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For the first time, the presence of the species Neocerarium digitatum (Shütt) Gómez, Moreira y López-García 2009 (Family Ceratiaceae) is recorded from the Colombian Caribbean coast, collected in Punta Roca (Atlántico). The form of this species found has an epitheca in the shape of a spoon and bent backwards, the right horn is straight, short and thin and the left horn is thick and bent back. The species habitat deep waters of warm latitudes. It is considered rare in phytoplankton samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]