Mycale species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4912 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-212
Author(s):  
ROB W.M. VAN SOEST ◽  
RATIH ARYASARI ◽  
NICOLE J. DE VOOGD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The species of the cosmopolitan sponge genus Mycale occurring in the tropical Indo-West Pacific region and adjacent subtropical waters are reviewed taxonomically. Specimens incorporated in the collections of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center form the basis of this comprehensive study, supplemented by (type) specimens borrowed from or examined in other institutions. Specimens available numbered 351, belonging to 44 species, including 14 species new to science, Mycale (Aegogropila) prognatha sp.nov., Mycale (Carmia) amiri sp.nov., Mycale (Carmia) fungiaphila sp.nov., Mycale (Carmia) monomicrosclera sp.nov., Mycale (Carmia) tenuichela sp.nov., Mycale (Carmia) tubiporicola sp.nov., Mycale (Carmia) tydemani sp.nov., Mycale (Mycale) asigmata sp.nov., Mycale (Mycale) grandoides sp.nov., Mycale (Mycale) sundaminorensis sp.nov., Mycale (Naviculina) mascarenensis sp.nov., Mycale (Paresperella) sceptroides sp.nov., Mycale (Paresperella) seychellensis sp.nov., Mycale (Zygomycale) sibogae sp.nov. Three species, indicated by the designation ‘aff.’, were not definitely assigned to known or new species due to uncertainty of their identity. The genus Kerasemna, previously considered a junior synonym of Mycale, was revived as an additional subgenus Mycale (Kerasemna). One species, previously assigned to the genus Desmacella as D. lampra De Laubenfels is here reassigned to Mycale, subgenus at present undecided. Additionally, species previously reported from the region but not represented in our collections are briefly characterized and discussed. We propose new names Mycale (Mycale) mauricei nom.nov. for Mycale macrochela Burton (junior primary homonym of Mycale fistulata var. macrochela Hentschel) and Mycale (Mycale) bouryesnaultae nom.nov. for Mycale (Mycale) fibrosa Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren (junior primary homonym of Mycale (Aegogropila) adhaerens subsp. fibrosa Koltun). Keys to the species of each subgenus occurring in the region are provided. The opportunity of having studied this comprehensive set of species and specimens from the tropical Indo-West Pacific is taken to review and discuss the morphological and biogeographical data gathered so far on the genus Mycale. The genus currently comprises approximately 255 accepted species, with highest diversity focused in tropical Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific regions as well as in warm-temperate Mediterranean-Atlantic regions. 

A new species of Paratrigonidium Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 from Hainan, China (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae; Trigonidiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4363 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
ZHUQING HE ◽  
YUQING LIU ◽  
HUI LU ◽  
HANQIANG WANG ◽  
PENG WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
East China ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Normal University ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

One new species, Paratrigonidium chloropodum sp. nov., is described from Hainan, China. The type specimens are deposited in East China Normal University, Biology of History Museum (ECNU). S. venustula is moved to genus Paratrigonidium as P. venustulum comb. nov. P. vittatum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 syn. is the junior synonym of P. venustulum. 

A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4961 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-85
Author(s):  
HELEN K. LARSON ◽  
MICHAEL P. HAMMER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Feedback Loop ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Gobiid Fish ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Initial Focus

The tridentigerine genus Pseudogobius is widespread, from temperate to tropical areas of the Indo-west Pacific. A morphological review of the genus was carried out, with the initial focus on South-east Asian and Australian species. There are about 21 nominal species in the genus; however, the type specimens for some nominal species are missing. Our work recognises 15 valid species so far, including seven new species, which are described herein: P. aquilonius n. sp., P. cinctus n. sp., P. eos n. sp., P. hoesei n. sp., P. jeffi n. sp., P. rhizophora n. sp. and P. verticalis n. sp. We also conclude that P. poicilosoma (Bleeker, 1849) is the senior synonym of P. javanicus (Bleeker, 1856). Pseudogobius poicilosoma, P. gastrospilos (Bleeker, 1853) and P. javanicus are accepted here as conspecific, although the types are in poor condition (note that all three names were given to specimens collected within close proximity to each other in coastal Java, Indonesia). A key to valid species is presented. The revision benefited from an adaptive feedback loop with companion genetic analyses, with the most comprehensive data available for the Australian region. Broader preliminary genetic data suggest the potential for recognition of additional cryptic species, with the current study providing a platform for future systematic work. Pseudogobius are a prominent part of estuarine biodiversity in the Indo-west Pacific, and this study helps to highlight the need to better understand the taxonomy and conservation requirements of cryptobenthic fishes. 

Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Himantigera James, 1982 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), including the description of two new species and a key to the known species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4531 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN ◽  
MARTIN HAUSER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Two New Species

The Neotropical genus Himantigera James in James & McFadden, 1982, is revised. Two new species are described and illustrated—H. amauroptera nov. sp. (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia), and H. xanthopoda nov. sp. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica). Three species are transferred from Himantigera to Sargus Fabricius, 1798—S. dichrous (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov., S. flavoniger Lindner, 1928 comb. rev. and S. fulvithorax (Bigot, 1879) comb. nov. One species is transferred to Microchrysa Loew, 1855—M. splendens (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov. Himantigera jamesi Lindner, 1969 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of H. superba Lindner, 1949. The type species H. silvestris McFadden, 1982, as well as H. nigrifemorata Macquart, 1847 and H. superba Lindner, are herein redescribed and illustrated. Photographs of the type specimens of these three species are provided. Two unnamed species of Himantigera (sp. A and sp. B) are also described given that they have slight differences, but because we had only one specimen of each species, we did not officially describe them. This updates the total number of extant Himantigera from eight sensu Woodley (2001) to seven species. The species Merosargus apicalis Lindner, 1935, although never referred to the genus Himantigera or Himantoloba McFadden 1970, is also transferred to the genus Sargus. A key to all species of Himantigera and a map expanding geographical distribution of the genus are also presented, with the first records of the genus for Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador and Bolivia. 

Systematic position of the Afrotropical species described in Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4344 (3) ◽  
pp. 522 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROMAN BOROVEC ◽  
JIŘÍ SKUHROVEC
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
A New Species

The Afrotropical species described as Trachyphloeini Lacordaire, 1863 were examined and their taxonomic status is revised. Atrachyphloeus Voss, 1962 is proposed as a junior synonym of Phaylomerinthus Schoenherr, 1842, Cathormiocerus africanus Hoffmann, 1965 as a junior synonym of Tapinomorphus sylvicola Voss, 1962 and Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, 1959 as a junior synonym of Platycopes tuberculatus Marshall, 1906. Atrachyphloeus convergens Voss, 1962 is transferred to the genus Phaylomerinthus Schoenherr, 1842, Trachyphloeus hardenbergi Marshall, 1923 and T. notulatus Boheman, 1842 to Glyptosomus Schoenherr, 1847, Trachyphloeus nanus Fåhraeus, 1871 to Pentatrachyphloeus Voss, 1974, Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, 1959 to Platycopes Schoenherr, 1823 and Trachyphloeus setiger Fåhraeus, 1871 to Phaylomerinthus Schoenherr, 1842. “Trachyphloeosoma” brevicolle Voss, 1974, “Trachyphloeus” brevis Boheman, 1842, “T”. nodifrons Hoffmann, 1968 and “T”. squalidus Boheman, 1842 are provisionally left in their current genera, but new genera for them will be described in future papers. The genus Phaylomerinthus Schoenherr, 1842 has been redefined and redescribed. Lectotypes for the following species are designated (current names added in brackets where different): Cathormiocerus africanus Hoffmann, 1965 (Tapinomorphus sylvicola Voss, 1962), Trachyphloeus hardenbergi Marshall, 1923 (Glyptosomus hardenbergi (Marshall, 1923)), Trachyphloeus nanus Fåhraeus, 1871 (Pentatrachyphloeus nanus (Fåhraeus, 1871)), Trachyphloeus notulatus Boheman, 1842 (Glyptosomus notulatus (Boheman, 1842)), Trachyphloeus pustulifer Voss, 1959 (Platycopes tuberculatus (Marshall, 1906)), Trachyphloeus setiger Fåhraeus, 1871 (Phaylomerinthus setiger (Fåhraeus, 1871)), “Trachyphloeus” brevis Boheman in Schoenherr, 1842 and “Trachyphloeus” squalidus Boheman in Schoenherr, 1842. Two paralectotypes of Cathormiocerus africanus Hoffmann, 1965 from Tanzania are described as a new species, Tapinomorphus franzi sp. n. All type specimens are illustrated. 

Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (4) ◽  
pp. 516
Author(s):  
NAO YAMAMOTO ◽  
MASARU YAMAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sufficient Reason ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Taxonomic Information ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
A New Species

Holotypes of 19 species and non-type specimens preserved in the Sasa collection at The National Museum of Science, Tokyo, Japan, have been examined. Seventeen new synonyms are given, as follows: Paratrissocladius ogasaduodecimus Sasa et Suzuki, 1997 = Paraphaenocladius impensus (Walker, 1856); Bryophaenocladius togafelix Sasa et Okazawa, 1992, and B. toganitemus Sasa et Okazawa, 1992 = Pseudorthocladius togakileus Sasa et Okazawa, 1992; Bryophaenocladius togatenuis Sasa et Okazawa, 1992 of Smittia nudipennis (Goetghebuer, 1913); Chironomus daitoefeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001 of C. circumdatus Kieffer, 1916; C. inaabeus Sasa, Kitami et Suzuki, 2001 = C. nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979; C. tokarabeceus Sasa et Suzuki, 1995 = C. okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987; C. ginzanbeceus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001 = C. riparius Meigen, 1904; C. simantobeceus Sasa , Suzuki et Sakai, 1998 = C. claggi Tokunaga, 1964; C. echizensis Sasa, 1994 = C. yoshimatsui Martin et Sublette, 1972; Chironomus famiabeus Sasa, 1996, C. inabeceus Sasa, Kitami et Suzuki, 2001 and C. ginzanabeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001 = Glyptotendipes biwasecundus Sasa et Kawai, 1987; Chironomus kagaensis Sasa, 1994 = Glyptotendipes tokunagai Sasa, 1979; Chironomus toyamabiceus Sasa, 1996 = Kiefferulus umbraticola Yamamoto, 1979; Microtendipes iriocedeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2000 of Polypedilum bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi , 1998. The sufficient reason why Chironomus daitocedeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001 should be treated as a junior synonym of C. javanus Kieffer, 1924 is shown. Two further species: Paratrissocladius sudagaicedeus Sasa et Tanaka, 2001 and Bryophaenocladius togatenellus Sasa et Okazawa, 1992 are transferred to Chaetocladius. Specimens from Okinawa, Miyako and Ishigaki Islands, originally reported as Rheocricotopus chalybeatus (Edwards, 1929) are identified as R. okifoveatus Sasa, 1990. A new species, Einfeldia sasai is described on the basis of specimens recorded from Minamidato Island, previously incorrectly determined as E. pagana. 

A review of the genus Micropagurus (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Paguridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1090 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
AKIRA ASAKURA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hermit Crab ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Ogasawara Islands ◽  
Two New Species

Species of the hermit crab genus Micropagurus are reviewed. Micropagurus polynesiensis is redescribed on the basis of the syntypes and specimens recently collected from various localities in the Indo-West Pacific. Micropagurus vexatus has proved to be a junior synonym of M. polynesiensis. Two new species, M. propinquus n. sp. from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, and M. spinimanus n. sp. from various localities in Indo-West Pacific are described.  Short diagnoses are provided for M. devaneyi and M. acantholepis. A key to males of the species is presented.

A new species of Paramacrochiron (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) parasitic on the rhizostome medusa Versuriga anadyoneme (Maas, 1903) collected from Vietnam

Crustaceana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Susumu Ohtsuka ◽  
Tran Manh Ha ◽  
Pham The Thu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Cyclopoid Copepod ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
High Species Diversity ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Copepoda Cyclopoida

Abstract A new species of the cyclopoid copepod genus Paramacrochiron, P. tridentatum, which is parasitic on the rhizostome medusa, Versuriga anadyoneme (Maas, 1903), is described from Vietnam. This is the tenth species within the genus. The new species is distinguishable from other congeners by the combination of the following features: (1) female second maxillipedal segment with 3 acutely pointed processes terminally; (2) female leg 4 endopod as long as or slightly longer than exopod; (3) male maxilliped with a small, acutely pointed process at subterminal corner of the first segment and a row of relatively coarse spinules along the inner margin of the second segment. The present study most probably implies a high species diversity of Paramacrochiron in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region.

Sabia on shells: A specialized Pacific-type commensalism in the Caribbean Neogene

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geerat J. Vermeij
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Hermit Crabs ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Early Pliocene ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Warm Temperate

In the Recent biota, species of the hipponicid gastropod genus Sabia that excavate characteristic pits on the outer surfaces of shells of reef-dwelling gastropods and hermit crabs occur only in the tropical Indo-West Pacific region and in adjacent warm-temperate parts of Japan and Australia. I report the discovery of Sabia pits in reef-associated gastropod shells from the Cercado (late Miocene) and Gurabo (early Pliocene) Formations of the Dominican Republic. The likely culprit was Hipponix otiosa Pilsbry and Johnson, 1917, a species here reassigned to Sabia Gray, 1840. Pliocene extinction, which was far more severe in the Caribbean and elsewhere in the western Atlantic than in the Indo-West Pacific, selectively eliminated Sabia and its commensalism from Atlantic reef ecosystems. This case is one of several examples indicating the vulnerability of specialized associations to extinction-causing disturbances.

Nassarius wesselinghi, new name for the homonymous N. reductus Vermeij and Wesselingh, 2002 (Gastropoda: Nassariidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-178
Author(s):  
W. O. Cernohorsky ◽  
G. J. Vermeij
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Strict Sense ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
New Name ◽  
Freshwater Gastropod ◽  
Peruvian Amazonia

Vermeij and Wesselingh (2002: 267, figs. 3 and 4) named a small freshwater gastropod from the Pebas Formation (middle Miocene) of Peruvian Amazonia as ?Nassarius reductus new species. This name turns out to be a secondary homonym of Nassa reticulata var. reducta Dollfus, 1926 (p. 103-106), a taxon from the Pliocene of Albania. The genus name Nassa as used by Dollfus is a misused variant on the correct genus name Nassarius Duméril, 1806. Although the Peruvian species is clearly not a Nassarius in the strict sense (restricted to the marine Indo-West Pacific region) a global phylogenetic analysis of Nassariidae is needed before its proper allocation can be determined, as already noted by Vermeij and Wesselingh (2002). We here rename the Peruvian fossil as Nassarius (s.l.) wesselinghi in honor of Frank P. Wesselingh who discovered the species. We thank Richard E. Petit for pointing out Dollfus's monograph to us.

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