Resumen de Palicus Alternatus Rathbun (Decapoda: Brachyura) un nuevo registro para el Caribe colombiano

Néstor Hernando Campos Campos, Bernd Werding

• español

  Se describe por primera vez para el Caribe colombiano un representante de la familia de cangrejos Palicidae, Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897, de la región de Santa Marta. Se complementa la descripción y se hacen anotaciones sobre su dimorfismo sexual.

• English

  One member of the crab family Palicidae, Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897, is described by the first time for the Colombian Caribbean; the species was collected in the Santa Marta region. The description of P. alternatus is completed, including a discussion of its sexual dimorphism.