Amphimedon species (Porifera: Niphatidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea: Filling the gaps in the distribution of a common pantropical genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 859 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAMER HELMY ◽  
ROB W.M. VAN SOEST
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
The Status ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Northern Red Sea

Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae), a pantropical genus of reef and mangrove sponges, was recently recorded for the first time from the Red Sea suggesting a rarity which is not sustained by new reef surveys in the Gulf of Aqaba. Here we describe four species of Amphimedon occurring commonly in the Gulf of Aqaba. Among these, three are new to science, A. dinae sp.nov., A. jalae sp.nov. and A. hamadai sp.nov., the fourth one has been recently described as A. chloros Ilan et al., 2004. Although the latter species and our three new species are the first definite Ampimedon species recorded from the Red Sea, at least one previously described sponge from the region, Ceraochalina ochracea Keller, 1889 is suspected to belong to this genus as well. The status of the described and suspected Red Sea Amphimedon is discussed and compared to species recorded from neighbouring Indian Ocean waters.

Three new bathyal raphitomine gastropods (Mollusca: Conoidea) from the Indo-Pacific region

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3620 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-588
Author(s):  
MAURO MORASSI ◽  
ANTONIO BONFITTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
The Status ◽  
Molluscan Fauna ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Fossil Genus

Three new species of Conoidea are described from Red Sea, Gulf of Adenand Philippines. Awheaturris lozoueti sp. nov., from Philippines, is the first representative in the recent Indo-Pacific molluscan fauna of a hitherto Miocene fossil genus. Taranis adenensis sp. nov., from Gulf of Aden, is the first species certainly referable to genus Taranis Jeffreys, 1870 reported in the Gulf of Aden and the smallest described member of this genus in the Indo-Pacific region. Mioawateria vivens sp. nov. represents the first member of the genus Mioawateria Vella, 1954 reported in the Red Sea. The status of Mioawateria is discussed and photographs of its type species, Awateria (Mioawateria) personata Powell, 1942, from the Pliocene of New Zealand, are presented for the first time.

Review of the cardinalfishes of the genus Cercamia (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5039 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-394
Author(s):  
THOMAS H. FRASER ◽  
SERGEY V. BOGORODSKY ◽  
AHMAD O. MAL ◽  
TILMAN J. ALPERMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
The Body ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Three New Species

The representatives of Cercamia from the Indian Ocean including Red Sea are reviewed and three new species are described: Cercamia spio n. sp., formerly known as C. eremia (Allen, 1987), is described from 14 specimens, 17–33 mm SL, collected in 10–15 meters from northern (Duba) to central (Jeddah) Saudi Arabia and from Jezirat Fara’un, Egypt. It also has been photographed from the Gulf of Aqaba (Dahab, Egypt) and El Quseir (Mangrove Bay, Egypt). The new species is distinguished from other Indian Ocean Cercamia in having fewer developed gill rakers on lower limb (usually 11 versus usually 12–13) and fewer anal-fin rays (11 versus usually 12–13). Another new species, Cercamia laamu, n. sp., is described only from the Maldives and Chagos Archipelago based on five specimens 16.0–30.5 mm SL. It differs from all Indian Ocean Cercamia in having more greater number of the second dorsal-fin rays (10 versus usually 9), and a translucent body devoid of reddish marks versus small reddish dots and crisscross lines. The third new species, Cercamia mascarene, n. sp., is described from 40 specimens 19–36 mm SL, from Rodrigues Island, Mauritius. It differs from Cercamia eremia in having a greater number of developed gill rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch (usually 13 versus usually 12). Free neuromasts and cephalic pores are illustrated for Cercamia mascarene and free neuromasts on the body and caudal fin are illustrated for Japanese specimens of C. cf. eremia. New diagnoses are provided for Cercamia cladara, the type species of the genus, and C. eremia. A map of collection locations for species of Cercamia is presented to show the breath of known occurrences in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. A new morphologic diagnosis is provided for Cercamia. A phylogenetic analysis of the barcoding portion of the mitochondrial COI gene, including all available sequences from members of the genus Cercamia, displays a much higher species diversity than expected, with high levels of divergence among recognized and undescribed species. A key to the described Indian Ocean species is provided.  

scholarly journals Scorpaena decemradiata new species (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea, a species distinct from Scorpaena porcus

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Ronald Fricke ◽  
Daniel Golani ◽  
Brenda Appelbaum-Golani ◽  
Uwe Zajonz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Pectoral Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Northern Red Sea ◽  
Scorpaena Porcus

The scorpionfish Scorpaena decemradiata n. sp. is described from off the coast of Israel in the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. The new species is similar to S. porcus Linnaeus, 1758, but is characterized by dorsal fin spines XII, soft dorsal fin rays 10 (the last divided at base); pectoral fin rays 16, uppermost branched pectoral fin ray is the second; lacrimal with 2 spines over maxilla that point at nearly right angle from each other, the posterior pointing ventrally and slightly anteriorly; occipital pit well developed; anteriormost mandibular lateral-line pores small, separated; scales ctenoid; 59-62 scale rows in longitudinal series; scales absent on chest and pectoral fin base; and cirri developed over entire head and body, but no cirri on lower jaw. An updated checklist of the species of the genus Scorpaena Linnaeus, 1758 and a key to the species of the eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea are presented.

Three new species of agathotanaids (Tanaidacea: Paratanaoidea: Tanaidomorpha) from the lower bathyal zone off southwestern Java, Indonesia, Indian Ocean with notes on the global distribution and diversity of Agathotanaidae

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5004 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-106
Author(s):  
C. K. CHIM ◽  
SAMANTHA J. W. TONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Box Corer

Three new species of agathotanaids belonging to the genera Agathotanais, Bunburia and Paranarthrura are described. The descriptions were based on material collected from southwestern Java, Indonesia, Indian Ocean during the research cruise SJADES in 2018. The specimens were obtained using a box corer from lower bathyal depths of 836–2,355 m. These three genera are recorded from Southeast Asia for the first time.

Revision of the congrogadid Haliophis (Pisces: Perciformes), with the description of a new species from Indonesia, and comments on the endemic fish fauna of the northern Red Sea

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Winterbottom
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Ocean Region ◽  
Northern Red Sea ◽  
A New Species

The genus Haliophis presently consists of two species, H. guttatus (Forsskål, 1755), and a new species from Bali, Indonesia. Descriptions, diagnoses, and a key are provided for these taxa. A step cline occurs in H. guttatus, which ranges from 15° S to 30° N in the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Populations from 27 to 30°N differ most from those in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, but less so from those south of the equator. The step occurs between 20 and 27° N, an area from which no specimens were located, and is congruent with the distributions of at least four other taxa of fishes as well as with several populational differences in other species. This indicates that these distributional patterns may form part of a generalized track, rather than being the result of ecophenotypic effects. In the Red Sea – northern Indian Ocean region, the most common distribution of endemic fishes includes both the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. This pattern was not apparent in populations of H. guttatus.

Out of the South? The first Afrotropical record of Prochyliza Walker (Diptera: Piophilidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4232 (1) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL MARTÍN-VEGA ◽  
MARTIN J. EBEJER ◽  
DANIEL WHITMORE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
The South ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Prochyliza Walker is recorded for the first time from the Afrotropical Region. A new species, Prochyliza ignifera sp. nov., is described from the Indian Ocean islands of Aldabra and La Réunion. The status of this species as possibly the most primitive in the genus Prochyliza is hypothesised and discussed, raising some questions about the taxonomy and the zoogeographical origin of the group. The holotype of Piophila viridicollis Macquart from La Réunion was studied and it is instated as a subjective junior synonym of Piophila casei (Linnaeus), syn. nov. 

On the genus Spirobranchus (Annelida, Serpulidae) from the northern Red Sea, and a description of a new species

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orly Perry ◽  
Omri Bronstein ◽  
Noa Simon-Blecher ◽  
Ayelet Atkins ◽  
Elena Kupriyanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Christmas Tree ◽  
Cyt B ◽  
Morphological Evaluation ◽  
Multigene Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Northern Red Sea ◽  
A New Species

Species of the genus Spirobranchus, commonly known as Christmas tree worms, are abundant throughout tropical Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Information on the species inhabiting the Red Sea in general and the Gulf of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba) in particular, has so far been very limited. Here we present a multigene phylogenetic analysis, examining both mitochondrial (Cyt-b) and nuclear (ITS2 and 18S) markers, to support the presence of four distinct Spirobranchus species in the Gulf of Eilat: S. corniculatus (including three taxa previously regarded as full species: S. gaymardi, S. cruciger, and S. corniculatus), S. cf. tetraceros, S. gardineri and a new species Spirobranchus aloni, likely endemic to the Red Sea (including two morphotypes with slightly different opercular morphology). The results presented here emphasise that the combination of molecular and in-depth morphological evaluation holds great prospects for a better understanding of species divergence and relationships.

Porifera, one new species Suberea purpureaflava n. sp. (Demospongiae, Verongida, Aplysinellidae) from northern Red Sea coral reefs, with short descriptions of Red Sea Verongida and known Suberea species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2994 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHEN GUGEL ◽  
MARIT WAGLER ◽  
FRANZ Brümmer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Colour Change ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Light Yellow ◽  
Dark Violet ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Northern Red Sea

A new verongid sponge (Suberea purpureaflava n. sp.) is described from Dahab, Gulf of Aqaba, in the northern Red Sea. It has a pronounced colour change (a dark red ectosome with whitish pore sieves and a light yellow choanosome in the living specimen changes to a uniform dark violet in the fixed state) and rather rare dendritic fibres with pith and bark and a diameter of about 110–165µm, with the pith occupying 80–90 % of the fibre. Especially the pore sieves were very striking in situ. The new species is compared to all verongid sponges so far recorded from the Red Sea and to all known and accepted Suberea species worldwide. An identification key to all known Suberea species is given. This new species record brings the number of Suberea species described to a total of 11.

scholarly journals New Species of Mollusks (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) from the Tropical Western Atlantic, West Africa, and Red Sea

The Festivus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-230
Author(s):  
Edward Petuch ◽  
David Berschauer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Gulf Of Aqaba ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Thousand Islands ◽  
Northern Red Sea

Eight new species of mollusks are described from the Gulf of Mexico, Virgin Islands, and Brazil in the Tropical Western Atlantic, and also Gambia, West Africa and the Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea. These new taxa include: the muricid Jaton rikae n. sp. from Gambia; six cone shells including Darioconus bratcherae n. sp. from the Gulf of Aqaba, Jaspidiconus tammymyersae n. sp. from the Virgin Islands, and the Brazilian species Jaspidiconus ramosorum n. sp., Jaspidiconus serafimi n. sp., Jaspidiconus toincabrali n. sp., and Poremskiconus potiguar n. sp.; and the Floridian Ten Thousand Islands endemic venerid bivalve Mercenaria browni n. sp..

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