PRESENCE OF PENAEUS MONODON FABRICIUS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PENAEIDAE) IN WATERS OFF THE COLOMBIAN GUAJIRA

Authors

  • Luis Alonso Gómez Lemos Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)/Universidad Nacional de Colombia, AA 1016, Santa Marta, Colombia
  • Néstor Hernando Campos Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Caribe, CECIMAR c/o INVE MAR , Santa Marta, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2008.37.2.352

Keywords:

Penaeus monodon, Alloctonous species, Bio-invader, Virus vector, Colombian Guajira

Abstract

This is the first report of the presence of Penaeus monodon off the Guajira Peninsula in the Colombian Caribbean. Three specimens were collected near Cabo de la Vela and one in Punta Gallinas at the continental shelf, while trawling for shrimps.

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Published

2016-01-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2008)

Section

Scientific Notes

How to Cite

1.
PRESENCE OF PENAEUS MONODON FABRICIUS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PENAEIDAE) IN WATERS OFF THE COLOMBIAN GUAJIRA. Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1 [cited 2026 May 15];37(2). Available from: https://boletin.invemar.org.co/index.php/boletin/article/view/352