Check List 19(2): 163-168, doi: 10.15560/19.2.163
New records of mesopelagic siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Colombian Caribbean collected during offshore exploration cruises
expand article infoCristina Cedeño-Posso‡, Edgar Fernando Dorado-Roncancio§
‡ Marine and Coastal Research Institute – INVEMAR, Santa Marta, Colombia§ Marine and Coastal Research Institute - INVEMAR, Santa Marta, Colombia

Corresponding author: Cristina Cedeño-Posso ( cristina.cedeno@invemar.org.co )

Academic editor: Ricardo González-Muñoz
© Cristina Cedeño-Posso, Edgar Fernando Dorado-Roncancio.
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Citation: Cedeño-Posso C, Dorado-Roncancio EF (2023) New records of mesopelagic siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Colombian Caribbean collected during offshore exploration cruises. Check List 19(2): 163-168. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.2.163
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Abstract

Five species of siphonophores are newly recorded in the Colombian Caribbean Sea: the physonects Athorybia rosacea (Forsskål, 1775), Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844), and Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825 and the calycophores Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954 and Hippopodius hippopus (Forsskål, 1776), from samples collected with deep-water trawls in six hydrocarbon exploration areas (GUA OFF 3, COL 1, COL 2, COL 3, COL 4; COL 10) where research projects were undertaken in 2013 and 2018 by the Marine and Coastal Research Institute “Jose Benito Vives de Andreis” in agreement with the National Hydrocarbon Agency.

Keywords
Biodiversity, Calycophorae, distribution, Physonectae