Open AccessPrimeros registros e intervalos de distribución de <i>Holothuria</i> (<i>Theelothuria</i>) <i>princeps</i> Selenka, 1867 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) en el golfo de Morrosquillo, Caribe Colombiano
Author(s) -
Carlos A. Nisperuza-Pérez,
Jorge A. Quirós-Rodríguez,
Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de biología marina y oceanografía
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0718-1957
pISSN - 0717-3326
DOI - 10.22370/rbmo.2019.54.1.1673
Subject(s) - geography , zoology , distribution (mathematics) , biology , ecology , mathematics , mathematical analysis
The geographic distribution of Holothuria (Theelothuria) princeps in Colombian Caribbean is extended inside the Gulf of Morrosquillo, based on 7 individuals collected in Banco de Arena sector, Córdoba. A morphological description of this species record with color gures and scanning electron microscopy images of their ossicles is provided. This finding increases the spatial distribution of this species in the Caribbean coast of Colombia.