A new species of the clingfish genus Trachelochismus from bay and estuarine areas of New Zealand (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (3) ◽  
pp. 531 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEVIN W. CONWAY ◽  
ANDREW L. STEWART ◽  
CRAGEN KING
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Sensory System ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Phylogenetic Hypotheses ◽  
Nuclear Locus ◽  
Gill Raker ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Loci

Trachelochismus aestuarium, new species, is described on the basis of 120 specimens, 10.1–45.5 mm SL, collected from shallow (0–29 meters depth) bay and estuarine areas along the coast of New Zealand. It is distinguished from congeners (T. melobesia and T. pinnulatus) by a combination of characters, including features of the cephalic sensory system, adhesive disc papillae, and colouration in life, head shape, and gill-raker, fin ray and vertebrae counts. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial loci (cytrochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and 12S ribosomal RNA) and one nuclear locus (zic family member 1) for all three species of Trachelochismus and two outgroup taxa resulted in phylogenetic hypotheses in which T. aestuarium is the sister taxon to either T. pinnulatus (mitochondrial loci) or T. pinnulatus + T. melobesia (ZIC1). A new terminology is introduced for the superficial neuromasts arranged in rows on the surface of the head in members of Trachelochismus.  

scholarly journals A new species of sea urchin associating clingfish of the genus Dellichthys from New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 740 ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin W. Conway ◽  
Andrew L. Stewart ◽  
Adam P. Summers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Sea Urchin ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Sensory System ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Shallow Coastal Waters

A new species of clingfish, Dellichthystrnskii sp. n. is described on the basis of 27 specimens, 11.9–46.0 mm SL, collected from intertidal and shallow coastal waters of New Zealand. It is distinguished from its only congener, D.morelandi Briggs, 1955 by characters of the cephalic sensory system and oral jaws, snout shape, and colouration in life. A rediagnosis is provided for D.morelandi, which is shown to exhibit sexual dimorphism in snout shape.

A new species of Oligosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from the northern North Island, New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5047 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-415
Author(s):  
BENJAMIN P. BARR ◽  
DAVID G. CHAPPLE ◽  
RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH ◽  
GEOFF B. PATTERSON ◽  
NGĀTIWAI TRUST BOARD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Cool Temperate ◽  
A New Species

New Zealand is home to a diverse cool temperate assemblage of skinks, with 60+ identified taxa (genus Oligosoma Girard), of which only 50 have been formally described. Here we describe a new species (Oligosoma kakerakau sp. nov.) from Bream Head Scenic Reserve, near Whangārei Heads, Northland. This species is considered to be conspecific with a single specimen (Oligosoma “Whirinaki”) previously reported (in 2003) from Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tāne Conservation Park ~370 km further south. Oligosoma kakerakau sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other members of the genus by a combination of a distinctive “teardrop” marking below the eye, a distinctive mid-lateral stripe, and the colouration and pattern on its ventral surface. Our phylogenetic analyses indicate that Oligosoma kakerakau sp. nov. is most closely related to O. zelandicum (Gray), and more distantly to O. striatum (Buller) and O. homalonotum (Boulenger). Sea level changes during the Pliocene, such as the formation of the Manawatū Strait, may have contributed to the divergence between Oligosoma kakerakau sp. nov. and O. zelandicum. We discuss the distribution, ecology and conservation of Oligosoma kakerakau sp. nov., and outline future research and conservation priorities for the species.  

Pluteus hubregtseorum (Pluteaceae), a new species from Australia and New Zealand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 496 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
HANA ŠEVČÍKOVÁ ◽  
JAN BOROVIČKA ◽  
GENEVIEVE GATES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Its Rdna ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Form ◽  
A New Species

A new species and its new form, Pluteus hubregtseorum and Pluteus hubregtseorum f. horakianus, are described and illustrated based on material from Australia and New Zealand. Pluteus hubregtseorum is characterized by a squamulose to finely granulose pileus, velutinous at centre and translucently striate at the margin, a pruinose stipe, pileipellis a cutis with transition to a trichoderm, predominantly fusiform to lageniform pleurocystidia and cylindrical to clavate caulocystidia in tufts. Pluteus hubregtseorum f. hubregtseorum has a yellow pileus and a whitish to yellow stipe with distinct floccules, whereas P. hubregtseorum f. horakianus has a brown pileus sometimes darker and radially wrinkled; and a white to cream stipe which becomes tinged yellow-tan or grey-tan near the base with age. The pileipellis structure indicates its placement in the section Hispidoderma, Pluteus plautus group. Multigene phylogenetic analyses of ITS rDNA and EF1-α genes showed Pluteus hubregtseorum is related to P. semibulbosus. Differences of Pluteus hubregtseorum with similar species are also discussed. In addition, Pluteus minor is discussed in detail and as it is not possible to establish a taxon to which it should be unambiguously referred, we reject this dubious name.

A new species of the gobiid genus Eviota (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3418 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOUGLASS F. HOESE ◽  
ANDREW L. STEWART
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
A New Species

Eviota kermadecensis is described as a new species from the Kermadec Islands, mainly from Raoul Island, and is the onlyspecies of Eviota known from the Kermadec Islands. It is most similar to E. abax and E. masudai from Japan in morphol-ogy and fin-ray counts. All three species normally have I,10 second dorsal fin-ray counts. Eviota kermadecensis differs largely in coloration. The species has a ratio of 1.5 females to males and males average a larger size.

A new leptochelioid family, Heterotanoididae (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea), and a new species of Heterotanoides from New Zealand

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3481 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GRAHAM J. BIRD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Heterotanoides is described from Waiheke Island, in the warm Aupourian zoogeographic province of New Zealand, and its relationships to other members of the genus are discussed. New characters for Heterotanoides, such as plumose epimeral setae, cap-like antennule segment, and four-spined maxilliped endites are presented, and their phylogenetic relevance examined. Based on phylogenetic analyses of Heterotanoides, leptocheliids, pseudozeuxids, teleotanaids, and some nototanaids, a new family is established for the genus: Heterotanoididae.

scholarly journals Asplenium alleniae (Aspleniaceae), a new fern species from Borneo and New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.R. Perrie ◽  
B.S. Parris ◽  
C.-W. Chen ◽  
D.J. Ohlsen ◽  
P.J. Brownsey
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Fern Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Asplenium alleniae, is described from high elevation habitats in Sabah (Malaysia) and Papua New Guinea. Previous phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast loci determined that A. alleniae was most closely related to A. pauperequitum from New Zealand. Asplenium alleniae differs from A. pauperequitum most obviously by the acuminate apices of its longer pinnae. The combination of pinnate fronds with few pairs of primary pinnae and dark red-brown axes distinguishes A. alleniae from superficially similar species of Asplenium in Malesia. Asplenium alleniae is provisionally assessed as Endangered.

Ahnea, a new genus from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with description of a new species

2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Seok Park ◽  
Christopher E. Carlton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
A New Species

AbstractAhnea keejeongi Park and Carlton (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), a new genus and new species of New Zealand endemic beetle belonging to the supertribe Faronitae is described. Six previously described species are included to this genus and four species are synonymised as follow: Sagola dissonans Broun, 1921 and S. planicula Broun, 1921 under Ahnea ventralis (Broun, 1912); S. carinata Broun, 1912 and S. lineiceps Broun, 1921 under Ahnea lineata (Broun, 1893). A key to species, habitus photographs, line drawings of diagnostic characters, and distribution maps are provided.

Steinernema borjomiense n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from Georgia

Nematology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 653-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Gorgadze ◽  
Elena Fanelli ◽  
Manana Lortkhipanidze ◽  
Alberto Troccoli ◽  
Medea Burjanadze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
18S Rrna ◽  
Entomopathogenic Nematode ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Tail Length ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
18S Rrna Gene ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
A New Species

Summary A new species of entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema borjomiense n. sp., was isolated from the body of the host insect, Oryctes nasicornis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Georgia, in the territory of Borjomi-Kharagauli. Morphological characters indicate that the new species is closely related to species of the feltiae-group. The infective juveniles are characterised by the following morphological characters: body length of 879 (777-989) μm, distance between the head and excretory pore = 72 (62-80) μm, pharynx length = 132 (122-142) μm, tail length = 70 (60-80) μm, ratio a = 26.3 (23.0-29.3), H% = 45 (40-51), D% = 54 (47-59), E% = 102 (95-115), and lateral fields consisting of seven ridges (eight incisures) at mid-body. Steinernema borjomiense n. sp. was molecularly characterised by sequencing three ribosomal regions (the ITS, the D2-D3 expansion domains and the 18S rRNA gene) and the mitochondrial COI gene. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that S. borjomiense n. sp. differs from all other known species of Steinernema and is a member of the monticolum-group.

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