Abstract

RICO, Lina; BAIGORRI, Álvaro  and  LECOMPTE, Orlando Pedro. FIRST RECORD FOR THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN OF PORPITA PORPITA (LINNAEUS) (HYDROZOA: PORPITIDAE). Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2013, vol.42, n.1, pp.181-184. ISSN 0122-9761.

Two specimens of Porpita porpita were captured in Playa Blanca, Gaira Bay and the species reported for the first time in the Colombian Caribbean. This paper collects bibliographic information about blue button (Hydrozoa: Porpitidae) hydroid colony.

Keywords : Hydroid colony; Porpita porpita; blue button; Playa Blanca.

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