Open AccessPRIMER REGISTRO DEL GENERO Echineulima LUTZEN Y NIELSEN (GASTROPODA: EULIMIDAE), MOLUSCOS PARASITOS DE ERIZOS DE MAR EN LA ISLA DE GORGONA (PACIFICO COLOMBIANO
Author(s) -
K Jaime Ricardo Cantera,
O Raúl Neira
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.1987.17.0.457
Subject(s) - gastropoda , reef , geography , genus , coral reef , habitat , ecology , humanities , biology , art
This paper reports for the first time for the tropical Eastern Pacific the genus Echineulima (Gastropoda: Eulimidae), a parasite of the sea urchin Centrostephanus coronatus, in coral reefs of Gorgona Island at 2 4 m depth. It seems likely that it is an undescribedspecies. This paper presents information abftut the snail including a brief description, size, habitat, and considerations about the effects of the parasite on the sea urchin. A discussión about the geographical distribution of the genus is also presented.