Porites decasepta: a new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from Oman

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1188 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHEL R. CLAEREBOUDT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Reef Complex ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bright Blue ◽  
Sea Coast

A new species of scleractinian coral, Porites decasepta spec. nov. (Scleractinia, Poritidae) is described from the Bar Al-Hikman reef complex along the Arabian Sea coast of the Sultanate of Oman. Porites decasepta spec. nov. forms encrusting, bright blue colonies rarely exceeding 7 cm in diameter. Corallites, about 1mm in diameter, have only 10 septa: the two lateral septa of the ventral triplet typical of Porites septal arrangement are missing or strongly reduced. Une nouvelle espèce de scleractiniaire, Porites decasepta spec. nov. (Scleractinia Poritidae) est décrite du complex récifal de Bar Al-Hikman situé le long de la côte de la mer d’arabie du Sultanat d’Oman. La nouvelle espèce forme de petites colonies encroûtantes, de couleur bleu-violet, ne dépassant guère 7 cm de diamètre. Les corallites d’à peu près 1mm de diamètre n’ont que 10 septa: les deux septa latéraux du triplet ventral étant le plus souvent manquants ou fortement réduits.

Hemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4819 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-374
Author(s):  
ALEC B. M. MOORE ◽  
PETER R. LAST ◽  
GAVIN J.P. NAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Disc Width ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Sea Coast

A new stingray, Hemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., is described from old preserved material collected on the Arabian Sea coast of eastern Yemen. Consistent with other members of the genus, H. yemenensis sp. nov. is a small dasyatid (males mature at ~22 cm disc width), but it is the only Hemitrygon known to occur outside the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Hemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov. most closely resembles H. bennetti, but H. yemenensis is separable based on several characters including a longer and more narrowly pointed snout, shorter tail, and a longer disc and head. Hemitrygon yemenensis is unknown to science beyond the two type specimens collected nearly 120 years ago.

A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Cimmerites Jeannel, 1928 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) from the West Caucasus

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
I.A. Belousov ◽  
A.G. Koval
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Life Form ◽  
Intermediate Position ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The West ◽  
Black Sea Coast ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Sea Coast

A new species of the genus Cimmerites Jeannel, 1928, C. maximovitchi sp. nov., is described from the Akhunskaya Cave and Labirintovaya Cave, both located in the Akhun Karst Massif on the Black Sea Coast of the West Caucasus (Krasnodar Territory, Russia). The new species is rather isolated within the genus Cimmerites and occupies an intermediate position between species related to C. kryzhanovskii Belousov, 1998 and species close to C. vagabundus Belousov, 1998. Though both C. maximovitchi sp. nov. and C. kryzhanovskii are still known only from caves, these species are quite similar in their life form to other members of the genus which are all true endogean species.

Rhinogobius maculagenys, A new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Hunan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4476 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
QIANQIAN WU ◽  
XUEJIAN DENG ◽  
YANJIE WANG ◽  
YONG LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Freshwater Goby ◽  
Single Spine ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bright Blue

A new freshwater goby, Rhinogobius maculagenys sp. nov., was collected from Hunan Province in Southern China. This species can be distinguished from all congeners by a combination of the following features: first dorsal fin with 6 spines; second dorsal fin with a single spine and 7–9 segmented rays; anal fin with a single spine and 6–8 segmented rays; pectoral fin with 16 segmented rays; 32–34 longitudinal scales; 9–13 transverse scales; 11+16=27 vertebrae; pore ω1 missing; head and body yellowish brown; cheek and opercle yellowish brown with over 30 small orange spots, branchiostegal membrane yellow with over 10 small orange spots in males and white and spotless in females; first dorsal fin trapezoidal in males and nearly semicircular in females, with large bright blue blotch in front of second spine; spines 4 and 5 longest, rear tip extending to base of second branched ray of second dorsal fin in males when adpressed, but just reaching or not reaching anterior margin of second dorsal fin in females; caudal fin with 5–6 vertical rows of brown spots; flank with several longitudinal rows of blackish-brown spots; and belly pale white.

Description of a new species of deep-sea spider crab from the genus Crocydocinus Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019, from the south-eastern Arabian Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majoidea: Epialtidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-234
Author(s):  
VINAY P. PADATE ◽  
BEE YAN LEE ◽  
SHERINE SONIA CUBELIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Spider Crab ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Sea Spider ◽  
Southeastern Arabian Sea ◽  
Eastern Arabian Sea ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Branchial Region

A new species of spider crab is described from two male specimens collected from the southeastern Arabian Sea. This species differs from its congeners in the absence of uograstric granule on carapace, the presence of two granules along lateral margin of carapace at branchial region, the presence of granules on P2–P4 dactyli and the constricted distal tip of the male first gonopod. 

Spongiopsyllus redactus, a new species of Entomolepididae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) associated with a scleractinian coral in Brazil

Zoosymposia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
ROBERTA CANÁRIO ◽  
ELIZABETH G. NEVES ◽  
RODRIGO JOHNSSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Endopodal Segment ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Number Of Segments ◽  
A New Species

The family Entomolepididae is represented in the South Atlantic Ocean solely by Spongiopsyllus, a monotypic genus found previously in association with sponges. A recent survey on the Boa Viagem Reefs, located off Salvador, Bahia State, on the northeastern region of Brazil, has revealed a new species of the genus, Spongiopsyllus redactus n. sp., found associated with the endemic scleractinian coral Mussismilia hispida (Verrill). The new species is distinguished from its congener, S. adventicius Johnsson, 2000, by differences in the number of segments of the antennule, the ornamentation of the distal endopodal segment of the antenna, and the setation of the maxilliped and P1. An updated key to the species of Entomolepididae is also provided.

A new species of Schizophrys (Majoidea: Majidae: Majinae) from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia, with description of its first zoea

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 1163-1169
Author(s):  
Ali M. Al-Aidaroos ◽  
A. A. J. Kumar ◽  
Ahmed E. Al-Haj ◽  
Moritz Sonnewald
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Sea Coast
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