Cuba - Peninsula of Guanahacabibes - has been selected as a base for a research venture between Cuba and Spain. Cuban Scientists from the Cuban Oceanology Institute and the Spanish University of Oviedo have come together to document hundreds of marine species in the western most part of Cuba and Los Jardines de la Reina in trhe central part of the Island.
In an interview conducted by Prensa Latina the Spanish Biology Professor Jesus Ortega from Oviedo University expressed that more than 700 species are yet to be classified in the area known as Guanahacabibes. So far 50 varieties of mollusks have been officially classified and documented as new species.
One of the most significant discoveries in the region is the striking Emiliotia Inmaculatus (tiny mollusck with semi-transparent shell) and the Cubalaskeya Machoi both found at Cueva Pedro( undersea cavern almost 33 meters under sea level).
Similar marine diversity can be found in the Cienaga de Zapata rewarded as the largest wetland in the Caribbean. Zwaps, countless canals and natural water courses are typical of this rugged landscape.
Peninsula de Guanahacabibes has so far been responsible for the findings of 50 percent of all mollusk varieties found in Cuba. This zone was declared a protected area of the Biosphere in the late 1980 and the least spoilt part of Cuba in terms of Tourism.
This is a zone of surprising marvelous richness, with an enormous variety still to discern alleged Cuban ecologist Jose Espinosa, and continued - Cuba might be a centre for plankton larvae that could favour the most needed healing the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea.
In the whole of Penisula de Guanahacabibes there is just one tourist resort called Maria la Gorda famous among snorkellers and divers but with restrictions in the way humans interact with the environment.
In an interview conducted by Prensa Latina the Spanish Biology Professor Jesus Ortega from Oviedo University expressed that more than 700 species are yet to be classified in the area known as Guanahacabibes. So far 50 varieties of mollusks have been officially classified and documented as new species.
One of the most significant discoveries in the region is the striking Emiliotia Inmaculatus (tiny mollusck with semi-transparent shell) and the Cubalaskeya Machoi both found at Cueva Pedro( undersea cavern almost 33 meters under sea level).
Similar marine diversity can be found in the Cienaga de Zapata rewarded as the largest wetland in the Caribbean. Zwaps, countless canals and natural water courses are typical of this rugged landscape.
Peninsula de Guanahacabibes has so far been responsible for the findings of 50 percent of all mollusk varieties found in Cuba. This zone was declared a protected area of the Biosphere in the late 1980 and the least spoilt part of Cuba in terms of Tourism.
This is a zone of surprising marvelous richness, with an enormous variety still to discern alleged Cuban ecologist Jose Espinosa, and continued - Cuba might be a centre for plankton larvae that could favour the most needed healing the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea.
In the whole of Penisula de Guanahacabibes there is just one tourist resort called Maria la Gorda famous among snorkellers and divers but with restrictions in the way humans interact with the environment.
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