scholarly journals A new species of Protodorvillea (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
C. Munari ◽  
B. Ebbe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals A new species of Pista Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta, Terebellidae) from the north-western Mediterranean Sea

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 838 ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Céline Labrune ◽  
Nicolas Lavesque ◽  
Paulo Bonifácio ◽  
Pat Hutchings
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Single Pair ◽  
The North ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Terebellidae, Pistacolinisp. n., has been identified from the harbour of Banyuls-sur-Mer, north-western Mediterranean Sea. This new species was found in very high densities, exclusively in gravelly sand deposited manually, and was not found in the original source habitat of the gravel. This species is characterized by the colour of the ventral shields with pinkish anterior part and a blood red posterior part in live specimens, a pair of unequal-sized plumose branchiae inserted on segment II and anterior thoracic neuropodia with long-handled uncini. The presence of long-handled uncini even in the smallest specimens constitutes the major difference between Pistacolinisp. n. and other Pista species with a single pair of branchiae such as P.lornensis and P.bansei.

scholarly journals First record of the genus Paranebalia Claus, 1880 (Crustacea: Leptostraca) from the Mediterranean Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
J. MOREIRA ◽  
J. JUNOY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
A New Species

Benthic monitoring of the marine shallow bottoms off Menorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean) has yielded several specimens of the leptostracan genus Paranebalia Claus, 1880. This finding constitutes the first report of the genus from European latitudes and the Mediterranean Sea and therefore the third leptostracan genus known from the Mediterranean. Specimens are described, illustrated and compared to other known species; they might represent a new species but their state of maturity and the lack of an appropriate diagnosis for the type species of the genus, Paranebalia longipes (Willemöes-Suhm, 1875), did not allow to confirm its taxonomic status.

Novel insights on the diversity and ecology of the Family Lumbrineridae (Polychaeta) along the Iberian Peninsula coasts

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (7) ◽  
pp. 1427-1435 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.C. García Gómez ◽  
Luis F. Carrera-Parra ◽  
Ferran Alsina Mas ◽  
Rosa Freitas ◽  
Roberto Martins
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Continental Shelves ◽  
The Family ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
New Occurrences

Lumbrinerids are amongst the most abundant and diverse polychaete families in worldwide continental shelves, and have received attention recently through the description of several new species and new occurrences. Herein, a total of four lumbrinerid species are firstly reported in the eastern and southern Spanish continental shelf, extending their biogeographic distribution to the western Mediterranean Sea and increasing up to 25 the number of species known in the Iberian Peninsula coasts. New insights on taxonomy, ecological and biogeographic preferences and an updated taxonomic key for Iberian coasts and surrounding areas are also provided.

scholarly journals A new interstitial species of Gammarella (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from the western Mediterranean Sea

1995 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-200
Author(s):  
Amparo Martí ◽  
Santiago Villora-Moren
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Intermediate Species ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
The World ◽  
Soft Bottoms ◽  
Taxonomic Methods ◽  
World Distribution ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gammarella Bate, 1857 is described from shallow water, inhabiting the interstitial system in soft bottoms of the Chafarinas Archipelago (western Mediterranean,N. Africa). The relationships of Gammarella with the genera Nuuanu and Cottesloe are briefly discussed. Numerical taxonomic methods are utilized to differentiate between the morphologically related species and the intermediate species. In a table the principal differentiating characters of Gammarella species are presented. Gammarella garciai n. sp. is characterized by its intermediate position between Gammarella, Nuuanu and Cottesloe, showing an intergradation of characters. Gammarella garciai n. sp. and G. merringannee show ecologically intermediate characters between the larger species, probably nestling, with preference for lightless environments, and the smaller species. The group of smaller species, with eyes poorly developedor absent, show interstitial preferences. A map of the world distribution and a key to the 11 known Gammarella species are presented.

Onuphis and Aponuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from southwestern Europe, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3949 (3) ◽  
pp. 345 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉS ARIAS ◽  
HANNELORE PAXTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Bay Of Biscay ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
Western Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
A New Species

This study recognises five species of Onuphis and four species of Aponuphis from southwestern Europe, represented in the Bay of Biscay, the Atlantic coasts of Iberia and the western Mediterranean Sea. One species, Onuphis anadonae sp. nov., is newly described and another species, Aponuphis willsiei Cantone & Bellan, 1996 is a new record for the Iberian Peninsula waters. Aponuphis ornata (Fauvel, 1928) and A. willsiei are shown to be tube brooders and the development of the juveniles is described. The usefulness of some Onuphis characters, as well as the size-dependent distribution of branchiae and chaetae, complicating Aponuphis species identification, are discussed. We are presenting descriptions and photographs of the distinctive Aponuphis colour pattern which we recommend as an identificatory tool instead. A dichotomous key to all species is included. 

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