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CAMACHO, Olga  y  VIDAL, Luis Alfonso. NEW RECORDS OF MARINE TUBE-DWELLING DIATOMS FOR THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2011, vol.40, n.2, pp.437-444. ISSN 0122-9761.

The marine mucilaginous tube-forming benthic diatoms Berkeleya hyalina (Round et Brooks) Cox and Parlibellus berkeleyi (Kütz.) Cox are reported for the first time for the Caribbean coast of Colombian, in Santa Marta area. These two species were found infrequently growing as macroscopic colonies inhabiting shallow rocky substrata. The report of P. berkeleyi species is the first for the Caribbean Sea.

Palabras clave : New record; Tube-dwelling; Berkeleya hyalina; Parlibellus berkeleyi; Colombian Caribbean.

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