathaliaesp. nov. contains two bacterial morphotypes and is characterized by two mesohylar cell types with inclusions.Plakortis myraesp. nov. has diods of two categories: abundant large ones (83–119 μm long) and rare small ones (67–71 μm long) with sinuous, S-bent centres; triods Y- or T-shaped (18–5  μm long), and abundant microrhabds (5–12 μm long).Plakortis edwardsisp. nov. has diods of one category with thick, sinuous, S-bent centres (110 to 128 μm long); triods T-shaped (actines 28–59 μm long). It is the only species of this genus showing small diods (22–31 μm long).Plakortis dariaesp. nov. has diods of two categories: large ones (67–112 μm long) and small, rare, irregular ones, slightly curved, often deformed with one end blunt (30–59 μm long); triods rare and regular (actines 20–44 μm long).Corticium diamantensesp. nov. has oscula situated near its border, regular non-lophose calthrops of one size-class, very rare tetralophose calthrops and candelabra with the fourth actine ramified basally in 4–5 microspined rays. In addition, a re-description ofPlakina jamaicensisis based on newly collected material and the type specimen.Plakortis jamaicensishas a convoluted brain-like surface; well developed sub-ectosomal cavities; irregular sinuous diods, triods, calthrops, rare monolophose calthrops, rare dilophose calthrops, rare trilophose calthrops and common tetralophose calthrops. Molecular ‘barcoding’ sequences for mitochondrial cob are given forPlakortis edwardsisp. nov.,P. dariaesp. nov.,Plakina jamaicensisandCorticium diamantensesp. nov. An identification key for all western Atlantic Homoscleromorpha is provided.

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