Vol. 37 No. 2
Scientific Notes

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

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

Published 2016-01-01

Keywords

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

How to Cite

1.
Gómez Lemos LA, Hernando Campos N. PRESENCE OF PENAEUS MONODON FABRICIUS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: PENAEIDAE) IN WATERS OFF THE COLOMBIAN GUAJIRA. Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 May 15];37(2). Available from: https://boletin.invemar.org.co/ojs/index.php/boletin/article/view/352

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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