Galatéideos (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) Del Caribe Colombiano, Incluyendo Doce Primeros Registros

Abstract

During the INVEMAR - MACROFAUNA I expedition (1998-1999), specimens of 16 species of crustacean decapods of the Galatheidae family, belonging to three genera, were collected. In this paper the distictive characteristics of 12 of the species, registered for the first time for the Colombian Caribbean, are presented. This paper also includes taxonomic keys, species images, bathymetric and geographic data and comments of their morphological variations. Additionally, the holdings of the family, collected in Colombian localities and deposited in biological collections, according to the reviewed bibliographical references, are listed. The species are: Agononida longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880); Munida constricta A. Milne-Edwards, 1880; M. evermanni Benedict, 1901; M. flinti Benedict, 1902; M. forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880; Munidopsis alaminos Pequegnat and Pequegnat, 1970; M. brevimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880); M. erinaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880); M. longimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880); M. platirostris (A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1894); M. polita (Smith, 1883); and M. ramahtaylorae Pequegnat and Pequegnat, 1971.

Three new species of squat lobsters of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874, from Guadeloupe Island, Caribbean Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Munidopsidae)

“…The studies on this genus continued with the collections made by the "Alaminos" and other expeditions in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1970, 1971Mayo 1972Mayo , 1974Gore 1983;Baba & Camp 1988). More recently, some studies have improved our knowledge on the distribution of the species (Navas et al 2003;Campos et al 2005;Herrera-Medina et al 2014;Vazquez-Bader & Gracia 2016), including the description of some new species (Pequegnat & Williams 1995;Vazquez-Bader et al 2014;Macpherson et al 2016). Thus, 56 species of the genus Munidopsis are currently known in the Western Atlantic.…”

Diversity and distribution of Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea (Decapoda, Anomura) in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

“…Global diversity studies of squat lobsters (Schnabel et al 2011b) revealed that the Western Atlantic including the Caribbean, Brazil, and Gulf of Mexico, reported 10.2–12.1% of Chirostyloidea and 10.9–15.4 of Galatheoidea (Campos et al 2005; Fierro et al 2008; Felder et al 2009; Kilgoure and Shirley 2014; de Melo-Filho 2006, de Melo-Filho and de Melo 2001 a, 2001 b; Navas et al 2003; Ortega et al 2014) (Table 1). Nevertheless, the global diversity records of these two groups are incomplete, 19–20% of Chirostylidae and 37–38% of Galatheidae species remain undescribed, particularly in tropical offshore areas (Appeltans et al 2012).…”

“…Squat lobsters (Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea) are abundant, speciose, and distributed worldwide (Fierro et al 2008; Kilgoure and Shirley 2014; Konishi and Saito 2000; de Melo-Filho 2006; de Melo-Filho and de Melo 1992; de Melo-Filho and de Melo 2001 a and b; Miyake and Baba 1970; Navas et al 2003; Pequegnat and Pequegnat 1970). Schnabel et al (2011a) and Schnabel et al (2011b) recognized ca.1000 species (ca.…”

Presencia de <i>Munidopsis bermudezi</i> en el mar Caribe colombiano (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)

“…La investigación de estos ambientes ha permitido aumentar el conocimiento de la biología y la distribución de un buen número de organismos marinos, así como mejorar nuestro entendimiento de la diversidad. Tal es el caso de las especies de crustáceos decápodos del orden Anomura pertenecientes a la superfamilia Galatheoidea (Navas et al 2003;Fierro et al 2008).…”

“…En el año 2008, el número de especies de la superfamilia Galatheoidea era de 43 y estaban asignadas a ocho géneros (Navas et al 2003;Fierro et al 2008 Chace, 1939, siendo este el primer registro de la especie para el mar Caribe colombiano.…”