Open AccessPRESENCIA DE METALPHEUS ROSTRATIPES (Pocock, 1890) (CRUSTACEA: ALPHEIDAE) EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO
Author(s) -
R S Gabriel Navas,
Patricia Lattig,
Silvia K. Moreno Forero
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.1999.28.0.326
Subject(s) - acropora , shrimp , crustacean , reef , biology , geography , coral reef , coral , crest , fishery , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics
Samples of skeletons of the coral Acropora palmata obtained on the reef crest of Isla Grande, Islas del Rosario (colombian Caribbean),were found to contain two specimens of the family Alpheidae, Metalpheus rostratipes (Pocock, 1890). This shrimp species is reported for the first time from the colombian Caribbean.