Open AccessFIRST RECORD OF PILUMNUS PANNOSUS RATHBUN (DECAPODA: BRACHYURA: PILUMNIDAE) FROM THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN
Author(s) -
Adriana Aguirre-Aguirre,
Nelson Manrique-Rodríguez,
Norella Cruz-Castaño
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.2006.35.0.229
Subject(s) - thalassia testudinum , seagrass , decapoda , fishery , peninsula , continental shelf , geography , oceanography , biology , ecology , archaeology , crustacean , habitat , geology
This paper reports Pilumnus pannosus Rathbun, a member of the family Pilumnidae, for the first time from the Colombian Caribbean. This report is based on specimens collected on the continental shelf of the Guajira Peninsula, where the species was found associated with seagrass meadows of Thalassia testudinum.