Sea grasses, a new unreported habitat for the heterobranch mollusk Umbraculum umbraculum in the Caribbean region

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  • Erika García-Bonilla Grupo de Investigación Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 Nº 43-82, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Paula González Grupo de Investigación Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 Nº 43-82, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Laura Pirateque Grupo de Investigación Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 Nº 43-82, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Jüergen Guerrero-Kommritz Fundación Fundabas, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Mónica Puyana Grupo de Investigación Bioprospección y Biotecnología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Carrera 4 Nº 22-61, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Alberto Acosta Grupo de Investigación Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 Nº 43-82, Bogotá, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47193/mafis.3312020061809

Keywords:

heterobranch, habitat, Thalassia testudinum, Colombian Caribbean

Abstract

Herein, a new habitat for the heterobranch mollusk Umbraculum is described. One specimen was found on a Thalassia testudinum bed at Taganga Bay at 3 m depth, a buffer area of the Tayrona National Park, Colombian Caribbean. To the best of our knowledge, these mollusks have not been previously reported in this kind of habitat. Seagrasses may provide protection and possibly serve as areas for its reproduction.

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2020-06-15

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García-Bonilla, E., González, P., Pirateque, L., Guerrero-Kommritz, J., Puyana, M. and Acosta, A. (2020) “Sea grasses, a new unreported habitat for the heterobranch mollusk Umbraculum umbraculum in the Caribbean region ”, Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS), 33(1), pp. 129–133. doi: 10.47193/mafis.3312020061809.

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