Dasya patentissima (Ceramiales, Dasyaceae), a new species from the Cabrera Archipelago (Balearic Islands, eastern Spain) 

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 184 (5) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Pena-Martin ◽  
Manuel B. Crespo ◽  
Amelia Gomez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
A New Species

Morphological studies on the genus Dasya (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in the western Mediterranean revealed the existence of a collection from the Balearic Islands (eastern Spain) that differed considerably from the known species in the genus. Evidence is provided to regard it as a new species, which here is named Dasya patentissima. Affinities and divergences to other Mediterranean species, namely, D. ocellata and D. hutchinsiae, are discussed and illustrated.

Bryozoa from detritic bottoms in the Menorca Channel (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean), with notes on the genus Cribellopora

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2536 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAVIER SOUTO ◽  
OSCAR REVERTER-GIL ◽  
EUGENIO FERNÁNDEZ-PULPEIRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Epibenthic Sledge ◽  
A New Species

Samples of Bryozoa were collected during an epibenthic sledge survey (Canal0209) of the Menorca Channel between Menorca and Mallorca in the Balearic Islands in 2009. Twenty-nine species were identified, including a new genus of Calloporidae (Barrosia) and a new species of Fenestrulina, described herein. A lectotype is designated for Coronellina fagei (Calescharidae). Cribellopora simplex, a species of Lacernidae generally considered to be a junior synonym of Cribellopora trichotoma, is redescribed on the basis of the holotype and newly collected material.

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.

Three new Eastern-Mediterranean endemic species of the Merodon aureus group (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (4) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANJA VESELIĆ ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

The Merodon aureus group (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae) comprises a number of different subgroups and species complexes, including the M. bessarabicus subgroup, which is revised here. In this study, we present an identification key to species complexes and species within the M. bessarabicus subgroup and focus on clarifying the taxonomic status of previously described species within this subgroup, based on a study of the type material. Merodon flavicornis Macquart, a species with an unknown type locality, is re-evaluated and recognized as a valid Western Mediterranean species from France. We describe a new species, M. adriaticus sp. n., from M. bessarabicus subgroup, as well as another two species with a clearly separate position within the M. aureus group due to their distinct morphological features: M. nisi sp. n. and M. robustus sp. n.. Results of the present study indicate the high diversity and endemism levels of the genus Merodon in Europe. 

scholarly journals Distribution of the rare species of clingfishes — small-headed clingfish Apletodon dentatus (Actinopterygii, Gobiesocidae) — near Crimean coasts

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
E. P. Karpova ◽  
A. R. Boltachev ◽  
O. N. Danylyuk
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Populations ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
A New Species

Cryptobenthic fauna investigations are highly relevant at studying biodiversity of regions. Studies of the species composition of Gobiesocidae family were carried out in order to clarify ichthyofauna of different regions, and a new species for the Black Sea coastal zone of Crimea was found. Information about its morphology, biology, behavior and other characteristics is very important because of weak study and indeterminate taxonomic status of this species. As a result of morphological studies of the Crimean specimens no significant difference with the type of the Atlantic-Mediterranean populations has been proven. Naturalization of small-headed clingfish in coastal waters of Crimea has been confirmed and some population characteristics, such as a length-weight relationship, have been described. Peculiarities of habitat which which small-headed clingfish prefers and features of localization, enabling competitiveness have been identified. Identification keys were compiled and are given in the paper.

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 Description of Chone usticensis sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1168 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANA GIANGRANDE ◽  
MARGHERITA LICCIANO ◽  
LUCA CASTRIOTA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Chone (Sabellidae) from the coast of Ustica Island (Mediterranean Sea, north of Sicily) is described. The species, named Chone usticensis sp. nov., is similar to another Mediterranean species, C. filicaudata, in having a long pygidial filiform appendage, but is distinct from this species especially in the peristomium, collar, and in thoracic paleate chaetae shape. A discussion on the presence of the radiolar appendages within the genus Chone is also given.

Caridina malanda, a new species of freshwater shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the Wet Tropics World Heritage area, north–eastern Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-125
Author(s):  
SATISH CHOY ◽  
TIMOTHY J. PAGE ◽  
VALENTIN DE MAZANCOURT ◽  
BENJAMIN MOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Wet Tropics ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
A New Species

Integrated molecular and morphological studies of newly collected and curated specimens of the genus Caridina from the Atherton Tablelands, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in north–eastern Queensland, Australia indicated the presence of an undescribed species belonging to the Caridina zebra Short 1993 complex. This species is somewhat intermediate, although distinct on the basis of molecular data and morphology, from two known sympatric species, Caridina zebra and C. confusa Choy & Marshall 1997, and an allopatric species, C. spinula Choy & Marshall 1997, from the Cape York Peninsula, about 500 km north. It is described here as a new species, C. malanda sp. nov., and compared with similar congeners. A key for the identification of the species, as well as notes on its distribution, ecology, and conservation, are provided. 

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