New records of bathyal Leptolida (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from the Bay of Biscay and the northwestern Iberian Peninsula (northeastern Atlantic)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3565 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ÁLVARO ALTUNA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
Bay Of Biscay ◽  
The South ◽  
Northwestern Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Northeastern Atlantic

Four uncommon bathyal thecate hydroids, Plicatotheca anitae Calder & Vervoort, 1986, Zygophylax africana Stechow,1923, Nemertesia falcicula (Ramil & Vervoort, 1992a) and Pseudoplumaria marocana (Billard, 1930), were collectedduring benthic surveys of the Cantabrian Sea and the Galicia Bank (Spain, northeastern Atlantic). Northern ranges of allfour are extended in the Atlantic Ocean. Elsewhere in the northeastern Atlantic, Plicatotheca anitae is known only fromthe Azores, while the nearest records of Nemertesia falcicula and Pseudoplumaria marocana are the Strait of Gibraltarand from a station northwest off Cape San Vicente in the south of Portugal, respectively. Zygophylax africana, known onlyfrom South Africa and Japan, is new to the European fauna and was obtained at an unusual depth. Each of the four species is described and illustrated, and their distributions and bathymetric ranges are revised.

Bryozoa from deep-sea habitats of the northern Gulf of Cádiz (Northeastern Atlantic)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4768 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAÍS V. RAMALHO ◽  
CARLOS M. LÓPEZ-FÉ ◽  
ANGEL MATEO-RAMÍREZ ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS RUEDA
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Mud Volcanoes ◽  
Gulf Of Cadiz ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
Gulf Of Cádiz ◽  
Northeastern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Northeastern Atlantic

This study examines material collected in the northern part of the Gulf of Cádiz, in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, between the Iberian Peninsula and northern Africa, at 300–1200 m depth, within the Site of Community Importance “Volcanes de fango del Golfo de Cádiz” (Mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cádiz, ESZZ-12002). Several previous studies were carried out in the Iberian Peninsula and Moroccan area (shallow and deep waters), recording ca. 300 bryozoan species from the Gulf of Cádiz. In the present study a total of 40 bryozoan taxa were identified, including two species new to science—Antropora gemarita n. sp. and Microporella funbio n. sp.—and three new records for the area. 

New records of octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the south western Atlantic Ocean, with zoogeographic considerations

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 630 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS D. PÉREZ ◽  
MAURICIO O. ZAMPONI
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
New Records ◽  
American Continent ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Western Atlantic Ocean ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
South West ◽  
First Case ◽  
Present Distribution

The present study deals with six new records of octocoral species (two alcyoniid soft corals and four primnoid gorgonians) for the south western Atlantic Ocean. These new records, mainly for the gorgonians, improves the knowledge of their present distribution. The species Thouarella koellikeri and Dasystenella acanthina have their known distribution widened, showing in the first case a continuous bioceanic distribution (south east Pacific south west Atlantic). The species of the genus Primnoella, P. biserialis and P. compressa, widen their distributional range tending to a geographical continuity along the south eastern coasts of the American continent, avoiding the zoogeographic barrier constituted by the R o de la Plata.

New records and range extension of the Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis in the south‐western Atlantic Ocean, with comments on its morphology

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-616
Author(s):  
Federico Mas ◽  
Rodrigo Forselledo ◽  
Andrés Domingo ◽  
Oscar Pin ◽  
Pablo Troncoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
New Records ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Western Atlantic Ocean

scholarly journals Spiders and Scorpions (Arachnida: Araneae, Scorpiones) of the Nylsvley Nature Reserve, South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman ◽  
Annette Van den Berg ◽  
Lorenzo Prendini
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
South African ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
New Records ◽  
The South ◽  
Spider Species

Among other activities, the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) aims to survey the biodiversity of arachnids in protected areas of South Africa. The study presented here documents the diversity of spiders and scorpions collected from the Nylsvley Nature Reserve (NNR), South Africa over a 30-year period. The spider fauna of NNR contains 175 species (7.5% of the total recorded in South Africa), in 131 genera and 37 families. Thomisidae is the most diverse spider family in the reserve, with 33 species (18.9% of the total), followed by Salticidae, with 20 species (11.4%), and Araneidae, with 18 species (10.3%). The majority of species (125) are wandering spiders (71.4%), whereas 50 species (28.6%) build webs. Wandering grounddwelling spiders comprise 52 species, whereas 73 wandering species have been collected from the vegetation. A total of 158 species are new records for the reserve and Oxyopes tuberculatus Lessert, 1915 is newly recorded for South Africa. Six spider species may be new to science. The scorpion fauna of NNR comprises five species (5% of the total recorded in South Africa) in three genera and two families. Buthidae are more diverse in the reserve, with four species and two genera represented. The scorpion fauna of the reserve includes two fossorial and three epigeic species, representing five ecomorphotypes: semi-zpsammophilous, pelophilous, lithophilous, corticolous and lapidicolous. Five additional scorpion species may be recorded if the reserve is sampled more intensively using appropriate techniques.

Politolana sanchezi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae), a new benthic bioturbating scavenger from bathyal soft-bottoms of the southern Bay of Biscay (northeastern Atlantic Ocean)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2640 (1) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
INMACULADA FRUTOS ◽  
JEAN CLAUDE SORBE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
Fishing Ground ◽  
Bay Of Biscay ◽  
Continental Slopes ◽  
Soft Bottoms ◽  
Northeastern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Northeastern Atlantic

A new species of the genus Politolana (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) is described, based on specimens collected from the Le Danois Bank (‘El Cachucho’ fishing ground), southern Bay of Biscay, northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Politolana sanchezi sp. nov. can be distinguished from P. microphthalma (the only Politolana species recorded in boreal European waters) by larger eyes, presence of chromatophores on pereon and pleon, antennae reaching to the middle of the second pereonite, lateral margin of the frontal ridge dividing eyes, superior meral lobe of pereopod 1 reaching midpoint of the propodus, distal end of uropodal endopod subacute and pleotelson apex broadly convex with small medial point. An identification key to the world species of Politolana is presented. The new species has been found living on muddy-fine sandy bottoms of the southern Bay of Biscay and western Galicia, between 480 and 791 m depth. According to the present findings, it belongs to the benthic scavenger guild recognized on continental slopes. Its scavenging and bioturbating behaviour at the sediment-water interface are described from in situ trophic experiments with a fish-baited trap combined with a time-lapse recording camera.

New evidence on the South African Lower Palaeozoic: age and fossils reviewed

1986 ◽  
Vol 123 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. M. Cocks ◽  
R. A. Fortey
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
New Records ◽  
The South ◽  
Table Mountain ◽  
Lower Palaeozoic ◽  
New Evidence

AbstractTrilobites from the Soom Shale, Cedarberg Formation, of the Table Mountain Group, South Africa, have been identified asMucronaspis oliniTemple, indicating a latest Ordovician (Rawtheyan–Hirnantian) age. This new data is taken as an opportunity to present new records of some non age-diagnostic brachiopods and molluscs from the area, and also to review the substantial shelly fauna from the overlying Disa Member of the Cedarberg Formation. It is concluded that that fauna is of Hirnantian age and not early Llandovery as stated by some previous authors.

Aphelenchoides spp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchida) and Panagrolaimus leperisini (Nematoda: Rhabditida) found associated with grass seeds in the Telperion Nature Reserve, South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
CHANTELLE GIRGAN ◽  
ANTOINETTE SWART ◽  
MARIETTE MARAIS ◽  
HENDRIKA FOURIE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
New Records ◽  
The South ◽  
African Populations ◽  
Nematode Diversity ◽  
Plant Parasitic ◽  
South African Populations

As part of the South African Plant-Parasitic Nematode Survey (SAPPNS), an extensive nematode diversity survey was conducted in the Telperion Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa. During this survey, samples of grass seeds were collected. Some of these seeds yielded specimens of the genera Aphelenchoides, Aphelenchus and Panagrolaimus. Identified species include Aphelenchoides africanus, A. besseyi, A. lichenicola, A. rutgersi, A. spicomucronatus and Panagrolaimus leperisini. Four of these species are new records for South Africa and the South African populations of these species are described in this paper. 

New species and reports of scutacarid mites from Andalusia, Spain, (Heterostigmatina, Scutacaridae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Julia Baumann ◽  
Francisco Ferragut
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
The South ◽  
One New Species ◽  
First Descriptions ◽  
Unusual Shape

Knowledge about the fauna of scutacarid mites (Heterostigmatina, Pygmephoroidea, Scutacaridae) on the Iberian Peninsula is very scarce. In order to increase information on Iberian scutacarids, collections were performed in the south of Andalusia, resulting in one new species Scutacarus tarifae sp. nov. and four new records for the Iberian Peninsula: Diversipes exhamulatus (Michael, 1886), Scutacarus carinthiacus Ebermann, 1979, S. echidna (Berlese, 1905) and S. eucomus (Berlese, 1908). The first descriptions of male and larva of S. eucomus are provided, and the unusual shape of the pharyngeal pumps of S. carinthiacus is discussed.

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