Presencia de Munidopsis robusta en el Caribe colombiano (A. Milne Edwards, 1880) (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae)

Abstract

The first record of M. robusta in Colombia is presented. The specimens were collected by demersal trawling at 500 m depth in front of the departments of La Guajira and Bolívar using a semi-ballon net. Collected specimens were washed onboard with seawater and preserved in 95 % ethanol. The characteristics of the water column were measured with a multi-parameter CTDO instrument. Sediments were collected using a Box-corer and a granulometric analysis was performed. A species diagnosis is presented together with comments regarding its distribution and bathymetric and geographic ranges. With this new record, the number of Colombian species of Munidopsis increases to 23. Moreover, the distribution of this species for the Caribbean is extended.

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).…”