scholarly journals XVIII.—Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer ‘Investigator,’ Commander C. F. Oldham, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 18. On a new species of viviparous fish of the family Ophidiidæ

1895 ◽  
Vol 16 (92) ◽  
pp. 144-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alcock
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Viviparous Fish ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
10.11646/6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Recently, we (Akkari & Enghoff 2011) described a new species of the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960, discussing the taxonomic state of the family Pyrgodesmidae and providing notes on the four genera occurring in the west Palaearctic area. However, we failed to present details on the holotype of the new species, which we now provide in this note in order to make the species name available. Thus, we describe here the new species Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Enghoff by reference to the full description given in Akkari & Enghoff (2011) with the following information on the type material: Holotype ♂, TUNISIA, NW, Jendouba Governorate, Tabarka, N36°57.8, E8°44.6, alt. < 40 m, coastal slope below the Genoese fort, under stones, 9.iii.2009, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ‒ ZMUC); Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 14 juveniles, same locality and date as holotype, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (ZMUC).

Monocystid gregarines of Nigerian earthworms. I. Adelphocystis aeikineta gen.nov., sp.nov. from the coelom of Keffia variabilis Clausen, 1963

Parasitology ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. E. G. Cox
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Peristaltic Motion ◽  
Morphological Basis ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Adelphocystis aeikineta, a new species of monocystid gregarine, is found in the coelom of the earthworm Keffia variabilis in which the trophozoites occur in large numbers in permanently associated pairs. They are large, measuring 750–1500, μm in length, and exhibit continual peristaltic motion. The ectosarc of the trophozoite is markedly striated and there is no evidence of any anterior differentiation. The gametocytes are rounded and the presumed bipolar sporocysts measure 12–14·5 μm in length. Some associated pairs occur in groups enclosed in a membrane and there is evidence that gametocytes may form under these conditions. A. aeikineta is placed in the subfamily Zygocystinae and separated from Zygocystis on its elongate shape. The site of infection of this gregarine, and others recently described, suggests that the morphological basis on which the family Monocystidae is divided into subfamilies and genera is inadequate and a sounder classification should take into account these sites of infection.The material on which this paper is based was collected while I was in receipt of a Wellcome Trust Travelling Grant, and I wish to thank the Trust for this support. It is also a pleasure to thank Mr R. W. Sims of the British Museum (Natural History) who identified the earthworms, Dr Keith Vickerman who helped me to collect them and Mr R. B. Freeman who advised me on the nomenclature.

scholarly journals A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 860 ◽  
pp. 67-182
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Anne Horvath
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Coral Species ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Gorgonian Coral ◽  
The Family ◽  
Research Collection ◽  
A New Species

Gorgonian coral specimens from the Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae held in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) were reviewed and evaluated for species identification. The specimens were collected from within, and adjacent areas of, the California Bight. The SBMNH collection has encompassed within it a large percentage of specimens collected by the Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) ‘Velero’ Expeditions of 1931–1941 and 1948–1985. This historic collection displays an emphasis on species belonging to the Holaxonia, particularly the gorgoniids and plexaurids; thus, this second part presents a thorough discussion of well-known genera from within the California Bight, with more extensive discussions of several genera that have historically, and currently, led to confusion (and thus, misidentification). A brief discussion of a California Bight grouping, referred to within as the “red whips,” is presented; this grouping encompasses several species with very similar colony appearance across a number of genera. Two species, the gorgoniid Leptogorgiachilensis (Verrill, 1868) and the plexaurid Chromoplexauramarki (Kükenthal, 1913) each required the designation of a neotype from within the collection. A new species in the genus Eugorgia Verrill, 1868, a whip or thread-like form belonging to the family Gorgoniidae, is described. One additional plexaurid genus (Placogorgia) is discussed, a genus not commonly reported for the California Bight region. This is the first comprehensive work, in three parts, focusing on all species of gorgonian coral known to inhabit the California Bight. This paper, Part II of the full work, continues the systematic review of all species represented in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection begun in Part I.

scholarly journals Memoirs: Glossobalanus marginatus, a new species of Enteropneusta from the North Sea

1922 ◽  
Vol s2-66 (264) ◽  
pp. 579-594
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER MEEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
North Sea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
East Coast ◽  
British Museum ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
A New Species

The specimen described was captured off the Northumber-land coast on August 22, 1921, and its discovery extends the range of the Enteropneusta to the North Sea and to the east coast of the British Isles. It also adds a new genus to the British list. It belongs to the family Ptychoderidae and to the genus Glossobalanus, but it presents features which indicate that it is a new species which has been called Glossobalanus marginatus. It has been suggested that it may be related to a larva which has also been found in the North Sea. It is a pleasure to express grateful thanks to Sir S. F. Harmer and Mr. Kirkpatrick of the British Museum of Natural History--to the former for valuable guidance in literature, and to the latter for an opportunity of examining the museum's collections of Enteropneusta.

Coniosternum masneri sp. nov., a new species of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
František Šifner
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new Nearctic species of the genus Coniosternum Becker, 1894, C. masneri sp. nov., is described from Canada, and its important diagnostic characters are illustrated.

A new species of Hersilia Audouin, 1826 (Araneae: Hersiliidae) from India, with notes on its natural history

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2613 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. MAQSOOD JAVED ◽  
STEFAN H. FOORD ◽  
FARIDA TAMPAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hersilia Audouin, H. orvakalensis sp. nov., is described from Andhra Pradesh, India. The taxonomic affinities of the species are discussed and a brief note on its natural history is provided.

A new species of the montane lacewing genus Rapisma McLachlan (Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from northwestern Yunnan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-443
Author(s):  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northwestern Yunnan

The genus Rapisma McLachlan, 1866 (montane lacewings) is a rare and little known group of the family Ithonidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). There have been 21 described species of Rapisma, and all of them are distributed from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. Here I report a new species of Rapisma from northwestern Yunnan, China, namely Rapisma weixiense sp. nov. The new species belongs to a group of Rapisma species with very short antennae. 

Description of a new species of Auriculostoma (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) from Characidium heirmostigmata (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Argentina, using morphological and molecular data

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Montes ◽  
J. Barneche ◽  
Y. Croci ◽  
D. Balcazar ◽  
A. Almirón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parasitological Survey ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species

Abstract During a parasitological survey of fishes at Iguazu National Park, Argentina, specimens belonging to the allocreadiid genus Auriculostoma were collected from the intestine of Characidium heirmostigmata. The erection of the new species is based on a unique combination of morphological traits as well as on phylogenetic analysis. Auriculostoma guacurarii n. sp. resembles four congeneric species – Auriculostoma diagonale, Auriculostoma platense, Auriculostoma tica and Auriculostoma totonacapanensis – in having smooth and oblique testes, but can be distinguished by a combination of several morphological features, hosts association and geographic distribution. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from both A. diagonale and A. platense by the egg size (bigger in the first and smaller in the last); from A. tica by a shorter body length, the genital pore position and the extension of the caeca; and from A. totonacapanensis by the size of the oral and ventral sucker and the post-testicular space. Additionally, one specimen of Auriculostoma cf. stenopteri from the characid Charax stenopterus (Characiformes) from La Plata River, Argentina, was sampled and the partial 28S rRNA gene was sequenced. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that A. guacurarii n. sp. clustered with A. tica and these two as sister taxa to A. cf. stenopteri. The new species described herein is the tenth species in the genus and the first one parasitizing a member of the family Crenuchidae.

A new species and further records of quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitic on birds (Aves) in England

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2133 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARRY NATTRESS ◽  
MACIEJ SKORACKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Length Ratio ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Tawny Owl ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
Transverse Branch ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Four additional species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre have now been recorded in England. This includes one new species, Bubophilus aluconis sp. nov., which parasitizes the tawny owl Strix aluco (Strigiformes: Strigidae). It differs from other species of this genus, B. ascalaphus Philips et Norton, 1978 and B. asiobius Skoracki et Bochkov, 2002 by the number of chambers in transverse branch of the peritremes (2-3), the length ratio of setae vi and ve (1:1.6-2), and the lengths of the stylophore and aggenital setae ag1 (180 and 135-145, respectively).

Cryptofavognathus, a new genus of the family Cryptognathidae Oudemans (Acari: Raphignathoidea), with the description of a new species from Turkey

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2533 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
SALİH DOĞAN ◽  
GÜLDEM DÖNEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new genus, Cryptofavognathus is proposed for two species, Cryptofavognathus afyonensis (Koç & Akyol, 2004) comb. nov. and C. anatolicus sp. nov. The adult female and male of C. anatolicus sp. nov. collected from moss and a bird’s nest are herein described and figured.

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