Triacanthoneus akumalensis, a new species of alpheid shrimp (Crustacea: Caridea: Alpheidae) from an anchialine cave in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3154 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO ALVAREZ ◽  
THOMAS M. ILIFFE ◽  
BRETT GONZALEZ ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS VILLALOBOS

A new species of Triacanthoneus Anker, 2010 is described from an anchialine cave near Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico.Triacanthoneus akumalensis sp. nov., is the fourth species in the genus and can be distinguished from the previously de-scribed species by the position of the sharp lateral teeth on the carapace, the length and shape of the rostrum, the eyes beingcompletely concealed by the carapace, the dentition of the major chela fingers, and the shape of the telson. The presenceof a pleural process in the new species represents a new character for the genus. The description of T. akumalensis sp. nov. increases the number of caridean genera having representatives in the anchialine systems of the Yucatan Peninsula to 11.

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3190 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO T. NEIBER ◽  
FINJA C. HANSEN ◽  
THOMAS M. ILIFFE ◽  
BRETT C. GONZALEZ ◽  
STEFAN KOENEMANN

A new species of Remipedia (Crustacea) is described from a recently discovered section of the anchialine cave systemCenote Crustacea, situated on the northeastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. Speleonectes fuchscockburni n. sp. is thesecond remipede species from the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Adult specimens are relatively small and slender, with bodylengths between 12 and 16 mm, and up to 35 trunk segments. The new species can be distinguished morphologically fromS. tulumensis by sparsely setose appendages, a ventral antennular flagellum composed of 5–6 segments, and 10–12 deeplyincised denticles of the terminal maxillary and maxillpedal claws. The status of Speleonectes fuchscockburni as a new spe-cies is validated by a comparison of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences from selected remipede taxa, includ-ing Speleonectes tulumensis. The uniquely high abundance of S. tulumensis in Cenote Crustacea and the distribution of the two remipedes in this cave are discussed in relation to hydrology and cave morphology.


Crustaceana ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Ortiz ◽  
Sergio Cházaro-Olvera

A new species ofCirolanaLeach, 1818, collected from Cenote Aerolito, Cozumel Island, Mexican Caribbean, is described.Cirolana(Anopsilana)adrianisp. nov. has a body 2.7× as long as wide, widest at pereonites 5-6; cephalon smooth, with small rostral point; pereonites without tubercles or ridges; antenna 2 not surpassing back of segment 2 of pereon; pleonite 4 lacking free ventrolateral margins; pleotelson as long as wide, smooth, with 9 distal robust setae; appendix masculina extremely long, 2× as long as endopod of pleopod 2. The main differences between the new species and the marine speciesCirolana(Anopsilana)jonesi(Kensley, 1987) andC.(A.)sinu(Kensley & Schotte, 1994), as well as the stygobitic speciesC.(A.)yucatanaBotosaneanu & Iliffe, 2000, the most similar known species ofCirolana(Anopsilana) in the region, are described. This is the second isopod of the genusCirolanarecorded from the karstic systems of the Yucatan Peninsula.


Crustaceana ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Villalobos-Hiriart ◽  
Elva Escobar-Briones

AbstractA new species of Nebalia is described from Ría Lagartos in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, increasing the number of described species in this genus to 13. The species closely resembles a complex of species recognized for the tropical western Atlantic that will need further study. The importance of the shape of the denticles on the dorsal plconal segments 6 and 7 as a taxonomical character is discussed.


MycoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Javier Isaac de la Fuente ◽  
Gonzalo Gonzalo Guevara-Guerrero ◽  
Iván Oros-Ortega ◽  
Romeo Sánchez-Zavalegui ◽  
Iván Córdova-Lara ◽  
...  

Stephanosporamayana is presented as a new species from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. This species is distinguished by the yellowish pileus, basidiospores with a small corona (4–6 × 1–2.5 µm), and variable size (8.0–17.0 × 6.0–11.0), thin pileus (21–40 µm) and the ecological association to lowland forest with Haematoxylumcampechianum, Gymnopodiumfloribundum, Coccolobadiversifolia, Metopiumbrownei and Pinuscaribaea. It differs from the American species of Stephanospora, like S.michoacanensis and S.chilensis, by its larger basidiospores. Descriptions, photographs and discussions are presented.


2011 ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Balam ◽  
Germán Carnevali ◽  
William Cetzal-Ix ◽  
Rodrigo Duno

Se describe e ilustra a Lophiaris tapiae Balam & Carnevali (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae). La nueva especie se conoce solamente del área de Escárcega y de los márgenes de los ríos Candelaria y Palizada en el estado de Campeche, México. Se compara con los representantes del complejo Lophiaris oerstedii, particularmente con L. andrewsiae, con la que se encuentra cercanamente relacionada. Se incluye un mapa de distribución de las especies y una clave de identificación para todos los taxa del complejo L. oerstedii. De acuerdo con los criterios del Método de Evaluación del Riesgo de Extinción de las Especies Silvestres en México (MER) se propone el estado de conservación en “peligro de extinción (P)” para L. tapiae.


Crustaceana ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Villalobos-Hiriart ◽  
Elva Escobar-Briones

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