Current status of the study of the caribbean cordobes echinoderms, Colombia

Abstract

The present state of knowledge on the echinoderms of the Caribbean Cordobes is reviewed herein, offering information on number of families, genera and known species, their geographical distribution, its role in the marine bioprospection of the department of Cordoba, and finally and updated lists of the species is included.

Keywords

• Bioprospection
• Caribbean
• Cordoba
• diversity
• echinoderm