A new deep-water species of Odontozona (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from the East Pacific, and new record of O. foresti Hendrickx, 2002

A new species of deep waterEpimeriais described based on material collected in 1526–1586 m depth during the TALUD X expedition in the central Gulf of California, Mexico. It is the sixth species of this genus reported for the East Pacific.Epimeria morroneisp. nov. is morphologically similar toE. norfanziLörz, 2011 (New Zealand, 1268 m depth) andE. coraJ.L. Barnard, 1971 (off Oregon, USA, 2086 m depth).Epimeria morroneisp. nov., however, differs from these two species by a combination of several characters, including: vestigial eyes; multidentate mandibular lacinia mobilis; a distinct setae arrangement in palm and dactylus of gnathopods 1–2; the shape and relative size of coxae 1–5; and the shape of the telson.

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FIRST RECORD OF Thamnaconus modestoides (Barnard, 1927) (Tetraodontiformes: Monacanthidae) in Indonesia

Marine Research in Indonesia ◽

10.14203/mri.v34i1.518 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 27-32

Author(s):

T. Peristiwady

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Deep Water ◽

New Record ◽

Reef Fishes ◽

First Record ◽

North Sulawesi ◽

Fish Market ◽

New Record Species ◽

Deep Water Species ◽

Water Species

This paper gave evidence of the occurrence of Thamnaconus modestoides in Indonesian waters. A specimen (271.15 mm SL) was collected from the Winenet fish market at Bitung, North Sulawesi in March 2008. It was reported being caught in the depth of 20-30 m, in association with other coral-reef fishes, despite the fact that member of Thamnaconus has been known as deep water species. The morphological features of this new record species were discussed and illustrated.

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New record of the deep water Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx (Amphipoda, Gammaridea, Epimeriidae) in the east Pacific

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-00003378 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 87 (14) ◽

pp. 1699-1703

Author(s):

Michel E. Hendrickx ◽

Ignacio Winfield ◽

Manolo Ortiz

Keyword(s):

Deep Water ◽

Environmental Conditions ◽

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern Pacific ◽

Depth Range ◽

East Pacific

New records for the deep-water amphipod Epimeria morronei Winfield, Ortiz & Hendrickx, 2012, are presented for the eastern Pacific. Also, new data related to its depth range and environmental conditions are given.

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Bougainvillia aberrans (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), a new species of hydroid and medusa from the upper bathyal zone off Bermuda

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z93-132 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 71 (5) ◽

pp. 997-1002 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dale R. Calder

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Ocean ◽

North Atlantic ◽

Deep Water ◽

North Atlantic Ocean ◽

Deep Water Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Water Species

Bougainvillia aberrans n.sp. is described from Bermuda in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Specimens were collected at a depth of 150 fathoms (274 m) from the polypropylene buoy line of a crab trap. The hydroid colony of B. aberrans is erect, with a polysiphonic hydrocaulus, a smooth to somewhat wrinkled perisarc, hydranths having a maximum of about 16 tentacles, and medusa buds arising only from hydranth pedicels. Medusae liberated in the laboratory from these hydroids differ from all other known species of the genus in having a long, spindle-shaped manubrium, lacking oral tentacles, having marginal tentacles reduced to mere stubs, and being very short-lived (surviving for a few hours at most). Gonads develop in medusa buds while they are still attached to the hydroids, and gametes are shed either prior to liberation of the medusae or shortly thereafter. The eggs are surrounded by an envelope bearing nematocysts (heterotrichous microbasic euryteles). The cnidome of both hydroid and medusa stages consists of desmonemes and heterotrichous microbasic euryteles. The diagnosis of the genus Bougainvillia is modified to accommodate this new deep-water species.

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