Acanthella danerii sp. nov. (Demospongiae, Bubarida, Dictyonellidae) from Chilean fjords (South Pacific Ocean)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIELE COSTA ◽  
GIORGIO BAVESTRELLO ◽  
MAURIZIO PANSINI ◽  
MARCO BERTOLINO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Benthic Fauna ◽  
Scuba Diving ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
Wide Region ◽  
South Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Hard Substrates

The use of SCUBA diving for marine research in the Chilean fjords has increased the possibility of obtaining information on the sponge assemblages living in this environment. However, much work is still needed to achieve a satisfactory knowledge of the benthos of this wide region. As to sponges, just consider that seventeen new species have been recently described by several authors (Hajdu et al., 2013; Fernandez et al., 2016; Bertolino et al., 2019) with detailed information of this benthic fauna for this area. Aim of this work is the description of a new species of Acanthella (Dictyonellidae van Soest, Diaz & Pomponi, 1990), Acanthella danerii sp. nov.. It was collected at “Seno Magdalena” (44°61’48.63” S 72°95’83.12” W) (Chilean fjords) by SCUBA, at 20 m depth, on hard substrates of a vertical wall ending on a rocky bottom that slopes down to 32 m during a survey in August 2016. 

A new species of Monandrocarpa (Ascidiacea, Styelidae) from Vanuatu I. (South Pacific Ocean)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2044 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANÇOISE MONNIOT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Marine Invertebrates ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Single Male ◽  
South Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The U.S

The U.S  Coral Reef Research Foundation collected by SCUBA various marine invertebrates in the islands of Vanuatu. Among them was a small bulbous ascidian settled on thin test stolons of another discrete ascidian being very similar in colour and shape. It is a new species of the genus Monandrocarpa (Styelidae) in which few species have been recorded. This genus is characterised by gonads in rows of hermaphrodite polycarps, each of them containing a single male vesicle. Other species in the same genus are discussed.

scholarly journals A new species of Chaunax (Lophiiformes: Chaunacidae) from the western South Pacific, with comment on C. latipunctatus

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2445 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
HSUAN-CHING HO ◽  
KWANG-TSAO SHAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Lateral Side ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
South Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species

A new species of anglerfish, Chaunax nudiventer, is described on the basis of 35 specimens from the western South Pacific Ocean. It is characterized by large spots on the dorsal surface; a largely naked area on abdomen; a relatively short head and long tail, both reflected in the elongated body; slender and simple spines on body surface; numerous broad flaps on lateral side of body; and higher number of lateral line neuromasts: mainly 41–43 in lateral line proper, 4 in the upper peropercular series, and 16–17 in the pectoral series. Comments on a similar species, C. latipunctatus from the eastern South Pacific Ocean, is provided.

New records of deep-sea spider crabs of the genus Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886, from the Pacific Ocean, with description of a new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1861 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
South Pacific Ocean ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Sea Spider ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species

Recent collections of deep-sea majid crabs from the South Pacific Ocean and Taiwan provide new records of five species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886, and a new species from French Polynesia, C. polynesica n. sp. The news species is most similar to the recently described C. micronesica Richer de Forges & Ng, 2007, but differs from this species in the morphology of its carapace and pereopods.

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