Coral boring Aka-species (Porifera: Phloeodictyidae) from Mexico with description of Aka cryptica sp. nov.

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 1477-1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Carballo ◽  
Leanne Hepburn ◽  
Héctor H. Nava ◽  
José Antonio Cruz-Barraza ◽  
Eric Bautista-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Caribbean Coral Reefs ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
East Pacific Ocean ◽  
First Time

This paper focuses on Aka species boring coral of the East Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea (Mexico). The new species Aka cryptica sp. nov. is described from Mexican Pacific coral reefs, which constitutes the first time that a species of the genus Aka is reported from the East Pacific Ocean. The new species lives cryptically boring coral species of the genus Pocillopora. It is characterized by the small size of their papillae (from 1 to 4.5 mm high and from 0.8 to 1.8 mm in diameter), and oxeas (from 67 to 120 μm), and their exposed parts blend in well with background colours which tend to be overlooked during benthic marine surveys. In addition, Aka coralliphaga and Aka brevitubulata from Mexican Caribbean coral reefs are redescribed. The latter species is reported for the first time in Mexico.

A revision of the genus Mycale (Poecilosclerida: Mycalidae) from the Mexican Pacific Ocean

2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
José L. Carballo ◽  
José A. Cruz-Barraza
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
Species Descriptions ◽  
First Time

Knowledge about the sponge fauna from the Mexican Pacific Ocean has increased substantially in recent years, but most of these modern taxonomic studies have been focused on hadromerids. The aim of this study was to contribute to the knowledge of the order Poecilosclerida. At present, seven species of Mycale have been described or recorded from the Pacific coast of Mexico, but only three of them are considered valid: M. contax, M. cecilia and M. aff. magnirhaphidifera. After a revision of the material collected during the last eight years throughout the East Pacific coast of Mexico, along with the type material, and the literature available, eight species of Mycale are considered valid, three of them; M. magnitoxa sp. nov., M. dickinsoni sp. nov., and M. ramulosa sp. nov., are proposed as new to science. In addition, M. adhaerens is reported for the first time from the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Another Mycale-species that was identified was M. psila, which constitutes its seconLamberd record for the Mexican Pacific Ocean. The systematic, distribution and detailed species descriptions are based on newly collected material and previous descriptions from the literature.

scholarly journals Boring sponges and the modeling of coral reefs in the east Pacific Ocean

2008 ◽  
Vol 356 ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Carballo ◽  
E Bautista-Guerrero ◽  
GE Leyte-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
East Pacific Ocean ◽  
Boring Sponges

The genus Echinofabricia (Annelida: Fabriciidae) in the Mediterranean Sea with the description of E. rousei sp. nov.

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 1773-1776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Giangrande ◽  
Margherita Licciano ◽  
Alberto Castelli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

The new species Echinofabricia rousei is described for the Mediterranean Sea based on specimens collected along the Sardinia Coast (Porto Conte). The genus Echinofabricia is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean area. At present three species are described within the genus: E. goodhartzorum, described from the Caribbean, E. dubia, described from the East Pacific (Hawaii) and E. alata from Australia.

scholarly journals Two new species of Sympagella (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Rossellidae) collected from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, East Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4466 (1) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
SASCHA HERZOG ◽  
DIVA J. AMON ◽  
CRAIG R. SMITH ◽  
DORTE JANUSSEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Polymetallic Nodule ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Polymetallic Nodules ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Nodule Mining ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
East Pacific Ocean

Two new Hexactinellida species from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the East Pacific Ocean are described. They are the first described representatives of the genus Sympagella in this region. The new sponges were collected in 2013 during the ABYSSLINE Project´s first cruise, AB01, on board the RV Melville. The CCZ is known for its polymetallic nodules but megafaunal biodiversity is still poorly understood. Our findings suggest that the poriferan fauna of the eastern CCZ is both species rich and inadequately known, and that substantially more sampling and taxonomic studies of the CCZ sponge fauna are required to establish a megafaunal biogeography and evaluate potential extinction risks resulting from polymetallic-nodule mining. 

A checklist of the Medusae (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOURDES SEGURA-PUERTAS ◽  
EDUARDO SUÁREZ-MORALES ◽  
LAURA CELIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
First Time

A list of 169 medusae species in 45 families recorded in Mexican waters is presented for the first time. 86 species (50.8%) were found in the Pacific Ocean, 75 species (44.3%) in the Gulf of Mexico, and 88 (52%) in the Mexican Caribbean Sea. Only 17 species (10%) were common to the three regions. The superclass Hydrozoa, the most diverse one, is represented by 151 species (89%), the Scyphozoa by 16 species (9.5%) and the Cubozoa by 3 (1.8%). Among the Hydrozoa, up to 6 new species have been described from Mexican waters. It is expected that the number of species will grow as surveys that include the hydroid stages and their laboratory-released medusae, as well as benthic and deep-living medusofauna are undertaken in both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of Mexico.

Parasitic copepods from reef grunts (Teleostei, Haemulidae) with description of a new species of Lernanthropus (Siphonostomatoida, Lernanthropidae) from the Mexican Caribbean

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Suárez-Morales ◽  
Christian Reyes-Lizama ◽  
David González-Solís
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal Plate ◽  
Infection Prevalence ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Parasitic Copepods ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Parasitological Survey ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractDuring a parasitological survey of the reef ichthyofauna in the Caribbean coast of Mexico, parasitic siphonostomatoid copepods were obtained from the white grunt Haemulon plumierii (Lacepède) and the blue striped grunt H. sciurus (Shaw). Caligus haemulonis Krøyer, 1863 has been recorded from both species of Haemulon in the Northwestern Tropical Atlantic, but it is reported herein for the first time from Mexico. The prevalence and intensity of infection of C. haemulonis has not previously been evaluated in the Caribbean grunts; during this survey, prevalence was highest in H. sciurus; values are similar to those found in other haemulids. Lernanthropus chacchi sp. nov. can be distinguished from its closest congener, L. rathbuni Wilson, 1922, by its female having a dorsal plate covering the entire urosome and the lack of lateral notches at the base of the modified third legs, the male has relatively longer third legs, different body proportions and ornamentation of the first and second legs. This is the third species of Lernanthropus known from reef grunts in the Caribbean and the second species of the genus described from Mexican waters. The infection prevalence of the new species on H. sciurus (24%) was higher than that known for L. rathbuni from other haemulids. Taxonomic illustrations of females and males of both species are also provided. Other crustacean ectoparasites included the copepod Hatschekia spp. and praniza larvae of a gnathid isopod.

scholarly journals Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2839 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROB W. M. VAN SOEST ◽  
KIRSTIE L. KAISER ◽  
ROBERT VAN SYOC
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Remote Island ◽  
East And West ◽  
East Pacific Ocean

Twenty sponge species (totalling 190 individuals) were collected during the 1938, 1994 and 2004/5 expeditions to the remote island of Clipperton in the East Pacific Ocean. Seven species are widespread Indo-Pacific sponges; nine species comprise sponges new to science; four species were represented only by small thin patches insufficient for proper characterization and could be only determined to genus. The new species may not be necessarily endemic to the island, as several show similarities with species described from elsewhere in the East and West Pacific. Four species: Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Van Soest (1997), Callyspongia (Callyspongia) roosevelti n.sp., Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900) and Suberea etiennei n.sp. were found commonly occurring in localities around the island in depths between 10 and 55 m, growing on dead corals, under overhangs and rubble stones. The remaining sponges were either rare or were thinly encrusting on coral fragments. The latter may be more abundant than appears from the present study as they are probably not easily observed. The sponge fauna of Clipperton Island shows strongest affinities with the Central and West Pacific regions and only two or three species are shared with the East Pacific region.

First record of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Demospongiae, Halichondrida) from the East Pacific Ocean, with the description of Axinyssa isabela sp. nov.

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1784 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ LUIS CARBALLO ◽  
JOSÉ ANTONIO CRUZ-BARRAZA
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Vertical Walls ◽  
East Pacific Ocean ◽  
Collagen Layer ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Halichondriidae, Halichondrida) is described from the Mexican Pacific Ocean, which constitutes the first record of the genus in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Axinyssa isabela sp. nov. is an incrusting to massive cushion-shaped yellow sponge without ectosomal skeleton. The ectosome is simply a thin, translucent, partly detachable collagen layer. The collagen is also abundant in the choanosome, while spicular density is relatively low. The choanosomal skeleton is confused with ascending single spicules or spicules grouped in tracts. The tracts become slightly more organized towards the periphery, protruding on the surface in spicule bundles or in single spicules. Spicules are oxeas and derivates (styles and strongyles), 200 to 780 µm long and 3 to 15 µm thick. So far, despite the sampling of a large number of localities along the Mexican Pacific Coast during the last years, Axinyssa isabela sp. nov. has been found only at National Park “Isla Isabel” (Nayarit, Mexico), where it is relatively common, in vertical walls, small caves and overhangs at depths between 4 and 20 m.

New species of excavating sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) on coral reefs from the Mexican Pacific Ocean

2011 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 999-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Cruz-Barraza ◽  
José Luis Carballo ◽  
Eric Bautista-Guerrero ◽  
Héctor Nava
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Purple Colour ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
Excavating Sponges ◽  
Orange Yellow ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Revillagigedo Archipelago ◽  
Boring Sponges

Three new species of coral reef boring sponges were found in remote coral reefs from Revillagigedo Island, an archipelago that is 386 km from the continent.Cliona medinaesp. nov. is a sponge with orange-yellow papillae characterized by short almost straight spirasters.Cliona tropicalissp. nov., is a yellow papillate sponge with a spicule complement similar to the species included in theCliona viridiscomplex. However, the new species differs from the rest of the species mainly in its external morphology and by differences in the size and shape of spicules.Thoosa purpureasp. nov. is characterized by its purple colour, and the spicular complement formed by tylostyles, two amphiaster categories, bi- tri- and tetra-radiate oxyasters and smooth or microspined centrotylote oxeas. In addition,Cliothosa tylostrongylatasp. nov. is also described from coral reefs from the southern Mexican Pacific Ocean. This is a light red species, with tylostyles and tylostrongyles as megascleres and ramose and nodulose amphiasters as microscleres. The four species were found exclusively excavating skeletons of live or dead corals of the genusPocillopora. This study increases the number of boring sponges known from the Mexican Pacific Ocean to 22 species and it is the first study on marine sponge fauna from the Revillagigedo archipelago.

New coral reef boring sponges (Hadromerida: Clionaidae) from the Mexican Pacific Ocean

2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 963-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bautista-Guerrero ◽  
José Luis Carballo ◽  
José Antonio Cruz-Barraza ◽  
Héctor H. Nava
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
First Time ◽  
Boring Sponges

Two alpha growth form species of boring sponges, Clionapocillopora sp. nov. and Cliona mucronata are described from coral reefs in the Mexican Pacific Ocean. Clionapocillopora sp. nov. is a light brown sponge containing tylostyles that measure 146×5 μm. Tylostyles are generally curved and have a globular or mucronated head, sometimes placed at some distance from the proximal end. In addition, straight, short and thick tylostrongyles and centrotylote oxea occasionally appear. Cliona mucronata is reported for the first time in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is a red to red-orange sponge with two types of tylostyles, long and slender tylostyles, and short ensiform tylostyles. Both species have been found exclusively excavating corals of the genus Pocillopora. The boring activity of Clionapocillopora sp. nov. produces a network of galleries with mainly rectangular or polygonal chambers measuring from 0.7 to 2.4 mm in diameter, and C. mucronata produces a network of reticulate galleries with irregularly spherical or ovoid chambers 1.14×0.67 mm in diameter.

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