scholarly journals Some Eocene Cerithioids (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from Kutch, Western India, and Their Bearing on Palaeobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalyan Halder ◽  
Piyali Sinha
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Western India ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Wide Geographical Distribution ◽  
Cenozoic Era ◽  
Different Parts

The cerithioids are a diverse group of gastropods found globally as fossil and living animals during the Cenozoic Era. Their systematics is riddled with problems stemming from large morphological variability, homoplasy, and wide geographical distribution. Six cerithioid species are described here from the lower Middle Eocene of Kutch, Gujarat, western India. All but two are new species. They are Palmerella kutchensis, Tenagodus? sowerbyi, Potamides archiaci, and Cerithium harudiensis. The rest are new records from Kutch and were known only from Pakistan. A palaeobiogeographical review based on major published records of benthic molluscs from Pakistan reveals strong endemism. The cerithioid faunas from different parts of Pakistan and this report from Kutch also show strong endemism and often quite localized development. It is argued here that unhindered faunal mixing was not possible in this province since these newly evolved basins were restricted in nature in their Lower Cenozoic history.

scholarly journals New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Hosie ◽  
Jane Fromont ◽  
Kylie Munyard ◽  
Diana S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Undescribed Species

The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Acastinae, including three undescribed species (Acasta caveata sp. nov., Euacasta acutaflava sp. nov., and E. excoriatrix sp. nov.) and three species previously not recorded in Australian waters (A. sandwichi, Pectinoacasta cancellorum, and P. sculpturata). The new species are distinguished from similar species by a suite of morphological characters as well as genetic distances. A lectotype for Pectinoacasta cancellorum is designated. Sponge hosts were identified for all specimens where possible and are represented by 19 species from eight families and five orders.

Three new species of Hylotribus Jekel, 1860 from Brazil, with new records and discussion of species relationships and wing variation within the genus (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4711 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-156
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ SILVA ROZA ◽  
JOSÉ RICARDO MIRAS MERMUDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Malaise Trap ◽  
Species Relationships ◽  
Three New Species

Recent efforts with Malaise trap sampling in Serra dos Órgãos and Itatiaia, in Brazil, allowed us to identify and describe three new species from the first locality: Hylotribus humeralis sp. nov., H. nanico sp. nov. and H. queirozi sp. nov. New records of H. plaumanni Queiroz & Mermudes, 2014 for both localities and H. sublimis Queiroz & Mermudes, 2014 for the latter are also presented. We also describe morphological variability including aptery and microptery, and male genitalia, for H. plaumanni. We produce a new key to the species and discuss the species relationships and wing variation for the genus. 

Nine new lichen species and 64 new records from Sri Lanka

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
GOTHAMIE WEERAKOON ◽  
ANDRÉ APTROOT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Records ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Lichen Diversity ◽  
Forest Sites ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
First Time

The lichen diversity of ten forest sites representing different geographical regions in Sri Lanka was investigated. In total, c. 1500 specimens of c. 400 species were recorded of the evaluated groups (all except the Graphidaceae and a few foliose groups). The following new species are described: Astrothelium conjugatum, Heterodermia fragmentata, Lecanactis minutissima, Megalotremis cylindrica, Porina microtriseptata, Porina monilisidiata, Psoroglaena spinosa, Pyrenula multicolorata, and Schistophoron muriforme. A further 64 species are reported for the first time from Sri Lanka, including 30 new records for the Indian subcontinent and eight new to Asia.

New subfamily Indovolutinae and other volutids (Volutidae, Gastropoda) from the Eocene of Kutch, western India and their paleobiogeographic implications

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 899-915
Author(s):  
Kalyan Halder ◽  
Shrestha Das
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Western India ◽  
Southern Margin ◽  
Tethys Ocean ◽  
Temporal Restriction ◽  
First Time

AbstractSeven species belonging to the gastropod family Volutidae are reported for the first time from Kutch, Gujarat, India. They are Prestrombus aff. Prestrombus rockei Cox, 1931, Indovoluta humberti (d'Archiac and Haime, 1854), Indovoluta multidentata (d'Archiac and Haime, 1854), Involuta daviesi Cox, 1931, Involuta coxi new species, Athleta (Volutocorbis) harnaiensis Cox, 1931, and Lyria cf. Lyria punjabensis Eames, 1952. Indovolutinae new subfamily, constituted of the Paleogene genera Prestrombus Douvillé, 1929, Indovoluta Eames, 1956, Involuta Cox, 1931, and Lyrischapa Aldrich, 1911, and the Cretaceous genus Gosavia Stoliczka, 1865, is proposed. These forms have elaborate development of columellar plaits. All of these genera evolved in the western part of the Indian subcontinent. They, except Lyrischapa, also largely remained restricted to this area. Lyrischapa flourished in the Americas after possibly migrating through the southern margin of the relict Tethys Ocean and crossing the Atlantic Ocean. It is argued that the geographic and temporal restriction of this new subfamily was due to lecithotrophic larval development.UUID: http://zoobank.org/14bc056f-1d2e-4674-b624-9eb8e856a1f0

Dental morphology of Remingtonocetidae (Cetacea, Mammalia)

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. M. Thewissen ◽  
S. Bajpai
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Western India ◽  
Dental Morphology ◽  
Pakistani Family ◽  
Early Radiation

The early radiation of Cetacea took place in the eastern Tethys region (Thewissen, 1998; Williams, 1998), and included the endemic Indo-Pakistani family Remingtonocetidae. In India, remingtonocetids are only known from Kachchh (=Kutch, Gujarat, western India), the classical marine middle Eocene sequence for the Indian subcontinent, which has yielded the genera Kutchicetus, Remingtonocetus, and Andrewsiphius (Sahni and Mishra, 1975; Kumar and Sahni, 1986; Bajpai and Thewissen, 1998). In Pakistan, two remingtonocetids, Remingtonocetus and Dalanistes, have been described by Gingerich et al. (1995) from the Sulaiman Range. A third genus, Attockicetus, is known from the Kala Chitta Hills (Thewissen and Hussain, 2000).

On Recent species of Tonnacypris Diebel & Pietrzeniuk, 1975 (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with new species descriptions from Mongolia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
THIJS VAN DER MEEREN ◽  
YONDON KHAND ◽  
KOEN MARTENS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Left Valve ◽  
Ecological Strategies ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
Species Descriptions ◽  
Ostracod Species

The ostracod species Tonnacypris estonica (Järvekülg, 1960), T. tonnensis (Diebel & Pietrzeniuk, 1975), T. edlundi n. sp. and T. mazepovae n. sp. are here reported from Mongolia. Redescriptions of females of T. glacialis (Sars, 1890) and males of T. lutaria (Koch, 1838) are included. The revised generic diagnosis maintains the main character of the anteroventral peg on the calcified part of the inner lamella of the left valve, but this character has a significant level of morphological variability between species of this genus. This is also true for several characters of soft parts, which results in a broader concept for the genus. Different ecological strategies and reproductive modes are present. New records also change the evolutionary and zoogeographical scenario of the genus.

Caloplaca himalayana, a new epiphytic lichen from the Indian subcontinent

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh JOSHI ◽  
Dalip K. UPRETI ◽  
Suresh C. SATI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Epiphytic Lichen ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
A New Species

AbstractTwenty-three species of epiphytic Caloplaca are recognized in India, of which Caloplaca himalayana Joshi, Y. & Upreti, characterized by thin, continuous, yellowish thallus, numerous ferruginous-red to brownish red, flat to subconvex apothecia with a persistent proper margin and lignicolous habitat, is described here as a new species. Because of the ferruginous coloured apothecial disc, the new species is provisionally placed in the ferruginea group until a taxonomic treatment of the whole group has been carried out. The ferruginea group is characterized by a whitish to grey (rarely yellowish) crustose thallus, a ferruginous to rarely blackish apothecial disc, biatorine to lecanorine exciple, thick-walled spore septa and the chemosyndrome C. The taxonomic affinities of the new taxa with several other taxa, including species of ferruginea group, are discussed. Two new records for India are also recorded: Caloplaca alnetorum Giralt, Nimis & Poelt and C. crocea (Kremp.) Hafellner & Poelt. A key to all the corticolous Caloplaca species occurring in the Indian subcontinent is also provided.

Contribution to the knowledge of the earthworm fauna of Turkey with description of three new species (Clitellata: Megadrili)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4496 (1) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
TÍMEA SZEDERJESI ◽  
LÁSZLÓ DÁNYI ◽  
MEHMET BORA KAYDAN ◽  
CSABA CSUZDI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Earthworm Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Different Parts

During a recent survey, 29 earthworm species were collected from different parts of Turkey, 27 of which belong to the family Lumbricidae, one to Acanthodrilidae and one to Megascolecidae. Dendrobaena proved to be the most speciose genus with 12 recorded species including two species new to science, Dendrobaena pavliceki and Dendrobaena taurica spp. nov. In addition a third new species was also found belonging to the East Mediterranean genus Healyella: Healyella zicsii sp. nov. From the species recorded earlier for Turkey, D. fridericae uludagi Omodeo & Rota, 1991 and He. boluana Omodeo & Rota, 1989 were found for the first time since the original description. With these new records the number of earthworm species recorded for Turkey is raised to 84. 

Scolytodes Ferrari (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) from Ecuador: 40 new species, and a molecular phylogenetic guide to infer species differences

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4813 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJARTE H. JORDAL ◽  
SARAH M. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bark Beetles ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
New Records ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Canopy Fogging

The genus Scolytodes Ferrari is a highly diverse group of Neotropical bark beetles. Recent collecting by hand and canopy fogging in Ecuador produced many new records. Overlap in species composition between samples from the canopy and the ground was very low, and canopy fogging revealed the highest proportion of undescribed species. Altogether we report records for 55 species of Scolytodes from Ecuador, including 40 species new to science: Scolytodes pseudoatratus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes latipes Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes sloanae Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes samamae Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes otongae Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes chaplini Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes projectus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes lubricus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes inordinatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes cancellatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes jubatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes abbreviatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes stramineus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes teres Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes animus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes pseudoanimus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes bombycinus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes bisetosus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes horridus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes virgatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes criniger Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes pseudocrassus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes semicrassus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes pseudolepidus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes semilepidus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes fortis Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes peniculus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes tristis Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes chrysifrons Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes amictus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes cnesinoides Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes maestus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes vietus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes echinus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes rufifrons Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes arcuatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes validus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes sparsus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes lapillus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov., Scolytodes coronatus Jordal and Smith, sp. nov. We also provide the first description of the female and a new country record for Scolytodes grandis (Schedl, 1962) (=Scolytodes glaberrimus Wood, 1972 syn. nov.) and a redescription and new country record for Scolytodes pilifrons (Schedl, 1962). The total number of valid species is now 287. Additional new country records were established for Scolytodes acuminatus Wood, 1969, Scolytodes comosus Jordal and Kirkendall, 2019, Scolytodes costabilis Wood, 1974, Scolytodes glabrescens Wood, 1972, Scolytodes impressus Wood, 1969, Scolytodes nitidus (Eggers, 1928), Scolytodes striatus (Eggers, 1934), Scolytodes tucumani Wood, 2007, and from another Hexacolini genus, Pycnarthrum fulgidum Wood, 1977. The first molecular phylogeny for Scolytodes is provided and used primarily to guide the inference of species validity. Molecular data from COI, 28S and EF-1α revealed substantial genetic divergence between morphologically very similar but diagnosable species. 

Strontium isotope evidence for the age of Eocene fossil whales of Kutch, western India

2010 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
VADLAMANI RAVIKANT ◽  
S. BAJPAI
Keyword(s):  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Strontium Isotope ◽  
Western India ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Evolutionary Transition ◽  
Strontium Isotope Analysis ◽  
Isotope Evidence ◽  
Biogenic Carbonates

AbstractThe Indian subcontinent is widely considered to be the birthplace of whales (Cetacea), and the middle Eocene Harudi Formation of Kutch has long been known to be a major source of early whales. The Kutch cetaceans are of critical importance in understanding the evolutionary transition of whales from land to sea. Strontium isotope analysis of marine biogenic carbonates from the Harudi Formation was conducted to obtain a numerical age of the whale-bearing strata. Although the measured 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.707742 to 0.707764) correspond to two distinct age clusters of 46–47.5 Ma or 41–42.5 Ma, we prefer the latter, late Lutetian, age cluster.

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