Preliminary report of recent brachiopods from the Colombian Caribbean Sea

Several specimens collected during the INVEMAR-MARCORAL cruise in San Bernardo, Caribbean

coast from Colombia, were examined. The brachipods are associated to deep reeef community

with marine algae, mollusks, echinoderms, briozoan, and decapod crustaceans and were collected

from a wide range of sediments. The material includes the terebratulids: Argyrotheca, Terebratulina

and Tichosina. Although the diversity of this fauna is low, this record suggests that the Caribbean

brachiopods probably are more abundant in offshore than it was supposed.