Galatéideos (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) Del Caribe Colombiano, Incluyendo Doce Primeros Registros

Galatheids (Decápoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) from Colombian Caribbean, including twelve new records. During the INVEMAR- MACROFAUNA I expedition (1998-1999), specimens of ló species oí crustacean decapods of the Galatheidae family, belonging to fhree genera, were collected. In this paper the distictive characteristics of 12 of the species, registered for the first time for the Colombian Caribbean, are presented. This paper also includes taxonomic keys, species images, bathymetric and geographic data and comments of their morphological variations. Additionally, the holdings of the family, collected in Colombian localities and deposited ¡n biological collections, according to the reviewed bibliographical references, are listed. The species are: Agononida longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880); Munida constrícta A. Milne-Edwards, 1880; M. evermanni Benedict, 1901; M. Flinti Benedict, 1902; M. fórceps A. Milne- Edwards, 1880; Munidopsis alaminos Pequegnat and Pequegnat, 1970; M. brevimanus (A...