scholarly journals News from the western front: occurrence of Mediterranea depressa (Sterki, 1880) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Oxychilidae) in the Vosges and Jura Mountains (north-eastern France)

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Michel Bichain ◽  
Julien Ryelandt
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Range Limit ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
Rocky Slope ◽  
The North ◽  
Sampling Campaign ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Mesovoid Shallow Substratum ◽  
Under Sampling ◽  
Extreme North

We report here the first record of Mediterranea depressa (Sterki, 1880) in the north-eastern quarter of France, in the Vosges and Jura massifs. After the fortuitous discovery of some shells attributed to M. depressa in the southern Vosges Mts., an extensive sampling campaign was carried out both in the Vosges and in the Jura Mts. In total, about 20 shells and seven live specimens were found at eight localities, which, according to the present state of our knowledge, represent its north-western range limit. The species was found exclusively under stones of rocky slope screes on siliceous and calcareous substrates. Some of these habitats could be described as Mesovoid Shallow Substratum. It is not clear whether the rarity of the species is an effect of under-sampling or of its small size and unusual habitat or/and to intrinsic rarity due to isolated populations at the distribution limits of the species. The extreme north-eastern quarter of France constitutes an oceanic-continental transition zone where about thirty gastropod species from Central and Eastern Europe are currently documented at the western limit of their ranges.

scholarly journals New Records for the Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) (Reptilia: Colubridae) in Romanian Moldova

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Alexandru Strugariu ◽  
Iulian Gherghel ◽  
Tiberiu C. Sahlean ◽  
Eugen Ungureanu ◽  
Ştefan R. Zamfirescu
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Far East ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Species Being

Abstract The Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) is a widespread colubrid species, being present in much of central and southern Europe, with isolated populations occuring as far east as Iran. In Romania, the species is known from most of the country’s regions, although it has been reported from very few areas from the Moldova region (eastern and north–eastern Romania). Here we present three new records for Z. longissimus in Romanian Moldova, including the first record for the species in Botoșani County, the north–easternmost region of Romania.

scholarly journals The first record of The Blue Admiral Kaniska canace Linnaeus, 1763 (Nymphalidae: Lepidoptera) from Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 12429-12431
Author(s):  
Amit Kumer Neogi ◽  
Md Jayedul Islam ◽  
Md Shalauddin ◽  
Anik Chandra Mondal ◽  
Safayat Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Local Time ◽  
First Record ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Reserve Forest ◽  
Current Article ◽  
North Eastern Part

Moulvibazar district has been recognized as one of the biodiversity rich pockets close to the boundary side of Assam of India and situated in the North-eastern part of Bangladesh. Adompur reserve forest is one of the biodiversity hotspot  in the North-eastern. The current article confirm, the presence of  Kaniska canace Linnaeus, 1763, (Nymphalidae: Lepidoptera) which was not previously recorded in Bangladesh. This species was first recorded on 17 March 2017 at 15.30 (GMT+6) local time in the coordination of  N 24°18'9.46"; E 91°55'4.23" at Kauyargola   forest   beat, Adampur reserve forest in Moulvibazar District.  

scholarly journals Notes on the Permian to Recent Geology of the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W. Bristow ◽  
F.J. Venter
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Eastern Margin ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Extreme North

Permian to Recent rocks form narrow, roughly north- south and east-south-east trending belts in the north-eastern Transvaal. The rocks consist of a thin succession of Karoo sediments, a thick overlying succession of mafic and felsic volcanics referred to as the Lebombo Group, isolated outcrops of Cretaceous sediments and fairly extensive Tertiary-Recent Gravels and sediments. These rocks are in general well exposed along the eastern margin of the Kruger National Park and also crop out in the extreme north. Emplacement of the Lebombo volcanics and subsequent deposition of the Cretaceous rocks was intimately associated with the fragmentation of Gondwanaland.

First Record of the Cornich Blackfish Schedophilus Medusophagus (Pisces: Centrolophidae) Larvae from the Adriatic Sea

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 1035-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakov Dulčić
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
Pelagia Noctiluca ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Town ◽  
North Western ◽  
Mesopelagic Species

The capture of the cornich blackfish, Schedophilus medusophagus, larvae from the Adriatic Sea represents an easterly extension in range of this species, and the first larval record in Adriatic waters.Schedophilus medusophagus Cocco, 1839, is a mesopelagic species from temperate waters of the north-eastern and north-western Atlantic and the western Mediterranean (Bini, 1968; Tortonese, 1975; Haedrich, 1986). The first record of this fish from the Adriatic Sea was reported in 1880 according to Ninni (1912). The second record was during the invasion of medusae Pelagia noctiluca (Malej, 1982; Rottini-Sandrini & Stravisi, 1982; Vučetić, 1982,1983) in Pelješac channel near the town of Korčula-island Koršula (central Adriatic) in 1982 (Onofri, 1986). Ten juvenile specimens, from 10·0 to 20·0cm total length (TL), were collected with medusae at 2m depth. This record Onofri (1986) connected with the ingression of inter-median waters (50–100 m) in the central Adriatic influenced the increase of salinity and temperature in 1982. Jardas (1996) noted that S. medusophagus is a very rare species in the Adriatic Sea.

The first record of the short-beaked garfish Belone svetovidovi (Belonidae) in british waters

1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silja E. Swaby ◽  
Geoffrey W. Potts ◽  
Alwyne Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
First Record ◽  
The North ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
Northern European ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Eastern North Atlantic ◽  
Abundance And Distribution ◽  
Belone Belone

The capture of the short-beaked garfish,Belone svetovidovi Collette & Parin 1970, off the Cornish coast is of particular interest in that it represents an easterly extension to the known range of this species in the eastern North Atlantic, and the first record in British waters.In August 1990 seven garfish were angled, on mackerel bait, in Mount's Bay, Cornwall. The captor, Mr A.C. Cass, believing the garfish to be different from the common garfish,Belone belone (L.), sent the largest one to the laboratory of the Marine Biological Association for identification. The specimen was provisionally identified as the short-beaked garfish B. svetovidovi and later verified by one of us (A.W.). The other six specimens were not available for examination.Garfish, sometimes called needlefishes, have elongated bodies. Both upper and lower jaws are long and beak-like, with sharp teeth. They are epipelagic, feeding near the surface and are often observed leaping and skittering over the surface of the water. Only two species are recorded in the genus Belone in the north-eastern Atlantic.Belone belone (including subspecies) is commonly found off the European Atlantic coast as far north as Trondheim, Norway. It is also found in the North Sea, the southern Baltic seas, the Mediterranean and Black Sea where it is commercially exploited (Collette & Parin, 1986).Belone svetovidovi has only recently been distinguished from B. belone, and consequently its abundance and distribution are less well known. It was first identified in northern European waters by Dorman (1984,1987) from southern Ireland.

scholarly journals Appearance of the common paper nautilus Argonauta argo related to the increase of the sea surface temperature in the north-eastern Atlantic

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 855-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Guerra ◽  
A.F. González ◽  
F. Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mature Female ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between the increase of the sea surface temperature observed off the Galician coast and the appearance of a tropical poikilotherm species Argonauta argo in these coasts is discussed. This is the first record of Argonautaargo in the north-west Iberian Peninsula. A female of this species was captured alive near the surface at dusk on 22 December 2000 in the Ria de Aldán (42°15′N–08°48′W). The specimen, a mature female of 70 mm mantle length and 96 mm shell diameter, died 36 hours after introduction in the tank.

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