Systematic revision of the genus Reinboldiella (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Taiwan based on comparative morphology and rbcL sequence analyses, including two new species of Reinboldiella

Epizoic macroalgae collected from the skin of West Indian manatees included specimens of the red algal family Delesseriaceae. Morphological and rbcL sequence analyses indicated that these specimens represented two novel species of Caloglossa. One species, described here as Caloglossa kamiyana Freshwater, Cath.E. Miller & Frankovich sp. nov., had been previously studied and recognized as part of the C. ogasawaraensis species complex. The rbcL sequence divergence between C. kamiyana and other taxa within the complex ranged from 4.6–5.3%, and tetrasporangial mother cells are cut off from the lateral pericentral cells by oblique divisions instead of transverse divisions as in C. ogasawaraensis. The second species was resolved as a closely related sister species to C. fluviatilis, with a minimum interspecific sequence divergence of 2.0%. It was morphologically indistinguishable from C. fluviatilis except for one potential character—mostly one, instead of multiple rhizoids, developing from rhizoid-bearing pericentral and marginal wing cells. It is herein described as Caloglossa manaticola Freshwater, Cath.E. Miller & Frankovich sp. nov.

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Morphological and phylogenetic resolution of Arthrinium from medicinal plants in Yunnan, including A. cordylines and A. pseudomarii spp. nov.

Mycotaxon ◽

10.5248/136.183 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 136 (1) ◽

pp. 183-199

Author(s):

Tong-Zheng Chen ◽

Yan Zhang ◽

Xiao-Bing Ming ◽

Qian Zhang ◽

Hui Long ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Sequence Analyses ◽

Two New Species ◽

Plant Hosts ◽

Phylogenetic Resolution

Twenty-one strains of Arthrinium were cultured from leaf samples of ten medicinal plant hosts in Yunnan Province, China. Morphological and multi-locus ITS+TUB+TEF1 sequence analyses revealed that the strains represented two previously described species (A. paraphaeospermum and A. rasikravindrae) and two new species: Arthrinium cordylines, which produces subglobose conidia that are shorter and wider than A. aureum but larger than A. hydei, and Arthrinium pseudomarii, which produces subglobose to ellipsoid conidia narrower than A. hispanicum, A. marii, and A. mediterranei.

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Anthracotheres from Wadi Moghra, Early Miocene, Egypt

Journal of Paleontology ◽

10.1017/s0022336000057607 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 88 (5) ◽

pp. 967-981 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ellen R. Miller ◽

Gregg F. Gunnell ◽

Mohamed Abdel Gawad ◽

Mohamed Hamdan ◽

Ahmed N. El-Barkooky ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Early Miocene ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Systematic Revision ◽

Recent Immigrants ◽

Two New Species

The early Miocene site of Wadi Moghra, Qattara Depression, Egypt, is important for interpreting anthracothere (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) evolution, because the Moghra sediments preserve a higher diversity of anthracotheres than any other pene-contemporaneous site. New specimens from Moghra are described and form the basis for the systematic revision of Moghra anthracotheres provided here. Among the important discoveries recently made at Moghra is the first complete skull of Sivameryx moneyi. Other new specimens described here include two new species of Afromeryx, and a new genus and species, all of which are unique to Moghra. A review of biogeographic information supports the conclusion that three of the Moghra anthracotheres (Brachyodus depereti, B. mogharensis, and Jaggermeryx naida, n. gen. n. sp.) are members of late surviving lineages with a long history in Africa, while three other species (Afromeryx grex, n. sp., A. palustris, n. sp., and Sivameryx moneyi) represent more recent immigrants from Eurasia.

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A systematic revision of the genus Gnophopsodos Wehrli, 1945, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4169.3.2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4169 (3) ◽

pp. 435 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SVEN ERLACHER ◽

JOSEPHA ERLACHER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Systematic Revision ◽

Two New Species

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Phylogeny and systematic revision of the karyorelictid genus Remanella (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea) with descriptions of two new species

European Journal of Protistology ◽

10.1016/j.ejop.2012.12.001 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 438-452 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Yuan Xu ◽

Shan Gao ◽

Xiaozhong Hu ◽

Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid ◽

Weibo Song

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Systematic Revision ◽

Two New Species

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The Genus Chlorosplenium (Helotiales, Leotiomycetes) from China with Notes on C. chlora Complex

Life ◽

10.3390/life11111167 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (11) ◽

pp. 1167

Author(s):

Huan-Di Zheng ◽

Wen-Ying Zhuang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Species Complex ◽

Sequence Analyses ◽

Greenish Yellow ◽

Two New Species ◽

Woody Substrates

The small fruitbodies of Chlorosplenium are greenish yellow and mainly grow on woody substrates. The species diversity of the genus in China was investigated based on specimens formerly deposited in the Herbarium Mycologicum Academiae Sinicae as well as new collections gained in recent years. Our phylogenetic results revealed the species diversity of the genus is underestimated and the commonly known Chlorosplenium chlora is a species complex. Based on morphology studies and sequence analyses of three regions (ITS, LSU and RPB1), the Chinese collections represent two new species which are described and illustrated here as C. sinicum and C. sinochlora. Chlorosplenium fusisporum is quite possibly a species of the genus Chlorociboria, and C. hyperici-maculati should be excluded from the genus.

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Systematic Revision of the Genus Cnesterodon (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) with the Description of Two New Species from Brazil

Copeia ◽

10.2307/1447230 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 1993 (3) ◽

pp. 696 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Ricardo S. Rosa ◽

Wilson J. E. M. Costa

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Systematic Revision ◽

Two New Species

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A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4482 (3) ◽

pp. 401 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

SAUNAK PAL ◽

S.P. VIJAYAKUMAR ◽

KARTIK SHANKER ◽

ADITI JAYARAJAN ◽

V. DEEPAK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South Asia ◽

Western Ghats ◽

New Genus ◽

Evolutionary Significance ◽

Peninsular India ◽

Sister Relationship ◽

Systematic Revision ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Western Ghats

Lizards of the genus Calotes are geographically restricted to South Asia, Indo-China and parts of Southeast Asia. The greatest diversity of the genus is from the biodiversity hotspots in South Asia: Western Ghats (Peninsular India), Sri Lanka and Indo-Burma. Here, we present a systematic revision of members of the genus Calotes from Peninsular India using a combination of molecular phylogeny, geographical distribution and morphological characters. We show that Calotes from the Western Ghats is paraphyletic and consists of three major clades, one of which is widely distributed in South and Southeast (SE) Asia, while the others are restricted to Peninsular India. The Peninsular Indian clade is composed of two sister clades: Psammophilus, with a wider distribution and a second clade, composed of two extant species, Calotes rouxii and Calotes ellioti and two new species, all restricted to the Western Ghats region. Based on morphological differences, we retain the generic status of Psammophilus and assign its sister clade to a new genus Monilesaurus gen. nov. and transfer the following species, C. rouxii and C. ellioti, to this new genus. We also provide diagnoses and descriptions for two new species recognized within Monilesaurus gen. nov. In addition, Calotes aurantolabium from the Western Ghats was observed to be deeply divergent and to share a sister-relationship with the clade composed of Calotes, Monilesaurus gen. nov., and Psammophilus. Based on its phylogenetic position and morphological attributes, we assign this species to a new genus Microauris gen. nov. These new discoveries highlight the evolutionary significance of the Western Ghats in housing novel lizard diversity.

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Systematic revision of the Atractidae sensu Chabaud (1978) (Nematoda; Cosmocercoidea): Maracaya belemensis n.sp. and Aplectana albae n.sp. from Amphisbaena alba in Brazil

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z88-268 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 66 (8) ◽

pp. 1857-1864 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Martin L. Adamson ◽

Doahne Baccam

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Excretory Pore ◽

Type Species ◽

Posterior Extremity ◽

In Utero ◽

Systematic Revision ◽

Posterior Intestine ◽

Two New Species

Two new species of Cosmocercoidea are described from the posterior intestine of Amphisbaena alba from Brazil, namely Maracaya belemensis and Aplectana albae. Maracaya belemensis n.sp. differs from the type species, Maracaya graciai, in that the spicule is more arcuate and the posterior extremity of the gubernaculum tapers more gradually. In addition, a small prevulvar swelling is present in the type species but absent in M. belemensis. Maracaya pusilla (Miranda, 1924) n.comb. differs from the new species in possessing bifid spicules and in having many more eggs in utero. Aplectana albae n.sp. most resembles Aplectana unguiculata (Rudolphi, 1819) by its short, simple spicules. It differs in that the first two pairs of postanal papillae are very close together rather than being well separated as in A. unguiculata. The disposition of caudal papillae in both new species resembles that seen in many other Cosmocercidae and genera classified in the Atractidae. On the basis of this resemblance and similarities in the form of the excretory pore, Maracaya, Shrankiana, Schrankianella, Labeonema, Ibrahimia, and Paradollfusnema are transferred from the Atractidae to the Cosmocercidae.

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