Sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps (Alpheidae: Synalpheus) of Barbados, West Indies, with a description of a new eusocial species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2834 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTIN M. HULTGREN ◽  
KENNETH S MACDONALD III ◽  
J. EMMETT DUFFY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
The West ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Snapping Shrimps ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Eusocial Species

Sampling of eight sites along the west coast of Barbados, West Indies, yielded 14 species of sponge-dwelling shrimps in the gambarelloides group of the genus Synalpheus, including one new species described here as Synalpheus microneptunus n. sp. The new species is a member of the S. paraneptunus Coutière species complex and is distinguished from other species in that group by the combination of four carpal segments in the second pereopod, uropodal exopod with 2 nd distolateral tooth smaller than the other two teeth and set in line with movable spine, and a small blade on the scaphocerite. Synalpheus microneptunus n. sp. is the smallest species in the complex (2.2-2.9 mm CL) and lives in small colonies, usually with fewer than 10 individuals, often with a single breeding female. Synalpheus thele Macdonald, Hultgren & Duffy is reported for the first time from outside its type locality in Jamaica. Sampling in Barbados produced fewer species than did similar efforts in Jamaica and Curaçao, possibly due to the relatively isolated position of the island at the eastern (windward) edge of the Caribbean Sea.

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.

Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the West Indies and description of a new species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2663 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERRY WHITWORTH
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
The West ◽  
Blow Flies ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Key Characters

Keys to 11 genera and 21 species of Calliphoridae found or likely to be found in the West Indies are given. Species distributions and key characters are discussed. Lucilia fayeae sp. nov. is described from numerous specimens from Dominica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Calliphora maestrica Peris et al. is redescribed and the male of the species is described for the first time.

Strombidiid ciliates from coastal waters near Kingston Harbour, Jamaica (Ciliophora, Oligotrichia, Strombidiidae)

1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis H. Lynn ◽  
Guy L. Gilron
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cell Size ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Size And Shape ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Kingston Harbour ◽  
One New Species

Fifteen marine strombidiid species were measured and identified after protargol staining of bottle-cast samples collected during an annual study of the ciliate microzooplankton in the Caribbean Sea. Nine of these are described herein as new species. One new species from the genus Tontonia, T. simplicidens sp. nov., is defined, based on the pattern of the girdle and ventral kinety. Six new species of Strombidium, S. bilobum sp. nov., S. eurystomum sp. nov., S. ioanum sp. nov., S. maedai sp. nov., S. pollostomum sp. nov. and S. sphaericum sp. nov. are defined, based on cell size and shape, the arrangement of the oral ciliature, and the nature of the macronucleus. One new strombidiid genus Cyrtostrombidium gen. nov., is defined by the presence of a unique oral ‘basket’ and the absence of the ventral polykinetidal zone. Two species of Cyrtostrombidium, C. longisomum sp. nov. and C. wailesi sp. nov., are distinguished, based on cell size and macronuclear structure. Assemblages of six previously-described strombidiid species, S. constrictum, S. dalum, S. epidemum, S. inclinatum, S. wulffi, and Laboea strobila are also briefly described.

Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies

Toxicon ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 698-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Tester ◽  
Rebecca L. Feldman ◽  
Amy W. Nau ◽  
Steven R. Kibler ◽  
R. Wayne Litaker
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
The West ◽  
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Fish Poisoning ◽  
The Caribbean
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