The porcellanid crabs of the Isla Gorgona, Pacific Coast of Colombia, with a description of Clastotoechus gorgonensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Anomura)
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Date
1982
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A collection of porcellanid crabs was made on che Isla Gorgona, Colombia, during a one week period, sampling as completely as possible a number of different biotopes. The majority of the 16 species in six genera that were collected occurred in the formations of pocilloporid corals and between stones in the sublittoral zone. Clastotoechus gorgonensis sp. nov. lives in the burrows of the sea urchin Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz in the intertidal zone. Seven species are new additions to the porcellanid fauna of Gorgona and two of them are new records for Colombia. A total of 18 species are now known to occur on Isla Gorgona.En un trabajo de campo de una semana en la Isla Gorgona, Colombia, se coleccionaron porcelánidos en una variedad de diferentes Isótopos. I,a mayoría de las 16 especies, pertenecientes a seis géneros que se reportan, se encontraron en las formaciones de corales del género Pucillopora y entre piedras en la zona sublitoral. Clastotoechus gorgonensis sp. nov. vive en los huecos que perforan erizos de la especie Echinometra vanbrunti A. Agassiz en las rocas del intermareal. Siete especies son nuevas adiciones a la fauna de porcelánidos de Gorgona, y dos de éstas son nuevos reportes para Colombia. Con este trabajo el número total de especies de porcelánidos reportados de la Isla Gorgona se aumenta a I8.
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Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta BetínIssue/Article Nr
12Publisher or University
Santa Marta (Colombia), INVEMAR