Cryptic diversity in non-geniculate coralline algae: a new genus Roseolithon (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) and seven new species from the Western Atlantic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Luana Miranda Coutinho ◽  
Fernanda Penelas Gomes ◽  
Marina Nasri Sissini ◽  
Talita Vieira-Pinto ◽  
Maria Carolina Muller de Oliveira Henriques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Coralline Algae ◽  
Cryptic Diversity ◽  
Western Atlantic

A review of the sponge‑dwelling snapping shrimp from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, with description of Zuzalpheus, new genus, and six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1602 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUBÉN RÍOS ◽  
J. EMMETT DUFFY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Snapping Shrimp ◽  
New Material ◽  
Host Associations

We review the taxonomy of sponge-dwelling shrimp in the “Gambarelloides species group” within the genus Synalpheus Bate 1888, an informal but widely recognized group that is largely endemic to the western Atlantic and contains the majority of Synalpheus species in that region. The validity of most species described from the western Atlantic is reevaluated based on extensive new material from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, and on examination of types of most described species. Twenty-eight species, including all those historically considered as part of the Gambarelloides group, are herein removed from Synalpheus and transferred to Zuzalpheus, n. gen., which is diagnosed by two synapomorphies: the dense brush of curved setae on the minor first pereopod, and the mesial lamellae on the coxae of the 3 rd pereopods. Six new species are described (Zuzalpheus dardeaui, Z. elizabethae, Z. idios, Z. kensleyi, Z. ul, Z. yano) and Z. osburni (Schmitt 1933) n. comb. is removed from synonymy with Synalpheus goodei. An identification key to all 34 species of West Atlantic Zuzalpheus is presented, as are known host associations, and color plates of most species.

Coastal Fishes of São Tomé and Príncipe islands, Gulf of Guinea (Eastern Atlantic Ocean)—an update

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1523 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER WIRTZ ◽  
CARLOS EDUARDO L. FERREIRA ◽  
SERGIO R. FLOETER ◽  
RONALD FRICKE ◽  
JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Gulf Of Guinea ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Gobiid Fish ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe ◽  
Eastern Atlantic Ocean

Here we report 59 new records of shore fishes for São Tomé and Príncipe islands (Gulf of Guinea), Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Ten of these are new species still to be described, including a new genus of a gobiid fish that lives in association with an axiid shrimp. A large proportion of the shore fishes of São Tomé and Principe occur on both sides of the Atlantic and many have their sister-species in the western Atlantic. To a lesser degree, there are also affinities to the western Indian Ocean.

New species and records of alpheid shrimps, genera Salmoneus Holthuis and Parabetaeus Coutière, from the tropical western Atlantic (Decapoda, Caridea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1653 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Coralline Algae ◽  
Coral Rubble ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Netherlands Antilles ◽  
Ascension Island ◽  
Central Atlantic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

Six species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955, including two new species, are reported from the tropical western Atlantic. Salmoneus ortmanni (Rankin, 1898) is reported for the first time from Atol das Rocas, Brazil and Aruba, Netherlands Antilles. Salmoneus carvachoi n. sp. is described on the basis of specimens previously misidentified as S. ortmanni from Guadeloupe, French Antilles, and is also known to occur in Brazil. The main difference between S. carvachoi n. sp. and S. ortmanni is the much more slender dactylus of the third to fifth pereiopods in the first species. The two species also appear to be ecologically separated: S. carvachoi n. sp. prefers silt-mud bottoms of estuaries and mangroves, while S. ortmanni occurs mostly in the rocky-coralline algae intertidal and on seagrass beds with reef patches, under rocks and coral rubble. Salmoneus rocas n. sp. is described on the basis of a single specimen collected at Atol das Rocas; this species belongs to the mostly Indo-Pacific S. serratidigitus (Coutière, 1896) species complex. Salmoneus teres Manning & Chace, 1990 and S. setosus Manning & Chace, 1990 previously known only from the isolated Ascension Island in the central Atlantic, are reported for the first time from the tropical western Atlantic: Guadeloupe and northeastern Brazil, respectively. Finally, Parabetaeus hummelincki (Schmitt, 1936) is recorded for the first time in Brazil.

scholarly journals A new genus and species of Western Atlantic sea lily in the family Septocrinidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Bourgueticrinida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2449 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDR N. MIRONOV ◽  
DAVID L. PAWSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sea Lily

Rouxicrinus vestitus new genus, new species, collected during submersible dives at depths of 421–887 m near Barbados, Colombia and the Bahamas is described, and notes on ecology are included. It is referred to the family Septocrinidae Mironov, 2000, which now comprises three genera, Zeuctocrinus A.M. Clark, 1973, Septocrinus Mironov, 2000, and Rouxicrinus new genus. This new genus differs significantly from both Septocrinus and Zeuctocrinus in having numerous low columnals in the proxistele, which tapers toward the crown, first pinnule arising more proximally, thorns on brachials and pinnulars, and a thick covering of soft tissue on arms and pinnules.

scholarly journals Three new species and a new genus of majoid crabs from the eastern Pacific (Decapoda, Brachyura)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 825 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Colavite ◽  
Amanda Windsor ◽  
William Santana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
General Appearance

Three new species and a new genus of majoid crabs from deep waters in the eastern Pacific are described and illustrated using morphological and molecular data. A new species of inachoidid, Collodesanartiussp. n. is described from Peru, which resembles C.tenuirostris Rathbun, 1893, in the general appearance of the carapace, but is distinguished by the details of tubercles on the carapace and thoracic sternum, proportions of the pereopod articles, and bathymetric distribution. A new epialtid, Nibiliamachalasp. n., is described from Ecuador; Nibilia A Milne-Edwards, 1878 has, until now, been considered to be monotypic, occurring only in the western Atlantic. This new species, from the eastern Pacific, closely resembles N.antilocapra (Stimpson, 1871) in the general morphology, but can be distinguished by the number of spines on the carapace and pereopods. Another epialtid, Solincaaulixgen. n. et sp. n, is establish for material collected from Ecuador and Peru, and can be easily identified from other taxa by the presence of a deep furrow between the very inflated branchial regions.

Description of a new genus and two new species of alpheid shrimps from Guam (Crustacea, Decapoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2372 (1) ◽  
pp. 389-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Tropical Western Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
General Appearance

Bruceopsis n. gen. is established for two species, Bruceopsis projectus n. gen., n. sp., and Bruceopsis guamensis n. gen., n. sp., both from Guam, Mariana Islands, in the tropical western Pacific. The new genus is characterised by having the eyes at least partly covered dorsally and laterally by orbital hoods, the latter with sharp or blunt teeth; the chelipeds equal or unequal in size, symmetrical or asymmetrical in shape, carried extended, moderately or feebly enlarged, with carpus and merus bearing rows of setae mesially, and with simple chelae, lacking a snapping mechanism on the fingers; the third to fifth pereiopods with dorsally notched dactyli; the first to fourth pereiopods with small dorsolateral coxal lobes; the second pleomere conspicuously enlarged in females; and the posteroventral angle of the sixth pleonite with a welldeveloped, sometimes projecting articulated plate. Bruceopsis n. gen. resembles Alpheopsis Coutière, 1896 in general appearance, but may be more closely related to the western Atlantic genera Coutieralpheus Anker & Felder, 2005 and Harperalpheus Felder & Anker, 2007.

scholarly journals Eulimacrostoma gen. nov., a new genus of Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) with description of a new species and reevaluation of other western Atlantic species

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-415
Author(s):  
Leonardo Santos de Souza ◽  
Alexandre Dias Pimenta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Shell Morphology ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
Parasite Relationship ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
A New Species

A new genus and a new species of Eulimidae are described based on the shell morphology and on the host-parasite relationship of the type species. Eulimacrostomamicrosculpturata Souza & Pimenta gen. nov. and sp. nov. parasitizes a starfish of the genus Luidia and has an elongated, conical, straight, or slightly curved shell, a protoconch with a brownish spiral band and convex whorls, a peculiar large and broad aperture with a strongly protruding outer lip, and microsculpture of axial lines on the teleoconch. Four other species are included in the genus, all from the western Atlantic: Eulimacrostomachascanon (Watson, 1883), comb. nov., Eulimacrostomafusus (Dall, 1889), comb. nov., Eulimacrostomalutescens (Simone, 2002), comb. nov., and Eulimacrostomapatula (Dall & Simpson, 1901), comb. nov. Newly available material of Eulimacrostomapatula expands the known geographic distribution of this species in the Caribbean to the north coast of Brazil. Eulimacrostomachascanon and Eulimacrostomafusus and Eulimacrostomalutescens are known only by the type series which was re-examined. A redescription is provided for Eulimacrostomachascanon and Eulimacrostomafusus. Species within Eulimacrostoma differ mainly by teleoconch sculpture, the presence or absence of an umbilical fissure, and shell dimensions. Lectotypes are designated for Eulimacrostomachascanon, Eulimacrostomafusus, and Eulimacrostomapatula.

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