Composition of deep-sea polychaetes from the SokhoBio expedition with a description of a new species of Labioleanira (Annelida: Sigalionidae) from the Sea of Okhotsk

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 140-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna L. Alalykina
Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4545 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
MAI HIBINO

The present study deals with a collection of deep-sea shrimp of the pandalid genus Pandalopsis Spence Bate, 1888 from the Nemuro Strait, Hokkaido, southwestern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Three new species are described and illustrated: Pandalopsis capillus n. sp., P. houyuu n. sp. and P. princeps n. sp. In addition, Pandalopsis glabra Kobjakova, 1936, a species endemic to the Sea of Okhotsk, is supplementary reported. Most specimens were collected from steep slopes or hard bottoms at depths greater than 400 m by commercial shrimp trap or gill nets operated by local fishermen. Differentiation of the new species is primarily based on a morphological comparison, supplemented by a preliminary genetic analysis of partial segments of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene. An identification key to the species of Pandalopsis is presented. 


Author(s):  
Alexander V. Ereskovsky ◽  
Philippe Willenz

Esperiopsis koltuni, a new species of the sponge family Esperiopsidae, is described from deep water of the Sea of Okhotsk. The new species has a unique growth form: there is a basal plate with radiating cylindrical branches, whose oval flat distal parts bear filament-like outgrowths. Megascleres are arranged differently in the main part of branches and in their distal flat parts. The dermal membrane contains isochelae with protruding alae and abundant sigmancistras. Microscleres are represented by large anchorate spatuliferous isochelae, small isochelae, sigmas and sigmancistras. Esperiopsis koltuni sp. nov. is hermaphroditic, with parenchymella larva. The larval skeleton consists only of sigmas and sigmancistras. Esperiopsis koltuni sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from other Esperiopsis species by dimensions and combination of spicule types. In particular, it is the only species in the genus with three different size categories of styles. The new species lacks the aquiferous system, has a characteristic body plan with symmetrical lateral expansions, an unusual arrangement of microscleres in the dermal membrane and true sigmancistras. Moreover, prey capture by a filament-like outgrowth of the flat distal part was observed. All of these characteristics indicate that Esperiopsis koltuni sp. nov. is a carnivorous sponge.


Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1882 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
MARIA ELETSKAYA

A new species of the pandalid shrimp genus Pandalus Leach, 1814, Pandalus ivanovi n. sp., is described on the basis of material from the Sea of Okhotsk off eastern Sakhalin, at depths of 150–200 m. It is morphologically closest to Pandalus hypsinotus Brandt, 1851, a commercially important species widely distributed in the northern North Pacific. Because of the strong similarities between the new species and P. hypsinotus, we have examined syntypes of the latter species in order to confirm the specific identity. The new species can be distinguished from P. hypsinotus by the more strongly upturned rostrum, the relatively low postrostral ridge on the carapace, fewer carpal articles of the left second pereopod and the small body size. The coloration in life is also different between the two. There is an indication of protandry in the new species, like other congeneric species.


2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-407
Author(s):  
Koji Matsuzaki ◽  
Toshiaki Mori ◽  
Moeko Kamiunten ◽  
Takashi Yanagimoto ◽  
Yoshiaki Kai

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 214-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Ostermair ◽  
Angelika Brandt ◽  
Gerhard Haszprunar ◽  
Katharina Maria Jörger ◽  
Franziska Sophie Bergmeier

Author(s):  
Ivan Marin

Lebbeus sokhobio sp. nov. is described from abyssal depths (3303−3366 m) in the Kuril Basin of the Sea of Okhotsk. The related congeners are deep-water dwellers with a very distant distribution and very similar morphology. The new species is separated by minor morphological features, such as the armature of the rostrum and telson, meral spinulation of ambulatory pereiopods and the shape of the pleonal pleurae. This species is the deepest dwelling representative of the genus Lebbeus and the family Thoridae. A list of records of caridean shrimps recorded from abyssal depths below 3000 m is given.


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