Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3221 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN E. McCOSKER ◽  
DOUGLAS J. LONG ◽  
CAROLE C. BALDWIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
A New Species

We describe Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov. based on 7 specimens collected using the submersible Johnson Sea-Link fromdeepwater (428–562 m depth) areas of the Galápagos Islands. It is presumed to be endemic to the archipelago. The newspecies differs from its congeners in its coloration, the length of its anal-fin base, and in other morphological characters. The disjunct distribution of species of the widely-distributed Indo-Pacific genus Bythaelurus is discussed.

scholarly journals A new species of Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Coleophorinae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1161 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Coleophora darwini sp. nov., is described from the Galápagos Islands. This is the first record of the family Coleophoridae for the Galápagos. Adults were reared from larvae found mining leaves of Amaranthus andersonii Howell (Amaranthaceae) on Pinzón Island. Adults of the species also were collected at light on the islands of Española and Pinta. Coleophora darwini is similar to C. intexta Meyrick, 1917 from Peru. Adults, and male and female genitalia of both species, as well as the larval case of C. darwini, are illustrated and morphological characters distinguishing the two species are presented. A lectotype is formally designated for C. intexta.

Diatoms from isolated islands II:Pseudostaurosira diablarum, a new species from a mangrove ecosystem in the Galápagos Islands.

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair W. R. Seddon ◽  
Andrzej Witkowski ◽  
Cynthia A. Froyd ◽  
Krzysztof J. KurzydłOwski ◽  
Justyna Grzonka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystem ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
A New Species

THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS’ GENUS NEORYCTES ARROW (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE)

1995 ◽  
Vol 127 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Cook ◽  
H.F. Howden ◽  
S.B. Peck
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
The Other ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
The One ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe endemic Galápagos’ genus Neoryctes Arrow has had a confused nomenclatorial and taxonomic history. Evaluation of morphological variation in the 41 specimens now available confirms the distinctiveness of the genus and establishes the existence of four species, each restricted to a single island. The original Darwin specimen, named Oryctes galapagoensis by G.R. Waterhouse in 1845, is shown to be from Isla Santiago. Two other names are valid: N. linelli Mutchler for the population on San Cristobal and N. moreti Dechambre for the one on Santa Cruz. The population on Floreana is named as a new species, N. williamsi. Neoryctes most likely originated from a Pentodontini dynastine ancestor from lowland South or Central America. The ancestor first dispersed to Isla San Cristobal, one of the oldest islands. It is hypothesized that before hindwing reduction occurred, which is now characteristic of all members of the genus, individuals from San Cristobal spread to the other islands. Subsequently, possibly during periods of Pleistocene aridity, each population became restricted to its present range in the moist highland zone of an individual island.

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