Check List 20(4): 847-852, doi: 10.15560/20.4.847

First report of Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida) in Colombia

Jorge L. Llorente-Vega^‡, Carlos A. Nisperuza-Pérez^‡, Cristina Cedeño-Posso^§, Jorge A. Quirós-Rodríguez^‡

‡ Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia§ Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, Santa Marta, Colombia

Corresponding author: Jorge A. Quirós-Rodríguez ( alexander_quiroz@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Ricardo González-Muñoz

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Citation: Llorente-Vega JL, Nisperuza-Pérez CA, Cedeño-Posso C, Quirós-Rodríguez JA (2024) First report of Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 (Cnidaria, Cubozoa, Carybdeida) in Colombia. Check List 20(4): 847-852. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.847

Abstract

Carybdea xaymacana Conant, 1897 is a box jellyfish belonging to the family Carybdeidae and is currently recorded from the Mexican Caribbean (State of Quintana Roo), Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Panama, and Venezuela. Here, we report for the first time the presence of this species in Colombia, based on collections made in three departments of the Colombian Caribbean. Documenting the extension in the distribution range of this species is of great importance due to its ecological role in regional ecosys-tems.

Keywords

Biodiversity, cubozoan, first record, geographic distribution