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| Title: | Notes on Symbiotic Decapod Crustaceans from Gorgona Island. Colombia, with a revision of the Eastern Pacific Species of Trapezia (Brachyura, Xantthidae), Symbionts of Scleractinian corals |
| Authors: | Castro, P. |
| ASFA Terms: | Marine crustaceans
Symbionts
Taxonomy
New records |
| Issue Date: | 1982 |
| Publisher: | Santa Marta (Colombia), INVEMAR |
| Citation: | Anales del Instituto de Invesyigaciones marinas de Punta Betín, (12). p. 9-17 |
| Abstract: | Collections of decapod crustaceans associated with scleractinian corals at Gorgona
Island, Colombia, have provided material for a revisión of the eastern Pacific species of Trapezia (Brachyura, Xanthidae), obligate symbionts of the coral Pocillopora. Four
sympatric specie are recognized: T. corallina GERSTAECKER, T. formosa SMITH, T, ferruginea LATREILLE, and T. digitalis LATREILLE. Two species of symbiotic natantian
shrimps [Harpiliopsis spinigera (ORTMANN) from Pocillopora and Periclimenes soror
NOBILI from asteroids] are recorded from Gorgona for the first time.
Colecciones de crustáceos decápodos asociados con corales escleractí nidos en la
Isla de Gorgona, Colombia, han suministrado material para una revisión de las especias
del Pacifico americano de Trapezia Brachyura, Xanthidae), simbiontes obligatorios del
coral Pocillopora. Cuatro especies simpátricas son reconocidas: T. corallina GERSTAECKER,
T. formosa SMITH, T. ferruginea LATREILLE, y T. digitalis LATREILLE. Dos especies de camarones simbióticos [Harpiliopsis spinigera (ORTMANN) encontrada en Pocillopora y Periclimenes soror NOBILI en asteroideos] representan nuevos registros para Gorgona. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/3955 |
| ISSN: | 0120-3959 |
| Appears in Collections: | 2. Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta Betín
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