A new, distinctly coloured species of Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Lysmatidae) from the south-central Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4429 (2) ◽  
pp. 390 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMMY DE GRAVE ◽  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
The South ◽  
Branch Group ◽  
South Central ◽  
Ascension Island ◽  
St Helena ◽  
Central Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the caridean shrimp genus Lysmata Risso, 1816 is described from St. Helena and Ascension Island in the south-central Atlantic. Lysmata napoleoni sp. nov. is part of the so-called “long-branch group” of the genus and shows a strong morphological similarity with the eastern Atlantic L. seticaudata Risso, 1816, from which it can be distinguished by details of the accessory branch of the antennular flagellum. The new species also displays a unique and bright colour pattern and therefore can be easily recognised in the field. Furthermore, it is typically found in proximity of sea anemones, Telmatactis cricoides (Duchassaing), and appears to be an occasional fish cleaner. 

scholarly journals On a collection of caridean shrimps (Decapoda, Caridea) from St. Helena, south-central Atlantic, with further records from Ascension Island

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (7) ◽  
pp. 869-879
Author(s):  
Sammy De Grave ◽  
Judith Brown ◽  
Peter Wirtz ◽  
Arthur Anker
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
South Central ◽  
Ascension Island ◽  
Recent Collection ◽  
St Helena ◽  
Central Atlantic

Abstract We report on a recent collection of caridean shrimps from St. Helena in the south-central Atlantic Ocean, raising the total number of species known from the island to 24. Six species are newly recorded for the area, with no endemic species present. Additional three species are recorded from Ascension Island. A close biogeographical connection between the caridean faunas of St. Helena and Ascension Island is evident.

Taxonomy of the Passerina filiformis complex (Thymelaeaceae)

Bothalia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
C. L. Bredenkamp ◽  
A. E. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Anatomy ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Cape Peninsula ◽  
Great Escarpment ◽  
St Helena ◽  
A New Species

Revision of the genus Passerina L. indicated a new delimitation of taxonomic entities within the Passerina filiformis L. complex. Evidence from leaf anatomy greatly assisted in the recognition of taxa.  P. filiformis is here divided into two sub­species. namely P. filiformis subsp.  filiformis and P. filiformis subsp. glutinosa (Thoday) Bredenkamp A.E.van Wyk. and a new species. P. montivagus Bredenkamp A.E.van Wyk, which is also described. The new taxa are geographically separated: subsp. filiformis ranges from Piquetberg in the north through the Cape Peninsula in the south, where it is quite com­mon. to Attaquaskloof in the southwestern Cape: subsp. glutinosa occurs along the coast between Vredendal and St Helena Bay; and  P. montivagus has a wide distribution from Mossel Bay and Oudtshoom in the south through Eastern Cape and along the Great Escarpment northwards to Zimbabwe, with outliers in Tanzania.

Monomia lucida sp. nov., a new swimming crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) from the South China Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4387 (3) ◽  
pp. 567 ◽  
Author(s):  
MILAN KOCH ◽  
ZDENĚK ĎURIŠ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Swimming Crab ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the portunid genus, Monomia Gistel, 1848, is described from the South China Sea in Vietnam. Monomia lucida sp. nov. is morphologically most similar to M. argentata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1861), which was originally described from Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. In addition to the stout, forward-directed anterolateral teeth of the carapace, the subrectangular sixth segment of the male pleon, and the long and slender laterally bent first gonopods, adults of the new species reach a greater size, and can also be distinguished from M. argentata by the colour pattern on the natatory dactylus. The independent specific status of M. lucida sp. nov. is also supported by molecular evidence. Aside from a comparison of this new species with other known congeners, new photographs of the holotype of M. samoensis (Ward, 1939) are also provided. 

Aspidistra thuongiana (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae), a new species from the South Central Coast region of Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 496 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-268
Author(s):  
VAN THE PHAM ◽  
VAN CANH NGUYEN ◽  
LONG KE PHAN ◽  
THANH THI VIET TRAN ◽  
VAN KHUONG NGUYEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
The South ◽  
Central Coast ◽  
Yellow Flower ◽  
South Central ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coast Region

Aspidistra thuongiana is described and illustrated as a new species from the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The new species has bright yellow flower and a slender pistil with a minute stigma. It is morphologically close to A. longipedunculata, but differs in shorter peduncle, bowl-shaped (vs. campanulate) perigone, shorter ovate (vs. oblong) erect to spreading (vs. recurved) perigone lobes and stamens inserted at the base (vs. middle) of perigone tube. Data on nuclear 5S-NTS region of the new species are provided, aimed to serve as a molecular characterization for comparison with its congeners.

Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 401 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURICE KOTTELAT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Body Colour ◽  
The South ◽  
A New Species

Botia kubotai, new species, is distinguished from all other species of the genus by its unique body colour pattern. In juveniles, three black stripes and five black bars leave four pairs of elongate yellow blotches; with increasing age, the bars and stripes widen, the yellow blotches become more slender and rows of small yellow spots are added in the stripes and in the bars. The nomenclature of Botiinae and the systematics of the South and Southeast Asian taxa are discussed. A new genus is named: Chromobotia (type species: Cobitis macracanthus). Hymenphysa is a synonym of Botia and species usually placed in Hymenphysa should be called Syncrossus.

Pedrowygomyia (Diptera: Simuliidae): Discovery of a New Species After 30 yr

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeane Marcelle Cavalcante do Nascimento ◽  
Neusa Hamada ◽  
Ana A Huamantinco-Araujo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pupal Stage ◽  
Central Andes ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
The South ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Andean Region ◽  
South Central ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Pedrowygomyia is a Neotropical genus of Simuliidae composed of four species; all were described in 1989 from high-elevation (above 3,000 m) areas in the Andean region. In this article, a new species for this genus, Pedrowygomyia hanaq n. sp., is described based on all stages of development. The new species was collected in the south-central Andes of Peru at an altitude above 4,000 m, and its known distribution is currently restricted to the type-locality. Based on the pupal stage, the new species appears to be more closely related to Pedrowygomyia punapi (Wygodzinsky & Coscarón) (Diptera: Simuliidae), a species known from Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.

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