scholarly journals First register of the Tantulocarida order Boxshall and Lincoln, 1983 (Crustacea) in deep waters of the Colombian Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Juan Cortés ◽  
Néstor Hernando ◽  
Maryela Bolaño
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Hydrocarbon Exploration ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Exploration Area ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
First Time ◽  
Made In

The presence of parasitic crustaceans of the order Tantulocarida in the Caribbean Sea is reported for the first time. The organisms were found parasitizing a Cumacea of the genus Eudorellla and two Tanaidaceans of the genus Tanaella, between 2,420 and 2,786 m deep. The organisms came from the benthic community samplings made in Ocean Caribbean ecoregion (COC), in a hydrocarbon exploration area. The organisms were analyzed in the laboratory with an optical microscope and stereoscope; photographs were taken, and diagrams were made to describe the main morphological and morphometric characters. Four tantulocaridans were found, of which one was male and the other sexual females. Due to host-parasite specificity and the lack of reports in the Caribbean Sea, it is highly likely that these collected species are new to science.

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.

scholarly journals Highly contrasted population genetic structures in a host-parasite pair in the Caribbean Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (22) ◽  
pp. 9267-9280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quentin Jossart ◽  
Chantal De Ridder ◽  
Harilaos A. Lessios ◽  
Mathieu Bauwens ◽  
Sébastien Motreuil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetic ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Genetic Structures ◽  
Host Parasite

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 ADICIONES A LAS MACROALGAS DE LOS ARRECIFES CORALINOS DE LAS ISLAS DEL ROSARIO, CON NUEVOS REGISTROS PARA EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO Y EL ATLANTICO

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán Bula Meyer ◽  
Guillermo Díaz Pulido ◽  
Argemiro Celis Rincón
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Green Algae ◽  
Red Algae ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Macroalgal Species ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
First Time ◽  
Made In

Twenty macroalgal species are added to the flora of coral reefs of the Rosario Islands, Colombian Caribbean Sea. Four species of Chlorophyta, three species of Phaeophyta and thirteen of Rhodophyta. Among the mentioned species, the green algae Udotea caribaea Littler et Littler and Batophora oerstedii J. Agardh and the red algae Rhodogorgon ramosissima J. Norris et Bucher, Rhodogorgon carriebowensis J. Norris et Bucher, Hydrolithon borgesenii (Foslie) Foslie and Champia vieillardii Kützing, are reported for the first time for the Colombian Caribbean; and Lithophyllum brachiatum (Heydrich) Lemoine and Antithamnion percurrens Dawson for the Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomic changes are made in some species previously reported for the islands, and the probable place of origin and temporal presence of Sargassum fluitans Borgesen and Turbinaria turbinata (Linné) Kuntze are explained.

On reproduction in Crouania pumila (Callithamniaceae, Rhodophyta), a new record for the Red Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 595-598
Author(s):  
Razy Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
Algal Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Red Alga ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Microscope Slide ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Abstract The minute red alga Crouania pumila (Callithamniaceae: Rhodophyta), recently described from the Caribbean Sea, is reported for the first time from the Red Sea, approximately 12,000 km from the type locality, based on microscope slide specimens collected 40 years ago by Dr. Yaacov Lipkin. These samples contribute new information regarding the reproduction of this algal species.

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 DOES Notarius bonillai (SILURIFORMES: ARIIDAE) OCCUR IN FRESH AND ESTUARINE WATERS IN ILHA DO MARANHÃO, BRAZIL?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Campos de Santana ◽  
Jonatas da Silva Castro ◽  
José Milton Barbosa ◽  
Erivânia Gomes Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Regional Study ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Fish Collection ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Nueva Granada ◽  
Made In

ABSTRACTThis paper deals with the occurrence of the species Notarius bonillai (Miles, 1945) in waters of Ilha do Maranhão (or Ilha de São Luís), Maranhão, Brazil. The investigation is necessary to clarify the distribution of this species before any regional study on it can be made. In seven previous studies, Notarius bonillai is mentioned as living in waters of this region: in São José Bay at east, São Marcos Bay at west, and Arraial bay at south. However, several studies in South America report the species as endemic of the  two rivers and their estuaries, which flow into the coast of the Caribbean Sea of Colombia. Analysis included preserved specimens identified as Notarius bonillai from a regional fish collection of Ilha do Maranhão. Additional material of Cathorops specimens were collected in the municipality of Raposa, located near estuary of rio Paciência in the east of Ilha do Maranhão. Analysis of the morphological characters of preserved specimens of the regional fish collection, indicate that the species identified as Notarius bonillai in the region was erroneously identified, instead being Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840). Morphological analysis of the additional material collected from Cathorops specimens indicate three species of Cathorops occurring in Ilha do Maranhão: Cathorops agassizii (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888), Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840), and Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829). Consequently, Notarius bonillai does not occur in Ilha do Maranhão. RESUMOEste trabalho trata da ocorrência da espécie Notarius bonillai (Miles, 1945) na Ilha do Maranhão (ou Ilha de São Luís), Maranhão, Brasil. A investigação é necessária para esclarecer a distribuição desta espécie antes que qualquer estudo regional sobre ela possa ser feito. Em sete estudos anteriores,Notarius bonillai é mencionado como vivendo nas águas desta região: na Baía de São José a leste, na Baía de São Marcos a oeste e na Baía de Arraial ao sul. No entanto, vários estudos na América do Sul relatam a espécie como endêmica de dois rios e seus estuários, que desembocam na costa do Mar do Caribe na Colômbia. Análises incluíram espécimes preservados como Notarius bonillai deuma coleção regional de peixes da Ilha do Maranhão. Material adicional de espécimes de Cathorops foram coletados no município de Raposa, localizado próximo ao estuário do rio Paciência, no leste da Ilha do Maranhão. A análise dos caracteres morfológicos dos espécimes preservados na coleção regional de peixes, indicam que a espécie identificada como Notarius bonillai na região foierroneamente identificada, sendo Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840) sua correta identificação. Análises morfológicas do material adicional de espécimes de Cathorops coletados indicam três espécies de Cathorops com ocorrência na Ilha do Maranhão: Cathorops agassizii (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888), Cathorops arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840) e Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829).Consequentemente, Notarius bonillai não ocorre na Ilha do Maranhão.Palavras-chave: Estuários; Nueva Granada sea catfish; Bagre cabezón; Uriacica; Baía de São Marcos; Baía de São José. 

scholarly journals NEW RECORDS OF THE DISTINCTIVE BENTHIC DINOFLAGELLATE GENUS Cabra (DINOPHYCEAE)

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
F. Gómez ◽  
R. M. Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

The benthic dinoflagellate genus Cabra is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea and the South Atlantic Ocean, with additional records in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Asian coasts. Cabra aremorica is reported for the first time after the original description. However, these records should be considered cautiously because the distinction between Cabra aremorica and C. reticulata is difficult based on routine light microscopy observations. It is uncertain whether there is a high intraspecific morphological variability or several co-occurring undescribed species. Cabra levis, a species recently described, is reported for first time beyond the type locality. Nuevos registros del distintivo género de dinoflagelado bentónico Cabra (Dinophyceae) El dinoflagelado bentónico del géneroCabrase describe por primera vez en el Mar Mediterráneo y el Océano Atlántico Sur, con registros adicionales en el Mar Caribe y las costas orientales de Asia. Cabra aremorica se cita por primera vez después de la descripción original. Sin embargo, estos registros deben ser considerados con cautela porque la distinción entre Cabra aremorica y C. reticulata es difícil basándose solo en observaciones rutinarias de microscopía óptica. No está claro si existe una alta variabilidad morfológica intra-específica o si existen varias especies no descritas que coexisten. Cabra levis, una especie recientemente descrita, se describe por primera vez más allá de su localidad tipo.

scholarly journals Deep-sea holothurians (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) from the Colombian Southern Caribbean Sea

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giomar H. Borrero-Pérez ◽  
Luisa F. Dueñas ◽  
Jorge León ◽  
Vladimir Puentes
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Southern Caribbean ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Video Surveys

Fifteen morphotypes of deep-sea holothurians were documented by photography or videography at depths of 596–2,566 m, using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROV) video surveys and towed camera transects, during hydrocarbon exploratory activities in the Colombian Southern Caribbean. Most of the morphotypes were identified to the species level based on the images. The species belong to four orders, Apodida (1 species), Persiculida (3 species), Elasipodida (8 species), and Synallactida (3 species). Four species, three genera, and three families are reported for the first time in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. Some of the reports also represent first records for the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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