A new species of Neoferdina and three new records of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) collected from Kumejima Island, southwestern Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3367 (1) ◽  
pp. 252 ◽  
Author(s):  
YOICHI KOGURE ◽  
YOSHIHISA FUJITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
New Records ◽  
Beam Trawl ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Sea Stars ◽  
Marginal Plates ◽  
Japanese Waters ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Sea stars were collected at depths ranging from 91 to 160 m around Kumejima Island situated in the middle of the RyukyuIslands chain in the Western Pacific. Sampling was carried out using a dredge or beam trawl in November 2009, as partof the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition. The specimens included an undescribed species of the genus Neoferdina, and threespecies that have never been reported in Japanese waters. Features that characterise this new species, Neoferdina longi-brachia, include: extremely long and narrow arms, no alternating arrangement of large and small superomarginal plates,body surface (except for the marginal plates) completely covered with granules, and an adambulacral armature with 3 furrow spines.

A new species and two new records ofPoecilochaetus(Polychaeta: Poecilochaetidae) from Hawaii

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Wagner F. Magalhães ◽  
Julie H. Bailey-Brock ◽  
Cinthya S. G. Santos
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The Other ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species,Poecilochaetus anterospinussp. nov., is described from the east and south shores of Oahu, Hawaii.Poecilochaetus anterospinussp. nov. is unique in the genus by the presence of noto- and neuropodial spines from chaetiger 11 to posterior segments. Neuropodial spines on anterior chaetigers are absent in all otherPoecilochaetusspecies while notopodial spines are limited to segments preceding the pygidium.Poecilochaetuscf.koshikiensis, originally described from Japan, is newly recorded from Hawaii and apparently widely distributed in the western Pacific and South-east Asian Seas.Poecilochaetussp. is distinguished from the other two species by the distribution of the ampullaceous cirri (7–12) and its chaetal characters.

Updated records for Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera) and a new species of Thraulodes Ulmer, 1920 from Tocantins State, Northern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5076 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-55
Author(s):  
THALES YANN ORLANDO ◽  
FREDERICO FALCÃO SALLES ◽  
RAFAEL BOLDRINI ◽  
TIAGO KÜTTER KROLOW
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Complementary Information ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Annotated Checklist ◽  
Total Species ◽  
A New Species

An annotated checklist with complementary information for leptophlebiid mayflies from Tocantins State, Brazil is provided. Additionally, we describe a new species of Thraulodes Ulmer, 1920 based on male adults. New reports are based on collections conducted between August 2017 and August 2019 in 13 localities of 10 municipalities. A total of 436 adults distributed in 11 genera, 16 species and five morphospecies treated as undescribed species were collected. Of the total species examined, 11 are new records.  

Stereomastis artuzi sp. nov., a new species of Polychelidae (Decapoda, Polychelida) described from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

Crustaceana ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
pp. 1243-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Artüz ◽  
M. L. Artüz ◽  
C. Kubanç ◽  
M. L. Artüz ◽  
C. Kubanç ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Beam Trawl ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
Deep Basin ◽  
Earthquake Fault ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Four specimens ofStereomastiswere caught by beam-trawl on 07 August 2011 at a depth of 1000 m in the western deep basin, around the submarine thermal vent site, along the North Anatolian Earthquake Fault, in the Sea of Marmara. These specimens appeared to belong to an as yet undescribed species. As a result,Stereomastis artuzisp. nov. is described in this study as a new species in the family Polychelidae (Decapoda, Polychelida; also alternatively classified under Decapoda, Palinura, Eryonoidea).

scholarly journals Anthomyzidae (Diptera) of Taiwan: new species but no new records

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-290
Author(s):  
Jindřich Roháček
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
City Area ◽  
Taichung City ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Eleven Species

Species of the family Anthomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) occurring in Taiwan are reviewed. Eleven species have been recognized, 8 of them new to science. However, because of limited and poorly preserved material, only three species of the genus Anthomyza Fallén, 1810, viz. A. robusta sp. nov. (Chiayi and Nantou Counties, both sexes), A. caesarea sp. nov. (Taichung City area, both sexes) and A. elongata sp. nov. (Chiayi County, female only), are described. The remaining 5 undescribed species, viz. Amygdalops sp. nov. near cuspidatus (Taichung City area), Amygdalops sp. nov. near curtistylus (Nantou and Kinmen Counties), Anthomyza sp. nov. near elongata (Yilan County), Anthomyza sp. nov. (1) near flavosterna (Chiayi County) and Anthomyza sp. nov. (2) near flavosterna (Nantou County), are diagnosed but remain unnamed. A new species group of Anthomyza, viz. the A. flavosterna group, is established and diagnosed, to include the East Palearctic A. flavosterna Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003, A. caesarea sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov. and 3 additional unnamed species from Taiwan, while the remaining A. robusta sp nov. belongs to the A. bellatrix group. All six Taiwanese Anthomyza species seem to be associated with montane habitats and could be endemic. It is estimated that up to 20 species of Anthomyzidae could occur in Taiwan. The longitudinal dark pattern of the wing, found in A. caesarea sp. nov., is recorded for the first time in the genus Anthomyza which is the fourth lineage of Anthomyzidae in which this type of pattern has independently evolved. Preliminary keys to Taiwanese species of the genera Amygdalops Lamb, 1914 and Anthomyza are presented.

The millipede family Polyxenidae (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) in the faunas of the Crimean Peninsula and Caucasus, with notes on other European Polyxenidae

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-332
Author(s):  
MEGAN SHORT ◽  
VARPU VAHTERA ◽  
THOMAS WESENER ◽  
SERGEI I. GOLOVATCH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
New Records ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Crimean Peninsula ◽  
Southern Caucasus ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A New Species

The Polyxenidae in the fauna of the Crimeo-Caucasian region is represented by four species: Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (= P. lagurus caucasicus Lignau, 1924, syn. n.), Propolyxenus argentifer (Verhoeff, 1921) comb. n. (= P. trivittatus Verhoeff, 1941, = P. sokolowi Lignau, 1924, both syn. n.), a new species, Polyxenus lankaranensis sp. n., and an undescribed Polyxenus sp. The distributions of all these species in the region concerned are mapped, based on old and new records. A molecular phylogeny based on COI sequences is used to study the relationship within and among the genera Polyxenus and Propolyxenus from Western Europe to the southern Caucasus. The results highlight the presence of a number of undescribed species of Polyxenus across this region. 

A new species and two new records of Cirratulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Guam, Mariana Islands

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 941-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wagner F. Magalhães ◽  
Julie H. Bailey-Brock
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Staining Pattern ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Methyl Green ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Polychaetes from the Mariana Islands of Guam and Saipan have been characterized in previous studies but a thorough taxonomic study of the cirratulids has only been possible recently. Here we report on two new records,Caulleriella pacificaandChaetozone flagellifera, and a new species,Monticellina lueldredgei, sp. nov. The speciesC. pacificais newly recorded for the western Pacific whileC. flagelliferais reported for the first time since its original description. The new speciesM. lueldredgeiis unique in the genus with respect to the ultrastructure and segmental origin of the modified capillaries as well as for the distinctive methyl green staining pattern.

New species and occurrence records of Japanese Solasteridae and Ganeriidae including a new species of Paralophaster from the North Pacific with an overview of Hyalinothrix

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4750 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-100
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER L. MAH ◽  
TOSHIHIKO FUJITA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Families Of Asteroids ◽  
Japanese Waters ◽  
The North Pacific ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Occurrence Records

Japanese waters contain a highly diverse echinoderm fauna including many undiscovered species, especially in deeper-water settings. Molecular phylogenetic data has shown a close relationship between three established families of asteroids, the Asterinidae, the Solasteridae and the Ganeriidae, which are three groups that are well-represented in the region. We present two undescribed species of solasterids, Lophaster cactorum n. sp. and Paralophaster gomo n. sp., the latter represents a genus which had previously been known primarily from Antarctic settings. New occurrence records of the tropical deep-sea Pacific solasterid Rhipidaster vannipes Sladen, 1889 has led to synonymy of Xenorias polyctenius Fisher, 1913. Three undescribed species of Hyalinothrix, Hyalinothrix diversus n. sp., Hyaliothrix enoki n. sp. and Hyalinothrix virtrispinum n. sp. are described. Nepanthia grangei McKnight, 2001 is transferred to Hyalinothrix. A new subfamily, the Hyalinothricinae is established within the Asterinidae, including Tarachaster and Seriaster, which was formerly assigned to the Solasteridae. Knightaster is reassigned to the Asterinidae from the Ganeriidae. 

A new species of the genus Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmida, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from Laos

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4732 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-200
Author(s):  
CHANG-MOON JANG ◽  
YANG˗SEOP BAE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Lower Margin ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Egg Capsule

Parapachymorpha is one of eight genera within the tribe Medaurini of subfamily Clitumninae (Phasmatidae). It was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893), with the type species Parapachymorpha nigra by subsequent designation of Kirby (1904), from Myanmar. Species of this genus are widely distributed in oriental tropics (Laos, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia), with only 11 known species in the world (Brock et al. 2018, Ho 2017). Species of the genus Parapachymorpha can be recognized by following characters (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893;1907, Henmemann & Conle 2008, Ho 2017): 1) body robust in female and slender in male with long leg in relation to the length; 2) body surface of female granulose or spinose; 3) mesonotum of female more and less expanded posteriorly; 4) abdominal tergites lacking expanded prostero–lateral angles in both sexes; 5) laminal supraanalis undeveloped in female; 6) semi–tergite of male irregularly rectangular, with an additional finger­–like ventro–apical appendix on the lower margin and reduced or absent; 7) egg capsule oval to oblong and covered with a raised net–like structure in lateral view; 8) micropylar plate oval; 9) operculum concave or convex. In the present study, we describe additional species, Parapachymorpha minuta sp. nov. from Laos, with photographs of both sexes of adults and egg. 

scholarly journals New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Hosie ◽  
Jane Fromont ◽  
Kylie Munyard ◽  
Diana S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Undescribed Species

The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Acastinae, including three undescribed species (Acasta caveata sp. nov., Euacasta acutaflava sp. nov., and E. excoriatrix sp. nov.) and three species previously not recorded in Australian waters (A. sandwichi, Pectinoacasta cancellorum, and P. sculpturata). The new species are distinguished from similar species by a suite of morphological characters as well as genetic distances. A lectotype for Pectinoacasta cancellorum is designated. Sponge hosts were identified for all specimens where possible and are represented by 19 species from eight families and five orders.

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