scholarly journals Ocellus-bearing Neobythites species (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from the West Atlantic with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2228 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
JØRGEN G. NIELSEN ◽  
FRANZ UIBLEIN ◽  
MICHAEL M. MINCARONE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
The West ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Small Black Spot ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
A New Species

Three species of the ophidiid genus Neobythites containing ocelli in the dorsal fin are known from the West Atlantic: Neobythites gilli Goode and Bean 1885, N. ocellatus Günther 1887 and N. monocellatus Nielsen 1999. In the year 2000, 18 specimens of Neobythites were caught on the upper continental slope off eastern Brazil. This is the first documented record of a Neobythites specimen off Brazil since the holotype of N. ocellatus was caught in 1873. Seventeen of the specimens are referable to N. ocellatus and one to N. monocellatus. Until now the distribution of N. ocellatus was considered to be from off Atlantic Florida, the Caribbean Sea and then a gap of 4500 km to the type locality off Brazil. However, the holotype and the 17 specimens differ from the more northerly recorded specimens in pattern and number of spots and ocelli on the dorsal fin. The 18 Brazilian specimens have two distinct ocelli, one near the origin of the dorsal fin and one above the midpoint of the fish, and further back occasionally a small, black spot, while the northern specimens occasionally have a small, black spot near the origin of the fin, a distinct ocellus above the midpoint and up to three ocelli further posteriorly. Consequently a new species, N. multiocellatus, is described based on 59 specimens from the Caribbean Sea to off Atlantic Florida. The record of the N. monocellatus specimen extends its distribution about 3000 km southwards. A comparison of the four ocellus-bearing species from the West Atlantic is made.

Periclimenaeus pectinidactylus n. sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from the Belizean Barrier Reef, Caribbean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2130 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZDENĚK ĎURIŠ ◽  
IVONA HORKÁ ◽  
FLOYD SANDFORD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Incisor Process

A new species of sponge-associated pontoniine shrimp from the Belizean Barrier Reef in the Caribbean Sea is described and illustrated, and its systematic position is discussed. The single specimen available is incomplete, lacking the major second pereiopod. A comb-like arrangement of the cutting edges on the first pereiopod fingers is unique within the genus. A very short carpocerite and a strongly reduced incisor process on the mandible are among other features which are rare in other Periclimenaeus species.

Gloiotrichus vermiculatussp. nov. (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta), a new species from the Caribbean Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katina E. Bucher ◽  
James N. Norris ◽  
James R. Sears
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

Isozoanthus antumbrosus, a new species of zoanthid (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Zoanthidea) symbiotic with Hydrozoa from the Caribbean, with a key to hydroid and sponge-symbiotic zoanthid species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2051 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIMOTHY D. SWAIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solar Eclipse ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Annular Solar Eclipse ◽  
Oral Disk ◽  
A New Species

Isozoanthus antumbrosus, a new species of zooxanthellate zoanthid, is described. Colonies associate with the arborescent hydroid Dentitheca dendritica in the Caribbean Sea at 1–60 m. The coenenchyme, column, and oral disk are seal brown. The tentacles are golden brown and number 30–38. The coloration of the oral disk and tentacles recalls an annular solar eclipse. Polyps are 4.1–8.9 mm long and 2.2–4.3 mm in diameter. Genetic, morphological, and ecological characters differentiate this species from other hydroid-symbiotic zoanthids. Assignment to the genus Isozoanthus is based on morphology, with the acknowledgment that the currently accepted genera may not reflect evolutionary relationships.

scholarly journals Sparisoma rocha, a new species of parrotfish (Actinopterygii: Labridae) from Trindade Island, South-western Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2493 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUDSON TERCIO PINHEIRO ◽  
JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI ◽  
IVAN SAZIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Terminal Phase ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
Trindade Island ◽  
A New Species

A new species of parrotfish, Sparisoma rocha sp. n., is described from Trindade Island off South-eastern Brazil. It differs from its Western Atlantic congeners by the unique colour pattern of live and freshly preserved individuals: initial phase red overall with a brownish shade from lower jaw to over the abdominal cavity, sparse orange blotches on head, and pale circumpeduncular band; terminal phase reddish brown with orange stripe from jaw angle to end of preopercle, sparse orange blotches on head, three pinkish to reddish stripes from about midline to dorsum, from midline to belly pale greyish green to whitish with suffusion of pale reddish brown, a black spot on base of pectoral fins and a bright-yellow blotch below this spot. Additionally, mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA loci sequences do not match any known Sparisoma species. The new parrotfish increases to six the species of the genus Sparisoma recorded from South-western Atlantic.

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