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<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Biología Tropical]]></journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Ampliación de ámbito de Mellita persona (Amphipoda: Mellitidae) en el Caribe Sur]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Martín]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Atienza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dacha]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yusbelly J.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Simón Bolívar Departamento de Estudios Ambientales ]]></institution>
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<volume>49</volume>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+0>Ampliaci&oacute;n de &aacute;mbito de <I>Mellita persona</I>&nbsp; (Amphipoda:&nbsp; Mellitidae) en el Caribe Sur</FONT></FONT></B></CENTER>      <DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT>     <BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Recibido&nbsp; 14-VIII-2000.&nbsp;&nbsp; Corregido14-VIII-2000.&nbsp;&nbsp; Aceptado&nbsp;&nbsp; 19-IX-2000</FONT></FONT>     <BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></DIV> <FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Se identificaron&nbsp; 17 individuos de <I>M. persona</I>, 10 machos y 7 hembras asociados al alga calc&aacute;rea <I>Halimeda opuntia&nbsp; </I>presente en una plataforma arrecifal de Isla Rat&oacute;n (10&ordm;29’15” N, 68&ordm;58’05” W), Golfo Triste, Estado Carabobo, Venezuela, lo que amplio su rango geogr&aacute;fico anterior (Flatts Village y Castle Harbour, ambas en Bermudas y en la Laguna de T&eacute;rminos, M&eacute;xico). Tres machos y tres hembras est&aacute;n depositados en el Museo de Biolog&iacute;a, Universidad Central de Venezuela (MBUCV-XI-4781 y MBUCV-XI-4782). Referencia:&nbsp; Karaman, G.S. 1981. Redescription of <I>Melita planaterga</I> Kunkel 1910 from Bermuda islands with revisi&oacute;n of genera <I>Melita</I> Leach and <I>Abludomelita</I> n. gen. (Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda 119), Polioprivreda I Sumarstvo XXVII(1): 29-50.</FONT></FONT>     <BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>      <P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Alberto Mart&iacute;n, Dacha Atienza y Yusbelly J. D&iacute;az</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1></FONT></FONT>      <P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Sim&oacute;n Bol&iacute;var, Apartado Postal 89000, Sartenejas, Baruta, Venezuela. e-mail:&nbsp; <A HREF="mailto:amartinz@usb.ve">amartinz@usb.ve</A>, <A HREF="mailto:d2621747@telcel.net.ve">d2621747@telcel.net.ve</A>, <A HREF="mailto:yjdiaz@uole.com">yjdiaz@uole.com</A></FONT></FONT>      ]]></body>
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