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<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1870-34532015000100262</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7550/rmb.46308</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[First record of Spathoteredo spatha (Mollusca: Teredinidae) in Venezuela]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Primer registro de Spathoteredo spatha (Mollusca: Teredinidae) en Venezuela]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Velásquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Irelis]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Católica del Norte Facultad Ciencias del Mar ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Coquimbo ]]></addr-line>
<country>CL</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>262</fpage>
<lpage>264</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000100262&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000100262&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000100262&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[We document the first record of shipworm mollusk Spathoteredo spatha (Jeffreys, 1860) in Venezuelan coastal waters. Also, we present data about the distribution of the species in the Caribbean Sea.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Documentamos el primer registro del molusco perforador de madera Spathoteredo spatha (Jeffreys, 1860) en aguas de las costas de Venezuela. Además, se presentan algunos datos de la distribución de esta especie en el mar Caribe.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Teredinids]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Shipworms]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Teredinidos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Moluscos perforadores]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mar Caribe]]></kwd>
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