A New Genus And Species Of Goneplacid Crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae) From The Western Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4337 (1) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
LIN GONG ◽  
XINZHENG LI

A new genus and species of glass sponge, belonging to the family Pheronematidae, is described from a single specimen collected from a seamount near Yap Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. Pheronemoides fungosus gen. et sp. nov. is described based on external morphology. In Pheronemoides gen. nov. the basalia are grouped in a broad semicircular tuft attaching to the dermal surface, and marginalia are located on the boundary between the atrial and dermal surfaces. Given the positions of the basalia and the marginalia, we recognize Pheronemoides as a transitional genus between Pheronema and Sericolophus. We also used a partial sequence of the 16S rDNA gene to confirm the validity of the new species designation. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
RICHARD H. ZANDER ◽  
BRUCE H. ALLEN

Pachylomidium, a new genus in the Pottiaceae, including the new species P. pacificum, is described from Guam. Two additional Asian species of Barbula are transferred. The special character of the Guam climate and the broad range of the genus in the Asian tropics and subtropics is discussed.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (4) ◽  
pp. 481
Author(s):  
ERIC SIMON ◽  
CARSTEN LÜTER ◽  
ALAN LOGAN ◽  
BERNARD MOTTEQUIN

The scope of this paper concerns the species diversity of thecideide brachiopods living in the western Pacific equatorial region of Indonesia and the possibilities for circulation and dispersion of thecideide species along the coasts of Sulawesi and the Sea of Bali. The discovery of a new Thecidellina species, Thecidellina mawaliana sp. nov., adds a new genus to the Indonesian fauna. This species has a peculiar biogeography, different from those of Minutella cf. minuta (Cooper, 1981) and Ospreyella mutiara Simon & Hoffman, 2013, other thecideides living together with the new species. Unfortunately, attempts to collect molecular sequence information from the specimens failed due to insufficient DNA preservation. Probable speciation mechanisms in this genus are discussed. 


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