scholarly journals FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS HETERODINIUM (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM COASTAL WATERS OF THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina M. Ramos Ortega ◽  
Luís A. Vidal V.
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Three species of the genus Heterodinium Kofoid are reported for the first time in coastal waters of the Colombian Caribbean. The identified species are Heterodinium rigdenae Kofoid, 1906, Heterodinium agassizii Kofoid, 1907 and Heterodinium angulatum Kofoid y Michener, 1911. Information about distribution of these species in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico is given.

scholarly journals First record and geographic range extension of the coccolithophore Scyphosphaera apsteinii Lohman, 1902 (Haptophyta: Pontosphaeraceae) from the Pacific coast of Mexico

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco O. López-Fuerte ◽  
Ismael Gárate-Lizárraga ◽  
David A. Siqueiros-Beltrones ◽  
Ricardo Yabur
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
The West ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

The coccolithophorid Scyphosphaera apsteinii is here reported for the first time from waters off the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula. Scypho­sphaera apsteinii is the type species of the genus Scyphosphaera and had hitherto been recorded only in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean Seas. Specimens were found in samples collected in nets off Isla de Guadalupe in January 2013. This recording thus extends the geographical distribution of S. apsteinii from the Central Pacific (Hawaii) to the Eastern Pacific (NW Mexico).

scholarly journals The Genus Gnathia Leach (Isopoda) from the Santa Marta area, Northern Colombia, with a Review of Gnathiidea from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

1988 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Georg Müller
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Six species of the genus Gnathia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidea) are recorded from the Caribbean Sea of northern Colombia. Gnathia gonzalezi n. sp., Gnathia magdalenensis n. sp., Gnathia samariensis n. sp., and Gnathia vellosa n. sp. are described; Gnathia beethoveni Paul & Menzies, 1971 and Gnathia virginalis Monod, 1926 are redescribed and recorded for the first time from Colombia. The Gnathiidea of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico are reviewed.

scholarly journals Primer registro del copépodo Cymbasoma chelemense (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) en el mar Caribe colombiano

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edgar Fernando Dorado-Roncancio ◽  
John Henry Dorado-Roncancio
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Body ◽  
Morphometric Characteristics ◽  
Female Adult ◽  
Adult Specimen ◽  
Total Length ◽  
Genital Complex ◽  
The Caribbean

As part of monitoring in the estuarine inner Bay of Cartagena, Colombia during the year 2016, a female adult specimen ofCymbasoma chelemense was collected and identified. Originally described for the Gulf of Mexico and sharing the followingmorphological and morphometric characteristics: Cephalothorax of at least 68% of the total length of the body. Oral papilla located at least 20% of the total length of the cephalothorax; Ocelli present; genital complex with ovigerous spines located at the base and with one single post genital somites, the ovigerous spines at least 14% longer than the total length of the body and about 10 times the length of urosome. This is the first record of a copepod of the genus Cymbasoma in Colombia estuarine waters, increasing the range of distribution of this species in the Caribbean Sea.

scholarly journals LITHOPHAGA NIGRA (D’ORBIGNY, 1853) (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA: MYTILIDAE), FIRST RECORD FOR THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Gómez Soto ◽  
Tatiana Rico ◽  
Néstor E. Ardila ◽  
Adolfo Sanjuan Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Dead Coral ◽  
Coral Skeletons ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Lithophaga nigra (d’Orbigny, 1853) is an uncommon boring bivalve that inhabits dead coral skeletons and occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Indopacific region. One specimen of this species was collected within a dead head of the coral Montastraea sp. in Playa Blanca, (bahía de Gaira) near Santa Marta at 10 m of depth, and it is recorded for the first time in the Colombian Caribbean.

Rochinia hystrix (Stimpson, 1871) in the southwestern Atlantic, with morphological comparison to the partially sympatric congener Rochinia tanneri (Smith, 1883) (Brachyura, Epialtidae)

Crustaceana ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata B. Pettan ◽  
Marcos Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Eastern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Rochinia hystrix (Stimpson, 1871) is reported herein for the first time from the southwestern Atlantic (Canopus Bank, off the coast of Ceará, Brazil, between 240 and 260 m). This species was previously known from the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Antilles), between 150 and 708 m. Rochinia hystrix and immatures of R. tanneri (Smith, 1883) resemble each other and their geographical and bathymetric ranges partially overlap, so that morphological criteria are herein provided to distinguish between the two species. The opportunity is also taken to elaborate on the status of the type material of R. tanneri.

scholarly journals FIRST RECORD IN COLOMBIA OF CORBICULA FLUMINEA (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA: CORBICULIDAE), AN INVASIVE SPECIES

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria V. De La Hoz Aristizábal
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Native Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Corbicula Fluminea ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Magdalena River ◽  
First Time

The bivalve Corbicula fluminea Müller is recorded for the first time in Colombia, in the National Park Isla de Salamanca. This protected area includes freshwater channels and mixohaline lagoons influenced by waters of both the Magdalena River and the Caribbean Sea. This exotic bivalve occurs locally in freshwater channels close to the Magdalena River as well as in the latter, whereas another corbiculid native species, Polymesoda solida, is commonly found in the mixohaline lagoons. Densities of C. fluminea ranged from 10 to 100 ind/m2 along with low numbers of P. solida. Lengths ranged form 10 to 43 mm in a predominant muddy substrate. Local fishermen have stated that C. fluminea was established approximately in 1992; this clam is being artisanally exploited for human consumption along with P. solida, although fishery is mainly focused on the latter, due to its larger size.

First record of the sponge-dwelling shrimp Synalpheus dardeaui (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) in the south-western Atlantic

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário Vitor Oliveira ◽  
Patricia Souza Santos ◽  
Alexandre Oliveira Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Present Finding ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Distribution Limit ◽  
Snapping Shrimp ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

We report the occurrence of the sponge-dwelling snapping shrimpSynalpheus dardeaui(Decapoda: Alpheidae) for the first time from Porto Seguro (Bahia, Brazil) and record an additional sponge host for the species,Irciniacf.strobilina. Synalpheus dardeauiwas previously known from Florida and some localities in the Caribbean Sea. Therefore, the present finding represents the first record of the species in the south-western Atlantic, extending its southern distribution limit by a latitude of 28° from Curaçao (12°N) to Porto Seguro (16°S). Variations between the Brazilian and Florida–Caribbean materials are discussed and illustrated.

scholarly journals Nonlinear analysis of the occurrence of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berenice Rojo-Garibaldi ◽  
David Alberto Salas-de-León ◽  
María Adela Monreal-Gómez ◽  
Norma Leticia Sánchez-Santillán ◽  
David Salas-Monreal
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Nonlinear Analysis ◽  
Chaotic Behavior ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Nonlinear Analyses ◽  
The North ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. Hurricanes are complex systems that carry large amounts of energy. Their impact often produces natural disasters involving the loss of human lives and materials, such as infrastructure, valued at billions of US dollars. However, not everything about hurricanes is negative, as hurricanes are the main source of rainwater for the regions where they develop. This study shows a nonlinear analysis of the time series of the occurrence of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea obtained from 1749 to 2012. The construction of the hurricane time series was carried out based on the hurricane database of the North Atlantic basin hurricane database (HURDAT) and the published historical information. The hurricane time series provides a unique historical record on information about ocean–atmosphere interactions. The Lyapunov exponent indicated that the system presented chaotic dynamics, and the spectral analysis and nonlinear analyses of the time series of the hurricanes showed chaotic edge behavior. One possible explanation for this chaotic edge is the individual chaotic behavior of hurricanes, either by category or individually regardless of their category and their behavior on a regular basis.

scholarly journals REVISIÓN TAXONÓMICA DEL CORAL PORITES COLONENSIS (SCLERACTINIA: PORITIDAE) EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagoberto E. Venera Pontón ◽  
Javier Reyes ◽  
Guillermo Diaz Pulido
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
South American ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Porites Astreoides ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Porites colonensis is a coral from the Caribbean Sea; colonies are foliaceous, undulated, and plate-like. Polyps are dark brown or red with small bright white or green centers; pali are present in corallites and the septal plan is bisymmetrical, conformed by three fused ventral septa, a dorsal solitary septum, and two pairs of lateral septa at each side of the dorso-ventral axis. P. colonensis is similar and can be confused with the smooth varieties of Porites astreoides and Porites branneri. There are three specimens collected from Colombia and previously identified as P. colonensis: one from Golfo de Urabá (Darién ecoregion), other from Islas del Rosario (Coralline Archipelagos ecoregion), and another from an unspecified locality, in addition to one published observation from the Golfo de Urabá without collected specimens. A recent finding of other specimens in the Tayrona National Natural Park (TNNP, Tayrona ecoregion) and the absence of a rigorous taxonomic revision for all specimens collected from Colombia showed that it was necessary to review the presence and distribution of P. colonensis in the Colombian Caribbean. A taxonomic review was done for all specimens collected from Colombia and previously identified as P. colonensis. Then, the morphologic variability of specimens that were confirmed as P. colonensis was described. Only the specimens from TNNP agreed with the holotype description of P. colonensis, while others agreed with flat varieties of P. astreoides. Thus, the presence of P. colonensis is confirmed for the first time for Colombia, but its presence in other Colombian localities outside Tayrona ecoregion could not be demonstrated. This is the only confirmed record of this species for the South American continental shelf. Furthermore, the skeletal characteristics of Colombian P. colonensis corallites showed large variability, exceeding the ranges previously described for the species.

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