&lt;i&gt;Axelheibergella&lt;/i&gt; (Ostracoda, Crustacea), a new genus of marginally septate cladocopid ostracods from the central Arctic Ocean

Abstract. The genus Axelheibergella is established for cladocopid ostracods with well-developed, radially aligned septa between the outer lamella and the relatively wide, free-margin infold parts of the shell. Two deep-water species of the genus are described from the Holocene of the Alpha Ridge rise and Axel Heiberg slope, central Arctic Ocean (CAO). Two other species are present in the warmer, shallower waters of the Mediterranean region. Presumably the septa are designed to strengthen the free margin of the shell. The relationship of the camerae (interseptal chambers) to marginal pore canals in extant ostracods, including the Punciacopina, and to the marginal shell glands of cladocopids and halocypridid myodocopids is discussed. Cladocopid and podocopid (podocopine) shell ultrastructure is discussed, and new terms are defined. The septate frill and its function in the enigmatic Punciacopina are discussed in the light of recent discoveries of the radically different lifestyle of Manawa, and presumably of Puncia and Promanawa, from other non-punciacean ostracods. It is suggested that the frill of the Punciacopina is homologous to the ala of some cytheracean (cytherurid) podocopid ostracods. Two unnamed species of Puncia from the New Zealand Pleistocene are illustrated, and complement the discussion of septa and camerae in Axelheibergella.

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Molecular support for the recognition of the Mycoblastus fucatus group as the new genus Violella (Tephromelataceae, Lecanorales)

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282911000478 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 445-466 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Toby SPRIBILLE ◽

Bernard GOFFINET ◽

Barbara KLUG ◽

Lucia MUGGIA ◽

Walter OBERMAYER ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Elongation Factor ◽

New Combination ◽

Translation Elongation ◽

Secondary Chemistry ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe crustose lichen genus Mycoblastus in the Northern Hemisphere includes eight recognized species sharing large, simple ascospores produced 1–2 per ascus in strongly pigmented biatorine apothecia. The monophyly of Mycoblastus and the relationship of its various species to Tephromelataceae have never been studied in detail. Data from ITS rDNA and the genes coding for translation elongation factor 1-α and DNA replication licensing factor mini-chromosome maintenance complex 7 support the distinctness of Mycoblastus s. str. from the core of the Tephromelataceae, but recover M. fucatus and an undescribed Asian species as strongly supported within the latter group. We propose accommodating these two species in a new genus, Violella, which is characterized by its brownish inner ascospore walls, Fucatus-violet hymenial pigment granules and secondary chemistry, and discuss the position of Violella relative to Calvitimela and Tephromela. We describe the new species Violella wangii T. Sprib. & Goffinet to accommodate a new species with roccellic acid from Bhutan, China, India and the Russian Far East. We also exclude Mycoblastus indicus Awasthi & Agarwal from the genus Mycoblastus and propose for it the new combination Malmidea indica (Awasthi & Agarwal) Hafellner & T. Sprib.

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Notes on the genus Cactodera Krall & Krall, 1978 and proposal of Betulodera betulae gen. nov., comb. nov. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae)

Nematology ◽

10.1163/156854102760402649 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 4 (7) ◽

pp. 875-882 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dieter Sturhan

Keyword(s):

Adaptive Radiation ◽

New Genus ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Lateral Field ◽

Second Stage ◽

Species Inquirenda ◽

Definition Of ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

AbstractBased mainly on an analysis of the host ranges of the species presently placed in Cactodera, sensu lato, and of selected morphological characteristics, an attempt is made to improve the definition of the genus which, after exclusion of C. betulae and C. johanseni, is considered to be monophyletic. The host range of Cactodera, sensu stricto, appears to be restricted to the subclass Caryophyllidae with the ten known species showing an adaptive radiation on host genera in five families of the orders Caryophyllales and Polygonales. This may be a result of co-evolution. Cactodera betulae cannot be assigned to any of the presently recognised genera of cyst-forming nematodes and therefore Betulodera gen. nov. is proposed with B. betulae comb. nov. as the type and only species. The relationship of Betulodera gen. nov. to other genera of Heteroderidae and to some undescribed heteroderid species has still to be evaluated. The new genus is characterised by circumfenestrate cysts with only a slightly protruding vulval cone, three incisures in the lateral field of the second-stage juveniles and presence of phasmids in the males. The hosts are in unrelated plant orders and subclasses. Cactodera aquatica, a species inquirenda, is returned to the genus Heterodera and Heterodera johanseni (Sharma et al. , 2001) comb. nov. is proposed for C. johanseni.

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A new genus of the subfamily Cillaeinae (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from the Philippines and New Guinea with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the subfamily

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.3 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4205 (3) ◽

pp. 226 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ALEXANDER G. KIREJTSHUK ◽

ALEXEY V. KOVALEV

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Guinea ◽

The Philippines ◽

Mosaic Spread ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Detailed Diagnosis

Allenipeplus gen. nov. represented by A. philippinensis sp. nov., type species (Philippines, Luzon), A. alius sp. nov. (Philippines, Mindoro), A. harmonicus sp. nov. (Philippines, Mindanao) and A. vitellinus sp. nov. (Indonesian New Guinea), is described. This new genus combines characters with a mosaic spread among other cillaeine genera. We present a wide comparison of genera among the subfamily Cillaeinae, making it possible to elaborate a detailed diagnosis of the new genus and trace some order in character patterns and propose a hypothesis on the relationship of this genus to other groups known from the Indo-Malayan and Australian Regions. A detailed diagnosis of the new genus and key to the new species are given. The Adocimus-complex of the related genera including Allenipeplus gen. nov., Adocimus Murray, 1864, Ithyphenes Murray, 1864, Platynema Ritsema, 1885 and probably Brittonema Kirejtshuk, 2011 is defined. Some notes on the taxonomy of the genera Liparopeplus Murray, 1864 and Xanthopeplus Fairmaire, 1880, stat. nov. are given. Additionally, designation of a lectotype for Liparopeplus colastoides Murray, 1864 is made.

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Calixomeria, a new genus of Sceliotrachelinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) from Australia

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.830.32463 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 830 ◽

pp. 63-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zachary Lahey ◽

Lubomír Masner ◽

Norman F. Johnson

Keyword(s):

New Genus ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Calixomerialasalleigen. n. et sp. n. is described as a new genus and species of Sceliotrachelinae. Calixomeria most closely resembles genera of the Aphanomerus-cluster but possesses several characters that readily separate it from other sceliotracheline genera. The key of Masner and Huggert (1989) is modified to accommodate Calixomeria, and the relationship of the genus to other members of the subfamily is discussed.

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Revision of the costata-group of Alona s. lato (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae) confirms its generic status

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2016.223 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Artem Y. Sinev ◽

Henri J. Dumont

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Genus ◽

Habitat Type ◽

Major Clade ◽

Trunk Limbs ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Basal Spine ◽

Head Pores ◽

Lateral Head

By taking Flavalona gen. nov. out of Alona s.l. (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae), the last major clade has now been removed from this polyphyletic assemblage. Flavalona gen. nov. is a monophylum defined by having three, rarely two connected head pores and slit-shaped, rarely rounded lateral head pores. Postabdomen rather long, distally narrowed, with robust marginal denticles and weakly developed lateral fascicles of setules. End-claw weakly curved and with short basal spine. Male postabdomen with gonopores opening at the end of a penis-like outgrowth. Trunk limbs: exopodite of P2 with seta; inner portion of P4 with flaming-torch shaped setae; P5 with filter plate of three setae; P6 a large simple lobe. The relationship of the new genus with other Aloninae remains to be determined. A key to the 11 species of the genus is provided and a discussion of their geographic distribution and habitat type is given.

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Inti (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) a peculiar new genus from tropical America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2729.1.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2729 (1) ◽

pp. 58

Author(s):

CHRISTER HANSSON

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

New Genus ◽

Sister Group ◽

Sister Group Relationship ◽

Tropical America ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

One New Species

Inti gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae), is described from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, and includes one new species, I. levis sp. nov. The new genus is characterized by four autapomorphies, and the possession of an additional 14 synapomorphies. Inti is compared to the Australian genus Horismenoides Girault with which it shares the most apomorphies, indicating a possible sister-group relationship. The relationship of Inti to the tribe Euderomphalini and to other groups in the subfamily is discussed briefly.

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Diatom flux reflects water-mass conditions on the southern Northwind Abyssal Plain, Arctic Ocean

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-12-1373-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 1373-1385 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

J. Onodera ◽

E. Watanabe ◽

N. Harada ◽

M. C. Honda

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Sea Ice ◽

Arctic Ocean ◽

Chukchi Sea ◽

Sediment Traps ◽

Central Canada ◽

Oligotrophic Water ◽

Western Arctic ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Abstract. We studied time-series fluxes of diatom particles from 4 October 2010 to 18 September 2012 using bottom-tethered moorings with two sediment traps deployed at 180 and 1300 m depths at Station NAP (75° N, 162° W; 1975 m water depth) in the western Arctic Ocean. This paper discusses on the relationship of time-series diatom fluxes to satellite-based sea-ice motion and simulated hydrographic variations. We observed clear maxima of the diatom valve flux in November–December of both 2010 and 2011, and in August 2011. Diatoms in samples were categorized into 98 taxa. The diatom flux maxima were characterized by many resting spores in November–December and by the sea-ice-associated diatom Fossula arctica in August 2011. These assemblages along with abundant clay minerals in the samples suggest a significant influence of shelf-origin materials transported by mesoscale eddies, which developed along the Chukchi Sea shelf break. In contrast, the fluxes of total mass and diatoms were reduced in summer 2012. We hypothesize that this suppression reflects the influx of oligotrophic water originating from the central Canada Basin. A physical oceanographic model demonstrated that oligotrophic surface water from the Beaufort Gyre was supplied to Station NAP from December 2011 to the early half of 2012.

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Teuvoa, a new lichen genus inMegasporaceae(Ascomycota:Pertusariales), includingTeuvoa junipericolasp. nov.

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282913000108 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 347-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mohammad SOHRABI ◽

Steven D. LEAVITT ◽

Víctor J. RICO ◽

Mehmet G. HALICI ◽

Gajendra SHRESTHA ◽

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Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Central Asia ◽

New Genus ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Sister Relationship ◽

New Synonyms ◽

Nuclear Its ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

AbstractThe relationship ofAspicilia uxoriswithinMegasporaceaeis assessed within a phylogenetic context. ‘Aspicilia’uxorisand other related species are recovered as sister to the genusLobothallias. str. and described here as a new genus.Teuvoa(Ascomycota,Megasporaceae) is erected based on nuclear ITS and LSU sequence data and morphological characters. In addition toTeuvoa uxoris, a second species,T. junipericola,is added to the new genus based on material collected from North America.Teuvoa junipericola, T. uxorisandT. tibeticaform a group with 8-spored asci, absence of extrolites, rather short-sized conidia and ascospores, lack of a subhypothecial algal layer, and different substratum preferences (on organic substratum) with a sister relationship to genusLobothallias. lat. (AspiciliasubgenusPachyothalliaClauzade & C. Roux). Based on spore measurements of the holotypes,Lecanora ferganensisTomin from central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan),Lecanora atrodiscataGintovt, from Tajikistan andLecanora takyroidesDzhur. from Turkmenistan are new synonyms toT. uxoris. A lectotype forLecanora ferganensisis designated, expanding the known distribution ofT. uxorisfrom Algeria, Morocco and Spain, into Central Asia.

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