scholarly journals Crosniera wennerae, a new species of thalassinidean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thomassiniidae) from the South Atlantic Bight

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1644 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
RICHARD W. HEARD ◽  
RACHAEL A. KING
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Abdominal Somite ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
A New Species

Crosniera wennerae sp. nov. is described from a depth of 318 m in the South Atlantic Bight off North Carolina, USA. The species, based on a female specimen 20 mm in length, is distinguished from the other four nominal species of the genus by a combination of characters, including smooth uropodal lateral margins, well-developed exopods on maxillipeds 2 and 3, the smooth inner margin of the merus of maxilliped 3, and the presence of long, simple setae on the uropods, telson, and posterior margin of sixth abdominal somite. Crosniera wennerae sp. nov. represents the second member of the genus described from the western Atlantic. A key is presented for the separation of the species of Crosniera.

scholarly journals Identification guide to the shallow water (0–200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2599 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSAN T. DEVICTOR ◽  
STEVE L. MORTON
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
The South ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Identification Guide ◽  
Cape Hatteras ◽  
History Of

Octocoral diversity is well documented in the tropical western Atlantic and Indo–Pacific, but it has been several decades since a thorough species account of the shallow South Atlantic Bight region was produced (northwestern Atlantic between Cape Hatteras, NC and Cape Canaveral, FL, USA). Through the use of material from the NMNH and SERTC Octocorallia (=Alcyonaria) collections, this work documents the presence of 28 species of octocorals recorded in the shallow (0–200 m) South Atlantic Bight and reports five new range extensions. Included are illustrated keys to the species, synonymies, species images and remarks, and SEM images of sclerites from described species without previously published sclerite imagery. A brief history of previous work and discussion of octocoral morphology are also included.

scholarly journals A taxonomic guide to the Echinodermata of the South Atlantic Bight, USA: 1. Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2449 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID L. PAWSON ◽  
DORIS J. PAWSON ◽  
RACHAEL A. KING
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Species Level ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
The South ◽  
Sea Cucumbers ◽  
General Biology ◽  
Cape Hatteras

A summary account is given of the 33 holothurian species known from the South Atlantic Bight, from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, from the shore to a depth of 200 meters. Four of the six known orders of holothurians are represented in the study area. Each species is diagnosed and illustrated; citations of informative literature and brief discussions of distribution and general biology are included. Also included are dichotomous keys to aid in identification to the species level. A new genus is erected to accommodate Pseudocolochirus mysticus Deichmann, 1930. Ocnus pygmaeus (Théel, 1886b) and O. surinamensis (Semper, 1868) are referred to the genus Aslia Rowe, 1970.

Comparison of radiometric quantities measured in water, above water and derived from seaWiFS imagery in the South Atlantic Bight, North Carolina, USA

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (19) ◽  
pp. 2433-2453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Kowalczuk ◽  
Michael J. Durako ◽  
William J. Cooper ◽  
David Wells ◽  
Jason J. Souza
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
The South

Taxonomy of Nystiellidae (Caenogastropoda, Epitonioidea) from Brazil, with description of three new species from the South-western Atlantic

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (7) ◽  
pp. 1619-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Dias Pimenta ◽  
Bruno Garcia Andrade ◽  
Ricardo Silva Absalão
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Shell Morphology ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
North Eastern

A taxonomic revision of the Nystiellidae from Brazil, including samples from the Rio Grande Rise, South Atlantic, was performed based on shell morphology. Five genera and 17 species were recognized. For the richest genus,Eccliseogyra, the three species previously recorded from Brazil were revised:E. brasiliensisandE. maracatu, previously known only from their respective type series, were re-examined. Newly available material ofE. maracatuexpanded the known geographic range of this species to off south-east Brazil.Eccliseogyra nitidais now recorded from north-eastern to south-eastern Brazil, as well as from the Rio Grande Rise. Three species ofEccliseogyraare newly recorded from the South Atlantic:E. monnioti, previously known from the north-eastern Atlantic, occurs off eastern Brazil and on the Rio Grande Rise; its protoconch is described for the first time, confirming its family allocation.Eccliseogyra pyrrhiasoccurs off eastern Brazil and on the Rio Grande Rise, andE. folinioff eastern Brazil. The genusIphitusis newly recorded from the South Atlantic.Iphitus robertsiwas found off northern Brazil, although the shells show some differences from the type material, with less-pronounced spiral keels. Additional new finds showed thatIphitus cancellatusranges from eastern Brazil to the Rio Grande Rise, and Iphitusnotiossp. nov. is restricted to the Rio Grande Rise.Narrimania, previously recorded from Brazil based on dubious records, is confirmed, including the only two living species described for the genus:N. azelotes, previously only known from the type locality in Florida, andN. concinna, previously known from the Mediterranean. A third species,Narrimania raquelaesp. nov. is described from eastern Brazil, diagnosed by its numerous and thinner cancellate sculpture. To the three species ofOpaliopsispreviously known from Brazil, a fourth species,O. arnaldoisp. nov., is added from eastern Brazil, and diagnosed by its very thin spiral sculpture, absence of a varix, and thinner microscopic parallel axial striae.Papuliscala nordestina, originally described from north-east Brazil, is recorded off eastern Brazil and synonymized withP. elongata, a species previously known only from the North Atlantic.

Distribution, history, and taxonomy of the Thais clade (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Neogene of tropical America

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geerat J. Vermeij
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Large Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Extinction Rates ◽  
Tropical America ◽  
The Caribbean

The earliest known members of the Thais clade of rapanine muricid neogastropods comprise four species from the Cantaure Formation (early Miocene: Burdigalian) of Venezuela; three of these species are new. Neorapana rotundata Gibson-Smith et al., 1997, is most closely related to the Recent Pacific Mexican N. tuberculata (Sowerby, 1835), and represents the only known Atlantic occurrence of the genus. Thais brevicula new species is closest to T. callaoensis (Gray, 1828) from the Recent of northern Peru and the Galápagos. A review of the genus Thais indicates that the typical members of this group occur in the South Atlantic, West Africa, and eastern Pacific, but not in the Recent fauna of the southern Caribbean. Stramonita bifida new species is a large species related to the Recent S. haemastoma floridana (Conrad, 1837), which occurs throughout the Caribbean. A review of American species of Stramonita indicates that the taxon S. biserialis (de Blainville, 1832) from the Recent fauna of the eastern Pacific, and the taxon S. h. haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767), may each be composed of more than one species despite the teleplanic dispersal of their larvae. Stramonita semiplicata new species is closely related to the Recent S. bicarinata (de Blainville, 1832) from the South Atlantic, and represents a lineage that occurred in the Caribbean region until at least the late Miocene. It may have given rise to the eastern Pacific genus Acanthais. The higher diversity and greater antipredatory specialization of eastern Pacific as compared to western Atlantic members of the Thais clade may have resulted from higher post-Miocene rates of speciation and lower extinction rates in the eastern Pacific.

scholarly journals Activity, habitat utilization, feeding behaviour, and diet of the sand moray Gymnothorax ocellatus (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) in the south western Atlantic

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Borges Santos ◽  
Ricardo M. C. Castro
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Habitat Utilization ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Muddy Sand ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Sense Of Smell ◽  
Sand Bottom

Activity, habitat utilization, feeding behaviour, and diet of the sand moray Gymnothorax ocellatus (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) in the South western Atlantic. The sand moray Gymnothorax ocellatus is a nocturnal predator from the western South Atlantic that actively forages on the bottom, preying mostly on crustaceans (mainly shrimps and crabs) and ray-finned fishes, which are located primarily by the sense of smell. The individuals stay stationary during the day, almost always being hidden in individual tunnels dug by animals other than the morays in the muddy sand bottom.

Feasibility of Offshore Wind Power in the South Atlantic Bight

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.S. Bulpitt ◽  
S.W. Stewart ◽  
M.H. Hunt ◽  
S.V. Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
South Atlantic Bight ◽  
The South ◽  
Offshore Wind Power
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