Presence of Munidopsis bermudezi in the Colombian Caribbean Sea (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)

Specimens of Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939, were collected during the Project entitled “Environmental characterization in the area of interest within the Guajira Offshore # 3, Colombian Caribbean block”. This is the first record of this species in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. This is the 46th spe...

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Autores: Zubiría, William, Hernando-Campos, Néstor, Bermúdez-Tobón, Adriana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/8704
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/revmar/article/view/8704
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:New record
Decapoda
Munidopsis bermudezi
Munidopsidae
Colombian Caribbean Sea
Nuevo registro
Caribe colombiano
Novo registro
Caribe colombiano.
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Sumario:Specimens of Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939, were collected during the Project entitled “Environmental characterization in the area of interest within the Guajira Offshore # 3, Colombian Caribbean block”. This is the first record of this species in the Colombian Caribbean Sea. This is the 46th species of the superfamily Galatheoidea registered for this region. This species is close to Munidopsis teretis Baba, 2005, which occurs in the Tasman Sea. The former differs from the latter by the presence of a pair of conspicuous gastric spines, the absence of an acute process in the branchial region and the absence of a carina on the posterior half of the carapace. A detailed description of this species and information on its habitat are presented in this paper.