Open AccessFIRST RECORD OF THE DIAMOND SQUID THYSANOTEUTHIS RHOMBUS TROSCHEL, 1857 (CEPHALOPODA: TEUTHIDA: OEGOPSINA) IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN SEA
Author(s) -
Paulo César Pulido-López,
Yesid Antonio López-Pinto
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.2002.31.0.294
Subject(s) - rhombus , squid , diamond , mantle (geology) , paleontology , geology , geography , zoology , biology , fishery , materials science , geometry , mathematics , composite material
The occurrence of the diamond squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus in the Colombian Caribbean is recorded for the first time based on one stranded specimen (60 cm mantle lenght) at Morro de Gaira, near Santa Marta.