TAXONOMIC CHECKLIST OF COPEPODS (ARTHROPODA: CRUSTACEA) OF THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN SEA

Authors

  • Johanna Medellín Mora Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Museo de Historia Natural Marina de Colombia (MHNMC), Cerro de Punta Betín, Santa Marta
  • Gabriel R. Navas S. Universidad de Cartagena, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Programa de Biología, Cartagena

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2010.39.2.151

Keywords:

Copepods, Zooplankton, Taxonomic list, Colombian Caribbean

Abstract

In the Colombian Caribbean there are few studies on zooplankton that have explored their specific composition and the existing information is largely restricted to grey literature. Studies in other areas of the Caribbean show a high species richness of copepods, recording approximately 500 species. This paper presents a taxonomic list of 217 species of planktonic copepods belonging to the orders Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Poecillostomatoida, Mormonilloida, and Siphonostomatoida recorded in the Colombian Caribbean since 1970.

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Published

2016-01-01

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Research Articles

How to Cite

1.
TAXONOMIC CHECKLIST OF COPEPODS (ARTHROPODA: CRUSTACEA) OF THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN SEA. Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1 [cited 2026 Jun. 10];39(2). Available from: https://boletin.invemar.org.co/index.php/boletin/article/view/151