Open AccessLOS CAMARONES DE LA FAMILIA CRANGONIDAE DE LA FRANJA SUPERIOR DEL TALUD CONTINENTAL DEL MAR CARIBE COLOMBIANO
Author(s) -
Norella Cruz,
Adriana Bermúdez,
Néstor Hernando Campos,
Gabriel R. Navas S.
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.2002.31.0.291
Subject(s) - geography , fauna , continental shelf , humanities , archaeology , biology , fishery , ecology , art
Four surveys were conducted between October 1998 and April 1999 along the upper section of the Colombian Caribbean Sea continental slope with the aim of compliting marine fauna inventories. During the surveys (INVEMAR-MACROFAUNA 1) individuals of the shrimps Parapontocaris caribbaea, P. vicina, Prionocrangon pectinata and Parapontophilus gracilis (Decapoda: Crangonidae) were found and are herein registered for the first time in Colombian waters. Along with the description of the collected material and reference to site of collection, identification keys, diagnostic characters, diagrams and bathimetric and geographic distribution are included as well as comments on morphological variations of the individuals.