lithophaga nigra (D'Orbigny, 1853) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae), primer registro para el Caribe colombiano
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Date
2007
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Lithophaga nigra (d’Orbigny, 1853) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae), first record for the Colombian Caribbean.Abstract
Lithophaga nigra (d’Orbigny, 1853) is an uncommon boring bivalve that inhabits dead coral skeletons and occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Indopacific region. One specimen of this species was collected within a dead head of the coral Montastraea sp. in Playa Blanca, (bahía de Gaira) near Santa Marta at 10 m of depth, and it is recorded for the first time in the Colombian Caribbean.Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny, 1853) es un raro bivalvos aburrido que habita en esqueletos de coral muerto y se produce en el Mar Caribe y cuentra en el Indopacífico. Un ejemplar de esta especie fue recolectada dentro de un cabeza muerta del coral Montastraea sp. en Playa Blanca, (Bahía de Gaira) cerca de Santa Marta a 10 m de profundidad, y se registra por primera vez en el Caribe colombiano.
Journal
Boletín de investigaciones marinas y costerasVolume
36Publisher or University
INVEMAR, Santa Marta (Colombia)Resource/Dataset Location
http://www.invemar.org.co/siad/descarga.jsp?type=documento&id=782Colecciones