Abstract

AGUIRRE-AGUIRRE, Adriana; MANRIQUE-RODRIGUEZ, Nelson  and  CRUZ-CASTANO, Norella. FIRST RECORD OF PILUMNUS PANNOSUS RATHBUN(DECAPODA: BRACHYURA: PILUMNIDAE) FROM THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2006, vol.35, n.1, pp.255-258. ISSN 0122-9761.

This paper reports Pilumnus pannosus Rathbun, a member of the family Pilumnidae, for the first time from the Colombian Caribbean. This report is based on specimens collected on the continental shelf of the Guajira Peninsula, where the species was found associated with seagrass meadows of Thalassia testudinum.

Keywords : Decapoda; Brachyura; Pilumnidae; Caribbean; Colombian.

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