Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3640 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
KERRY A. HADFIELD ◽  
NIEL L. BRUCE ◽  
NICO J. SMIT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Southwestern Indian Ocean

The genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 is revised for southwestern Indian Ocean waters. Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 and C. eremita Brünnich, 1783 are redescribed. Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880, from Mauritius lacks type material and the host is unknown, therefore it is here relegated to nomen dubium. Cymothoa sodwana sp. nov., from Trachinotus botla (Carangidae), collected from the Kwazulu-Natal coast of South Africa, is described and is distinguished by the large, ovoid, hunched body with rugose dorsal surfaces; the anterolateral angles of pereonite 1 are narrow and rounded reaching half the length of the cephalon; the ischium of pereopod 7 has a large protrusion and pereonite 7 which laterally overlaps the pleon margins, extending posteriorly to the pleotelson.

Rhinobatos austini n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4276 (2) ◽  
pp. 204 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID A. EBERT ◽  
OFER GON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Depth Distribution ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Coastal Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Southwestern Indian Ocean

Rhinobatos austini sp. n. is described from the southwestern Indian Ocean based on four specimens collected from the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa and from Mozambique. The new species, with one exception, can be distinguished from all other members of this genus by a prominent teardrop-shaped dark blotch on the ventral surface of its snout. Its closest congener, R. holcorhynchus, also has a prominent teardrop-shaped blotch on its snout, but the new species differs from it by a lack of prominent thorns and tubercles on it dorsal disc surface and a very striking dorsal surface colour pattern of paired spots, some forming darker transverse bands across its back. Geographically, these two species broadly overlap, but R. austini appears to be a shallow, more coastal species (<1–107 m) compared to R. holcorhynchus that has a mostly offshore (75–254 m) depth distribution. 

Callogobius winterbottomi, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Western Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3630 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAOMI R. DELVENTHAL ◽  
RANDALL D. MOOI
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Additional Specimen ◽  
Group A ◽  
Urogenital Papilla ◽  
A New Species

Callogobius winterbottomi new species is described from the 33.8 mm SL holotype and two paratypes (32.2 mm SL and 22.9 mm SL) from the Comoros, Western Indian Ocean. It is distinguished from all other known Callogobius species by the following combination of characters: sensory pores absent, 23–26 scales in lateral series, and sensory papillae pre-opercular row not continuous with transverse opercular row. One additional specimen of Callogobius winterbottomi was located from South Africa. A new standardized naming system for Callogobius sensory papillae rows is presented for identification and clarification of character states among Callogobius species. The new species is tentatively placed among what we term the “sclateri group”, a clade including C. sclateri (Steindachner) and three other species that exhibit a modified female urogenital papilla with lateral distal flaps and elongate ctenii on the caudal peduncle scales. Callogobius tutuilae (Jordan & Seale) is removed from synonymy with C. sclateri because it has partially united pelvic fins (vs separate) and the preopercular sensory papillae row is continuous with the transverse opercular row (vs separate).

scholarly journals A review of Southern African Choerades Walker, 1851 with the description of a new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-65
Author(s):  
Jason G. H. Londt ◽  
Torsten Dikow
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Distributional Information ◽  
Indigenous Forest ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Forest Habitats

Southern AfricanChoeradesWalker, 1851 are reviewed. Six species are recognised (C.analogossp. n.described from South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal,C.bella(Loew, 1858),C.flavipes(Wiedemann, 1821),C.multipunctata(Oldroyd, 1974),C.nigrapex(Bigot, 1878),C.nigrescens(Ricardo, 1925)) and a key for their separation is provided. Distributional information demonstrates that species are found primarily in moderate to higher rainfall regions. The little that is known of their biology is discussed. Species are usually associated with indigenous forest habitats where larval development takes place in decomposing wood.

Pteridophyta–Marsileaceae

Bothalia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-204
Author(s):  
N. R. Crouch ◽  
J. Wesley-Smith
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Pilularia dracomontana, a new species of pillwort from the KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg, South Africa.

A new species of Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cancridae) from deep water off South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3522 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
PETER J. F. DAVIE ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Dorsal View ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Platepistoma seani sp. nov. is described from deep water off KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It can be separatedfrom its nearest relative, Platepistoma guezei (Crosnier, 1976), by its thicker setal covering that completely hides the an-terolateral teeth from dorsal view, less well defined carapace regions, more spinous anterolateral and posterolateral cara-pace margins, sparser but more prominent dorsal carapace spines, more prominent spines on the carpus of the cheliped, and a relatively narrower male telson.

A new deepwater gurnard of the genus Pterygotrigla (Scorpaeniformes: Triglidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-200
Author(s):  
TAKUJI YATO ◽  
ELAINE HEEMSTRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
Opercular Spine ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Southwestern Indian Ocean

A new species of deepwater gurnard, Pterygotrigla (Otohime) madagascarensis sp. nov. is described, based on two specimens collected on the upper continental slope south of Madagascar, in the southwestern Indian Ocean. The new species belongs to the tropical Indo-Pacific subgenus Otohime in having a short rostral projection, short posttemporal spine, long opercular spine and no cleithral spine. It is most similar to P. (O.) multipunctata, and P. (O.) urashimai, in having no large blotch on the first dorsal fin, a jet-black blotch and no white ocellus on the inner pectoral-fin surface, with no scales on the breast and front of the pectoral-fin base. However, the new species differs from the latter two species by the combination of the following characters: first dorsal-fin spines 7, second dorsal-fin rays 12, dusky rays on the inner pectoral-fin surface, one row of blackish botches on second dorsal fin, and no papillae on the dorsal surface of oral cavity. A key is provided for the twelve Pterygotrigla species now in the subgenus Otohime. 

scholarly journals Gymnosporia swazica (Celastraceae), a new species from southern Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 192 (4) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Marie Jordaan ◽  
Abraham E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
African Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

Gymnosporia swazica, a new restricted-range southern African species, is described and illustrated here. Known from only a few localities in Swaziland and bordering parts of South Africa (Mpumalanga and northeastern KwaZulu-Natal), G. swazica grows as an understorey shrub or small tree in forest, often among granite boulders. Diagnostic characters for G. swazica include chartaceous leaves, usually shorter than 25 mm, 3-valved capsules usually 6–7 mm long, which are smooth, green turning yellow, and a white aril partially covering the brownish seed. Its closest relative appears to be G. buxifolia (capsules rugose, mottled white-and-brown), one of the most widespread members of the genus in southern Africa, but it can also be confused with G. maranguensis (capsules red, 2-valved) and G. harveyana (capsules pink to red, 3-valved; aril orange, completely covering the seed).

Periglossum podoptyches (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 282 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
STOFFEL P. BESTER ◽  
ASHLEY NICHOLAS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Face ◽  
A New Species

Periglossum podoptyches is described as a new species from the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. As a rare species its conservation status is assessed as Vulnerable. This new species is closely related to both Periglossum mackenii and P. kassnerianum from which it differs mainly in having folded flaps of tissue at the base of the face of the restricted basal stalk of the staminal corona lobes. A comparative table with diagnostic morphological features and a key to the species of Periglossum are provided.

Description and ecology of a new species of Eriopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini), from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3630 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENRICO RICCHIARDI ◽  
RENZO PERISSINOTTO
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Biodiversity Data ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
A New Species

A dedicated “Bioblitz” survey of the Ntinini Nature Reserve was organized and coordinated by Ezemvelo KwaZulu- Natal (EKZN) Wildlife, during the period 16–18 November 2010. The main aim of the Bioblitz was to provide biodiversity data that could assist in assessing the necessity of a formal proclamation for the protection of the reserve, within the scope of the integrated Biodiversity Conservation Planning of EKZN Wildlife

scholarly journals Syncolostemon aurulentus (Lamiaceae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Bothalia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mkhipheni A. Ngwenya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Syncolostemon E.Mey. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae) from north-western KwaZulu-Natal (Utrecht), South Africa, is described. Syncolostemon aurulentus is notable in having conspicuous glittering golden glands on the leaves, bracts and calyces, which are absent in other species of the genus.

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