Six species of the genus Gnathia (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidea) are recorded from the Caribbean Sea of northern Colombia. Gnathia gonzalezi n. sp., Gnathia magdalenensis n. sp., Gnathia samariensis n. sp., and Gnathia vellosa n. sp. are described; Gnathia beethoveni Paul & Menzies, 1971 and Gnathia virginalis Monod, 1926 are redescribed and recorded for the first time from Colombia. The Gnathiidea of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico are reviewed.

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Müller, H.-G. (1988). The genus Gnathia Leach (Isopoda) from the Santa Marta area, northern Colombia, with a review of Gnathiidea from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, 58(1), 88–104.