Check List 14(2): 425-429, doi: 10.15560/14.2.425
First record of Carcinonemertes conanobrieni Simpson, Ambrosio & Baeza, 2017 (Nemertea, Carcinonemertidae), an egg predator of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804), on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia
expand article infoJaime A. Gonzalez-Cueto‡, Sigmer Yamuruk Quiroga§
‡ Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia§ Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia

Corresponding author: Jaime A. Gonzalez-Cueto ( biojaime14@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Rafael B. de Moura
© 2018 Jaime A. Gonzalez-Cueto, Sigmer Quiroga.
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Citation: Gonzalez-Cueto J, Quiroga S (2018) First record of Carcinonemertes conanobrieni Simpson, Ambrosio & Baeza, 2017 (Nemertea, Carcinonemertidae), an egg predator of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804), on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. Check List 14(2): 425-429. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.425
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Abstract
Carcinonemertes conanobrieni Simpson, Ambrosio & Baeza, 2017, an egg predator of the spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804), is recorded for the first time in Colombian waters and the Caribbean. Worms were isolated from an egg mass of a lobster caught at the Gulf of Salamanca, Magdalena. Little is known about the distribution of this species and currently this record from the Caribbean Coast of Colombia is the only one outside of the Florida Keys, USA. The new record suggests that this parasite might be present in the entire Caribbean Sea. 
Keywords
Caribbean Sea; Magdalena Department; artisanal fishery; ribbon worms; parasite