New records of cheilostome Bryozoa from the eastern coast of India encrusting on the exoskeleton of live horseshoe crabs of Indian Sundarbans

Bryozoans are common commensal on hard surfaces and cover slow-moving animals like molluscans, sea turtles, brachyuran crabs, and horseshoe crabs. A total of six species of bryozoans belonging to four genus under three families of order Cheilostomatida were recorded encrusting on the carapaces of horseshoe crabs collected from Indian Sundarbans along the east coast of India and two among them, viz., Biflustra savartii (Audouin, 1826) and Sinoflustra arabianensis (Menon & Nair, 1975) are reported for the first time. Additionally, Jellyella tuberculata (Bosc, 1802) is reported for the first time from West Bengal coastal waters, previously known only from the Odisha coast of India. Both male and female horseshoe crabs were found to have been encrusted with bryozoan mats, although adequately not known about the life stages of their encrustation.

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A taxonomic revision of the genus Thalia Blumenbach, 1798; Weelia Yount, 1954; Brooksia Metcalf, 1918 (Salpida: Salpidae) from East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4422.4.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4422 (4) ◽

pp. 451

Author(s):

NURUL HUDA BINTI AHMAD ISHAK ◽

NUR ‘ALIAH BINTI ADAM ◽

ZALEHA KASSIM

Keyword(s):

Coastal Waters ◽

East Coast ◽

New Records ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Peninsular Malaysia ◽

Global Literature ◽

First Time

The marine pelagic tunicates of Family Salpidae Lahille, 1888 presence in the coastal waters of Terengganu was studied for the first time. Samples were collected from April to July 2016 using 200µm Bongo net; hauled vertically from a stationary vessel; and preserved in 5% buffered formaldehyde. A total of 4 species under this family were found, observed and identified: Thalia rhomboides (Quoy and Gaimard 1824); Thalia sibogae (van Soest 1973); Weelia cylindrica (Cuvier 1804) and Brooksia rostrata (Traustedt 1893). All species were identified as new records in Malaysian waters. The description on morphological characteristics and a key to the solitary and aggregate of the recorded species is added. The distribution was analyzed from the 18 sampling stations in theTerengganu waters including Pulau Bidong, Pulau Yu and Pulau Kapas. The collected data was then compiled with previous available global literature on the distribution and occurrence of these four species, consequently updating the biodiversity of Malaysian fauna and its worldwide biogeography distribution.

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New records of benthic marine algae from Morocco (eastern Atlantic Ocean): morphology, taxonomy and distribution

Acta Botanica Malacitana ◽

10.24310/abm.v43i0.3265 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 111-116

Author(s):

Mustapha Hassoun ◽

Hanaa Moussa ◽

Ghizlane Salhi ◽

Hanaa Zbakh ◽

Hassane Riadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Ocean ◽

New Record ◽

Pacific Islands ◽

New Records ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Marine Macroalgae ◽

Eastern Coast ◽

Western Coast ◽

Eastern Atlantic Ocean ◽

First Time

AbstractWe report new records and corological data for three Moroccan marine macroalgae that complete their distribution information. Radicilingua thysanorhizans is new record for Morocco; Champia compressa is recorded for the first time from the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Diplothamnion jolyi is widely distributed in the western coast of the Atlantic coast and Pacific Islands, and recently reported from the Mediterranean Sea; this new record from Moroccan Atlantic coast extends their distribution range.Key words: Algae, Atlantic Ocean, Champia compressa, Diplothamnion jolyi, Radicilingua thysanorhizans.ResumenSe aportan nuevos registros y datos corológicos para tres macroalgas marinas de Marruecos, que completan la información sobre su distribución. Radicilingua thysanorhizans es cita nueva para Marruecos. Champia compressa se registra por la primera vez en la costa oriental del Océano Atlántico. Diplothamnion jolyi se distribuye ampliamente en la costa occidental de la costa atlántica y las islas del Pacífico y ha sido recientemente citada en el mar Mediterráneo; esta nueva cita para costa Atlántica Marroquí amplia su rango de distribución.Palabras clave: Algae, Océano Atlántico, Champia compressa, Diplothamnion jolyi, Radicilingua thysanorhizans.

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The coastal fishes of Madeira Island-new records and an annotated check-list

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1715.1.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1715 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

PETER WIRTZ ◽

RONALD FRICKE ◽

MANUEL JOSÉ BISCOITO

Keyword(s):

Coastal Waters ◽

New Records ◽

Check List ◽

Rhincodon Typus ◽

Madeira Island ◽

Registration Errors ◽

Megalops Atlanticus ◽

First Time

A check-list of the coastal fishes of Madeira Island is presented. The species Rhincodon typus, Megalops atlanticus, Apterichtus caecus, Apterichtus sp., Chelidonichthys lucernus, Caranx crysos, Lutjanus goreensis, Crystallogobius linearis, and Canthidermis sufflamen are recorded for the first time from Madeira waters. We have recognized 13 previous records as identification errors or registration errors and indicate 14 other records as doubtful. Including the nine new records, we list 226 species from the coastal waters of Madeira Island.

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Distribution of Tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix) Larvae along the Coast of New South Wales, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf9960331 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 331 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

AG Miskiewicz ◽

BD Bruce ◽

P Dixon

Keyword(s):

Continental Shelf ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

East Coast ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Eastern Coast ◽

Pomatomus Saltatrix ◽

Outer Continental Shelf ◽

Survey Period ◽

South Wales

The distribution of tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix) larvae is described on the basis of the results of four plankton surveys undertaken in northern and central New South Wales (NSW) coastal waters. These comprised a single survey during May 1989 along the northern NSW coast and multiple surveys in January, March and May 1983 between Sydney and Brisbane. Pomatomus saltatrix larvae occurred throughout the survey period, with the highest abundances on the northern NSW coast. Most larvae were caught in mid and outer continental shelf waters at water temperatures of ≥22�C. The only known spawning locality for P. saltatrix is in the vicinity of Fraser Island in southern Queensland from August to October. The occurrence of larvae along the NSW coast from January to May indicates that the spawning season of P. saltatrix is more extensive than previously reported and that spawning occurs along the east coast of Australia in localities other than Fraser Island. Further surveys of larvae in southern Queensland and northern NSW waters, especially from August to December, are required to determine if P. saltatrix has one extended or two discrete spawning seasons along the eastern coast of Australia.

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Distribution of Diplolaimella and Diplolaimelloides species from Patagonian lagoons and coastal waters (Nematoda: Monhysteridae), Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces (Argentina)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315409000198 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 89 (4) ◽

pp. 711-718 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Catalina T. Pastor de Ward ◽

Virginia Lo Russo

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

East Coast ◽

Santa Cruz ◽

Coastal Salt Marsh ◽

Salty Water ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

New Localities ◽

First Time

This paper focuses on Diplolaimella and Diplolaimelloides two very cosmopolitan genera inhabiting lotic freshwater to salty water inland, groundwater and coastal waters systems, providing a review of their taxonomy with new keys, and their distribution on the east coast of Patagonia and inland Patagonia. Two new species belonging to the genus Diplolaimelloides of the family Monhysteridae are described from Patagonian salty lagoons and coastal areas, and the Chubut and Santa Cruz provinces of Argentina: Diplolaimelloides tehuelchus sp. nov. has four bursal and three postcloacal papillae, short gubernaculum, and spicules longer than 50 μm; it has been found in Patagonian salty lagoons and in high coastal salt marsh areas. Diplolaimelloides warwicki sp. nov. is characterized by the angular shape of the spicules and the long gubernaculum. Diplolaimella ocellata is recorded for the first time in Patagonian salty lagoons and new localities in coastal waters are recorded for Diplolaimella gerlachi Pastor de Ward, 1984.

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Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1849 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

TOM J. ARTOIS ◽

BART S. TESSENS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

East Coast ◽

New Records ◽

Species Level ◽

New Localities ◽

New Material ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

Taxonomical Position ◽

First Time

An overview of the Polycystididae from the Indian Ocean is presented, including the description of twelve new species. The taxonomical position of each of these species is discussed. Austrorhynchus kerguelensis n. sp., Paraustrorhynchus neleae n. sp., Paulodora ancora n. sp., P. contortoides n. sp., P. drepanophora n. sp., P. hamifer n. sp., P. porcellus n. sp., P. schockaerti n. sp., P. watsoni n. sp., Phonorhynchoides linguatus n. sp. and Polycystis elsae n. sp. can all be distinguished from their congeners on characteristics of the construction of the hard parts of the male system. The older records of Paulodora contorta (Schockaert & Karling, 1975) Artois & Schockaert, 1998 by Schockaert (1982) and Jouk & De Vocht (1989) are re-evaluated and the material is recognised as Paulodora drepanophora n. sp.. The subspecies P. felis asymmetrica Artois & Schockaert, 2001 is raised to the species level. Annalisella bermudensis Karling, 1978, Paraustrorhynchus elixus (Marcus, 1954) Karling & Schockaert, 1977 and Phonorhynchoides haegheni Artois & Schockaert, 2001 are recorded for the first time in the Indian Ocean. The new material of these species is discussed and compared with older descriptions. For Alcha evelinae Marcus, 1949, Cincturorhynchus karlingi Schockaert, 1982, Djeziraia pardii Schockaert, 1971 Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831, Paulodora subcontorta (Schockaert, 1982) Artois & Schockaert, 1998 and Polycystis ali Schockaert, 1982 new localities are given, and newly collected material is discussed. The discussion of P. ali leads to the split of the species into P. ali Schockaert, 1982 from the African East Coast and Galapagos and P. californica n. sp. from California. For some of the species, new records outside the Indian Ocean are also mentioned.

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XIV.—New Records of Polychætes from Scottish Coastal and Offshore Waters

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B Biology ◽

10.1017/s0080455x00000813 ◽

1960 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 351-362 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. D. McIntyre

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Deep Water ◽

West Coast ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

East Coast ◽

New Records ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea

SynopsisFrom a faunistic survey in Scottish waters, concentrated mainly in the sea lochs of the north-west coast and in the deep water in the North Sea off the east coast, thirty-two species of polychætes are listed which have not previously been recorded from these areas. Seven of the species are new records for British coastal waters or for the North Sea.

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New records of molluscs of the families Eulimidae and Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda) from the Barents Sea and adjacent Polar Basin

Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal ◽

10.35885/ruthenica.2017.27(2).1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 59-63

Author(s):

Ivan O. Nekhaev

Keyword(s):

Arctic Ocean ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Barents Sea ◽

New Records ◽

The Arctic ◽

Gastropod Species ◽

The Barents Sea ◽

New Findings ◽

The Arctic Ocean ◽

First Time

New findings of four gastropod species: Melanella laurae, Hemiaclis ventrosa (family Eulimidae), Chrysallida sublustris and Odostomia acuta (family Pyramidellidae) are described. O. acuta was previously confused by Russian authors with H. ventrosa, distribution of both species in the Barents Sea is limited to the coastal waters of Finmark and Murman. M. laurae and C. sublustris were found for the first time in the adjacent to the Barents Sea parts of the Arctic Ocean.

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A checklist of parasitic helminths reported from sixty-five species of marine fish from Turkey including two new records of monogeneans

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1063.1.2 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1063 (1) ◽

pp. 33 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

AHMET ÖKTENER

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Sea ◽

Marine Fish ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

New Records ◽

Sea Of Marmara ◽

Parasitic Helminths ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time ◽

Belone Belone

This study provides a checklist of 114 parasitic helminths (87 Platyhelminthes; 16 Nemathelminthes; 9 Acanthocephala; 2 Annelida) reported from 65 marine fish collected from Turkey since 1931, including locations where fish were collected. Two species of microcotylids (Monogenea): Pyragraphorus pyragraphorus (Mac Callum and Mac Callum, 1913) on garrick, Trachynotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carangidae), from the Mediterranean Sea and Axine belones Abildgaard, 1794 on garfish, Belone belone (Linnaeus,1761) (Belonidae), from the Sea of Marmara are reported for the first time in Turkish coastal waters.

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New records of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5072.5.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5072 (5) ◽

pp. 463-477

Author(s):

MANPREET SINGH PANDHER ◽

SIMARJIT KAUR ◽

DEEPTI GARIMA ◽

ANIL KUMAR DUBEY

Keyword(s):

West Bengal ◽

New Records ◽

Line Drawings ◽

Nicobar Islands ◽

First Time ◽

Union Territory

Four species of Trichoptera are recorded for the first time from the geographical limits of India: Oecetis jacobsoni Ulmer 1930 and Marilia ceylanica Martynov 1936 (both from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India), Polyplectropus amphion Malicky 1997a from West Bengal, and Polyplectropus phrixos Malicky & Changthong 2006 (in Malicky et al. 2006) from Mizoram, respectively. Line drawings of all the newly recorded species and Hydropsyche saranganica Ulmer 1951 are given based on material collected from the geographical limits of India.

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