A new species of freshwater shrimp of the genus Micratya (Decapoda: Atyidae: Caridea) from Puerto Rico

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3608 (5) ◽  
pp. 357-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREAS KARGE ◽  
TIMOTHY J. PAGE ◽  
WERNER KLOTZ
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Appendix Masculina ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

The atyid genus Micratya Bouvier, 1913 was previously considered to be monotypic. The area in which the genus is dis-tributed is limited to the islands of the Antilles and Central America, with the type locality of Micratya poeyi being in Cuba. A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of atyid shrimps from the Caribbean indicated the probable existence of a second species of Micratya from samples collected in Puerto Rico. Here it is described as the new species Micratya cooki sp. nov., differing from its congener in the armature of the dactyli on the fifth pereiopod, the uropodal diaeresis, the distal margin of the telson and by the spinulation of the appendix masculina in male specimens. Because the type specimens of M. poeyi are most probably lost, a neotype for M. poeyi was designated.

Pilaira australis sp. nov. (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) isolated from emu faeces in Australia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 329 (3) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW S. URQUHART ◽  
PAULINE M. L. COULON ◽  
ALEXANDER IDNURM
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacers ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Dromaius Novaehollandiae ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Carbon Utilisation ◽  
A New Species

Pilaira australis, a new species of fungus in the coprophilous genus Pilaira, was isolated from emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) faeces and is described. Morphologically, the species resembles other species in the genus, particularly P. moreaui, except differs in its unique combination of sporangiophore height and sporangiospore length. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that P. australis is distinct from other species in the genus with two regions, the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and a fragment of the pyrG gene, showing 91% and 90% identity to the nearest species, respectively. Ultrastructure features and carbon utilisation were determined for P. australis, and may provide characteristics for species identification in this genus.

Codonopsis atriplicifolia (Campanulaceae), a new species from western Sichuan, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 512 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
YU-YANG ZHOU ◽  
YUN-HAO SI ◽  
ZHEN ZHANG ◽  
QIANG WANG ◽  
YAN YU
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Dna Fragments ◽  
Western Sichuan ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Codonopsis atriplicifolia (Campanulaceae) from western Sichuan, China, is described here as a new species, which is similar to C. subscaposa in a number of characters. The results of molecular phylogenetic analysis of 25 species of Codonopsis based on chloroplast DNA fragments (matK, petD with petB-petD, rbcL) show that C. atriplicifolia is closely related to C. farreri. In morphology, the new species is distinctly different from the allied species by its linear-lanceolate leaves with subentire to pinnatipartite margins.

A new species of Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) from Hubei, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 350 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
RUI-HONG WANG ◽  
MAO-QIN XIA ◽  
JIN-BO TAN ◽  
CHUAN CHEN ◽  
XIN-JIE JIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Central China ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Leaf Margin ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Scrophularia jinii (Scrophulariaceae), from Central China is described and illustrated. This new species was formerly misidentified as S. fargesii, from which it differs in many morphological characters. Moreover, it is distinct with all known Scrophularia species in its unique deeply double serrate leaf margin with 3–7 big teeth on each side. Molecular phylogenetic analysis further supports its species delimitation and suggests a close relationship with several Japanese and North American species.

scholarly journals A new species of Pilarella (Copepoda, Calanoida, Arietellidae) from the hyperbenthic layer of Japan, with a molecular phylogenetic analysis of some representative genera of the Arietellidae

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1038 ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Sota Komeda ◽  
Kenta Adachi ◽  
Susumu Ohtsuka
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Posterior Border ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Caudal Rami ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the continental shelf hyperbenthic genus Pilarella is described, the first from the Indo-Pacific. This is the second species of Pilarella known, and the first description of a male in the genus. The new species is easily distinguished from other species of Pilarella (P. longicornis) based on: (1) short caudal rami, approximately 1.5 times longer than wide; (2) 2 setae on the mandibular endopod; (3) 6 setae on the maxillular coxal epipodite; and (4) in the female, a short left antennule reaching the posterior border of the genital double-somite. The new diagnosis of Pilarella differs from Metacalanus in the separation of ancestral segments IX–XII and XIV–XV of the antennule, and the presence of 5–6 setae on the maxillular praecoxal arthrite. Pilarella is also separated from Metacalanalis based on the absence of a seta on the third ancestral segment of the antennary exopod, the symmetry of legs 1–3, the presence of a medial basal seta on the female leg 5, and 2 lateral exopodal spines on the female leg 5. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of some representative genera of the family Arietellidae, including the present new species, recovers two arietellid clades (Metacalanus- and Arietellus-clades) as in previous studies. Dichotomous keys for the genera of Arietellidae and the species of Pilarella are included.

scholarly journals Primula sunhangii (Primulaceae): a new species from Hubei, Central China

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Jiao Sun ◽  
Dai-Gui Zhang ◽  
Xian-Han Huang ◽  
Komiljon Tojibaev ◽  
Jing-Yuan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Central China ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

This report provides a description of Primula sunhangii from the Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province in Central China, which is categorized as a new species of the primrose family. Primula sunhangii is morphologically similar to P. involucrata Wall. ex Duby in terms of its simple umbel, efarinose, and prolonged bracts. However, P. sunhangii is distinguished by its glabrous sepal, short petiole (compare with blade) and cylindrical calyx and capsule. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on nuclear and cpDNA genes demonstrates that P. sunhangii and P. involucrata are closely related. Combining genetic and morphological data, the recognition of P. sunhangii as a unique new species is supported.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of Russula subsection Amoeninae from South Korea

MycoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Komsit Wisitrassameewong ◽  
Myung Soo Park ◽  
Hyun Lee ◽  
Aniket Ghosh ◽  
Kanad Das ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Central America ◽  
North American ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Pileus Surface ◽  
A New Species

Russula subsection Amoeninae is morphologically defined by a dry velvety pileus surface, a complete absence of cystidia with heteromorphous contents in all tissues, and spores without amyloid suprahilar spot. Thirty-four species within subsection Amoeninae have been published worldwide. Although most Russula species in South Korea have been assigned European or North American names, recent molecular studies have shown that Russula species from different continents are not conspecific. Therefore, the present study aims to: 1) define which species of Russula subsection Amoeninae occur on each continent using molecular phylogenetic analyses; 2) revise the taxonomy of Korean Amoeninae. The phylogenetic analyses using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and multilocus sequences showed that subsection Amoeninae is monophyletic within subgenus Heterophyllidiae section Heterophyllae. A total of 21 Russula subsection Amoeninae species were confirmed from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and Central America, and species from different continents formed separate clades. Three species were recognized from South Korea and were clearly separated from the European and North American species. These species are R. bella, also reported from Japan, a new species described herein, Russula orientipurpurea, and a new species undescribed due to insufficient material.

scholarly journals The first representatives of the millipede family Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda, Glomerida) recorded from China and Indochina

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 954 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Weixin Liu ◽  
Sergei Golovatch
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
The Family ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of glomeridellid millipede is described from Guizhou Province, southern China: Tonkinomeris huzhengkunisp. nov. This new epigean species differs very clearly in many structural details, being sufficiently distinct morphologically and disjunct geographically from T. napoensis Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, the type and sole species of Tonkinomeris Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, which was described recently from northern Vietnam. The genus Tonkinomeris is formally relegated from Glomeridae and assigned to the family Glomeridellidae, which has hitherto been considered strictly Euro-Mediterranean in distribution and is thus new to the diplopod faunas of China and Indochina. Tonkinomeris is re-diagnosed and shown to have perhaps the basalmost position in the family Glomeridellidae. Its relationships are discussed, both morphological and zoogeographical, within and outside the Glomeridellidae, which can now be considered as relict and basically Oriental in origin. Because of the still highly limited array of DNA-barcoding sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene available in the GenBank, the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Glomerida attempted here shows our phylogram to be too deficient to consider meaningful.

scholarly journals Cerrorchestia taboukeli sp. nov., a new terrestrial amphipod (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from Martinique Island

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Piscart ◽  
Khaoula Ayati ◽  
Mathieu Coulis
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrates ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

During recent investigations on the terrestrial invertebrates of the tropical rainforest on Martinique Island (Pitons du Carbet), specimens of a new species of the terrestrial amphipod genus Cerrorchestia Lindeman, 1990, C. taboukeli sp. nov., were collected by means of different quantitative and non-quantitative methods (hand collection and Tullgren extraction) in the forest floor. The new species can be easily distinguished from the only other species of the genus, C. hyloraina Lindeman, 1990, by gnathopod 2 (carpus short, palm longer than wide), pereopod 4 dactylus with a denticulate patch, pereopod 5 basis ovate with a deep posterodistal lobe reaching the distal end of the ischium, pleopod 3 ramus with more than six articles. Cerrorchestia tabouleki sp. nov. is the first forest-hopper discovered in the Lesser Antilles, raising the question of island colonization by terrestrial amphipods. Ecological data and a key to terrestrial Talitridae of Central America and the Caribbean islands are provided.

Cyathea ruttenbergii, a new tree fern (Cyatheaceae, Polypodiopsida) from Puerto Rico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 336 (3) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
ADRIAN TEJEDOR ◽  
FABIOLA ARECES-BERAZAIN
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Island ◽  
Tree Fern ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Cyathea ruttenbergii, is described from the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The new species differs from congeners by its large, lanceolate pinnules with wide sinuses and long attenuate apices, ovate lamina with 6–7 pinna pairs, bicolorous petiole scales, strongly armed petioles, and lack of indusium. The affinities and ecology of the species are discussed.

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