Two new jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from tropical Australian waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1764 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN ◽  
WOLFGANG ZEIDLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Relative Position ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Body ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Central Dome ◽  
The Past ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of scyphozoan jellyfishes from tropical Australian waters are described. The first, Sanderia pampinosus, n. sp., from waters off northern Western Australia, represents the first record of the genus from Australia. It differs from its only other congener, S. malayensis Goette, 1886, in having: (1) almost double the number of gonadal papillae at about half the body size; (2) horseshoe-shaped gonadal rings; and (3) eradial tentacles that are flattened in the oral-aboral direction and have nematocyst clusters on all sides. The second species, Netrostoma nuda, n. sp., from the Great Barrier Reef region, has been erroneously identified in the past as N. coerulescens. Species distinctions in the genus rely on the number and relative position of warts or papillae on the central dome; in contrast, N. nuda lacks warts and papillae, and instead has a large gelatinous knob at the apex of the bell. A key to the species of Netrostoma is provided, along with a synoptic list of previous reports of scyphozoans in tropical Australian waters.

Nephtyidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5060 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-64
Author(s):  
SEVGI KUŞ ◽  
GÜLEY KURT ◽  
MELIH ERTAN ÇINAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
Marine Fauna ◽  
Black Sea Coast ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Sea Coast

The present paper deals with the diversity of nephtyid polychaetes (Nephtyidae) from the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Three species belonging to two genera (Micronephthys and Nephtys) were found in the Black Sea (coast of Turkey) and six species belonging to three genera (Inermonephtys, Micronephthys and Nephtys) were found in the Sea of Marmara. The material includes two species new to science, Inermonephtys turcica n. sp. and Nephtys sinopensis n. sp., and a species record (Nephtys kersivalensis McIntosh, 1908) new to the Sea of Marmara’s marine fauna. Nephtys sinopensis n. sp. is mainly characterized by having 1–4 geniculate chaetae in the postacicular position of the parapodia; digitiform antennae, palps, and ventral cirri at chaetiger 1 with swollen tips; small and cirriform branchiae present from chaetiger 4 to the end of the body; poorly developed parapodial prechaetal lamellae in median and posterior chaetigers and long ventral cirri along the body. Inermonephtys turcica n. sp. is mainly characterized by having cushion-like palps with digitiform tips; well developed neuropodial postchaetal lamellae; barred chaetae in preacicular position of the anterior and median parapodia; and branchiae first appearing between chaetiger 3 and 13 (depending on body size).  

Two new species of montane web-footed salamanders (Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa) from the Costa Rica-Panamá border region

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1981 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICO BOLAÑOS ◽  
DAVID B. WAKE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Body Wall ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Adult Body ◽  
Salamander Species

Two new species of lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae) are described from high montane habitats of the border region between Costa Rica and Panamá. Bolitoglossa pygmaea and B. robinsoni are distinguished from each other and from other salamander species in this remote area by differences in adult body size, external proportions, foot webbing, tooth counts and/or external coloration. Both new species are assigned to the B. subpalmata species group, subgenus Eladinea. The miniaturized B. pygmaea is remarkable in being extensively depigmented, yet having the peritoneum and stomach area heavily pigmented and visible through the body wall.

Grillotia-Heroniensis, Sp-Nov, and Grillotia-Overstreeti, Sp-Nov, (Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha) From Great-Barrier-Reef Fishes

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Sakanari
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Reef Fishes ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Basal Armature ◽  
Longitudinal Band ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Lethrinus Nebulosus

Two new species of Grillotia are described from fishes collected from Heron I., Australia. The plerocerci of Grillotia heroniensis, sp. nov., were found in the mesenteries of Epinephalus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) and Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775). This species has five hooks per principal row, three intercalary hooks, a longitudinal band of small hooks, a distinctive basal armature, and bulbs which are only slightly longer than wide. Grillotia overstreeti plerocerci were found in the mesenteries of Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) and C. venustus De Vis, 1885, and have six principal hooks, one and two intercalary hooks, a longitudinal band of small hooks which end midlength along the tentacle and which extends to the base, and a distinctive basal armature.

Two new species of alcyonacean-associated shrimp genus Alcyonohippolyte Marin, Okuno & Chan, 2010 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippolytidae) from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3123 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN MARIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Soft Coral ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Organ Pipe ◽  
Antennular Peduncle

Two new species of symbiotic hippolytid shrimps of the genus Alcyonohippolyte Marin, Okuno & Chan, 2010 are described from Lizard Island, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Alcyonohippolyte tenuicarpus sp. nov. is associated with xeniid soft coral of the genus Heteroxenia Kolliker, 1874 and differs from the congeners by a long rostrum greatly exceeding antennular peduncle and slender carpal segments of pereiopod II. Alcyonohippolyte tubiporae sp. nov. is associated with organ pipe coral of the genus Tubipora Linnaeus, 1758, possibly T. musica Linnaeus, 1758 (Alcyonacea: Tubiporidae), and differs from the congeners by equal distal and proximal carpal segments of pereiopod II. Both species can be clearly separated from the congeners ecologically and by coloration.

scholarly journals First record of the genus Lamellarea (Acari, Oribatida, Lamellareidae) from the Neotropical region

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
First Record ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
The Body ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Live Oak ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Lamellarea (Oribatida, Lamellareidae) is described from hick twigs of southern live oak in Florida, U.S.A. (part of the Neotropical region). Lamellarea americana sp. nov. differs from most similar species, Lamellarea digitata and L. forceps by the ventrally inserted lamellar setae, the number of genital setae, the length of interlamellar setae, and the body size. Remarks on generic diagnosis and distribution of Lamellarea are presented.

New taxa and notes on palm and false-leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae, Sexavaini; Pseudophyllinae, Cymatomerini) from Brunei Darussalam

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4808 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-316
Author(s):  
MING KAI TAN ◽  
RODZAY BIN HAJI ABDUL WAHAB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Body ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Material ◽  
Orthopteran Species

As many as 72 species were documented when sampling was conducted in Kuala Belalong in Brunei Darussalam between 2016 and 2017 but this remains non-exhaustive and orthopteran species are still awaiting discovery. Based on new material collected in 2019, two new species of katydids are described here: Segestes nostosalgos sp. n. and Sathrophylliopsis mentham sp. n. These two discoveries are of particular interest: Segestes nostosalgos sp. n. represents the first record of the tribe Sexavaini in Borneo; Sathrophylliopsis mentham sp. n. is drastically different from congeners by the lack of dense fine long hairs around the body. 

New species, new records and a checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Nepal

Biologia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Ermilov ◽  
Jochen Martens
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
New Records ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
The Body ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Size And Morphology ◽  
Annotated Checklist ◽  
First Time

AbstractAn annotated checklist of identified oribatid mite taxa from Nepal is provided. It includes 77 species/subspecies, 56 genera and 40 families; 36 species/subspecies, 21 genera and nine families are recorded for the first time in Nepal. Two new species, Vilhenabates schawalleri sp. n. (Haplozetidae) and Taiwanoppia (Taiwanoppia) paranepalica sp. n. (Oppiidae), are described from soil of central Nepal. Vilhenabates schawalleri sp. n. is morphologically similar to V. giganteus Ermilov & Rybalov, 2012, however, it differs from the latter by the body size, length of rostral, lamellar and subcapitular setae, location of lamellar setae, adanal setae ad 3 and adanal lyrifissures and number of porose areas. Taiwanoppia (Taiwanoppia) paranepalica sp. n. is morphologically similar to T. (T.) nepalica Ermilov & Martens, 2014, however, it differs from the latter by the body size and morphology of the rostrum.

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