I am a Biologist from National University of Colombia. For my undergraduate thesis, I
worked on Marine Sponges Taxonomy, improving the online guide to identify sponges in the
Caribbean Sea, supplementing the project “Advances in the online guide to identify
Sponges of the Caribbean (www.spongeguide.org)”, under the Professor Dr. Sven Zea
direction.

Currently, I am a M.(Sc) student of Marine Biology and Coastal Ecosystems at Federal
Fluminense University. My research investigates trophic interactions between reef fish and
the benthic community from the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago rocky reefs, directed
by the professors Dr. Carlos E. Ferreira; Dr. Thiago Mendes and Dr. Roberto Villaça. This
project is part of the “long-term ecological projects program (PELD – ILOC)”.

Publications
New records of Sponges of the genera Petrosia And Xestospongia (Demospongiae:
Haplosclerida: Petrosiidae) from the Colombian Caribbean.

E-mail: jasilvab@unal.edu.co | lattes curriculum