A COLLECTION OF THALASSINIDEA (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA) FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF COLOMBIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES AND A CHECKLIST OF EASTERN PACIFIC SPECIES

Twelve species of Thalassinidea are reported from the Pacific coast of Colombia, bringing to fourteen the total number of thalassinids known from this coast. Of the twelve species reported, one is new, Neaxius frankeae; five had not been previously reported for this coast: Lepidophthalmus bocourti (A. Milne Edwards), Callianidea laevicauda Gill, Pomatogebia rugosa (Lockington), Upogebia maccraryae Williams, and U. tenuipollex Williams; and one, Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards), was unknown in the eastern Pacific. A checklist of all known species of Thalassinidea from the eastern Pacific is included.