The genus Ramicrusta (Peyssonneliales, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean Sea, including Ramicrusta bonairensis sp. nov. and Ramicrusta monensis sp. nov.

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ballantine ◽  
Hector Ruiz ◽  
Chad Lozada-Troche ◽  
James N. Norris
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean

AbstractTwo new species of

scholarly journals Svenzea, a new genus of Dictyonellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) from tropical reef environments, with description of two new species

2002 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Alvarez ◽  
Rob W.M. van Soest ◽  
Klaus Rützler
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Reef Environments ◽  
Tropical Reef ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Developmental Features

The new genus Svenzea is created to group three sponge species from tropical reef environments of the Caribbean Sea and Indonesia: Pseudaxinella (?) zeai Alvarez, Van Soest & Rützler, Svenzea cristinae n. sp. and S. devoogdae n. sp. The genus shows affinities with members of both Halichondrida and Haplosclerida but it is assigned to the family Dictyonellidae based on shared microanatomical and developmental features. The higher taxonomic position of Svenzea is a subject for future investigations.

New and rare micro-pagurid hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-325
Author(s):  
RAFAEL LEMAITRE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Florida Keys ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Hermit Crabs ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Bocas Del Toro ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean

Six species of hermit crabs of the family Paguridae from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico region, including two new species, Anisopagurus asteriscus sp. nov. and Pagurus alarius sp. nov., are documented. The two new species are described, and recognition characters summarized for the four previously known species. Reports of the latter, Nematopaguroides fagei Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1968, N. karukera Lemaitre, Felder & Poupin, 2017, Paguriscus robustus Lemaitre, Felder & Poupin, 2017, and Pylopaguridium markhami McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001, represent range extensions for all four species. Color photographs are included for four of the species, as well as remarks on their taxonomy and distributions. All six species included can be categorized as micro-pagurids (with shield length rarely exceeding 2.0 mm), and were collected from cryptic reef habitats in Bocas del Toro, Panama; the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe; and the Gulf of Mexico coasts of Louisiana, Yucatán, and Florida Keys. The discovery of these new or rare species supports the conclusion of recent studies that the diversity of pagurids from the Caribbean region has yet to be fully realized. 

A New Genus and 12 New Species of Eunicidae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean Sea

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis F. Parra-Carrera ◽  
Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Hexactinellid Sponges

A new genus is established in Eunicidae: Fauchaldius gen. nov., a symbiont of hexactinellid sponges that has only subacicular hooks, with F. cyrtauloni sp. nov. as its type species. Nine new species are described in Eunice: E. hernandezi sp. nov., E. ibarzabalae sp. nov., E. mikeli sp. nov. and E. nonatoi sp. nov. all belonging to the fuscusbidentate group; E. edwinlinkae sp. nov., E. hartmanae sp. nov., E. lanai sp. nov., and E. miurai sp. nov. all belonging to the flavus-tridentate group; and E. donathi sp. nov. that belongs to the fuscus-unidentate group. Further, two new species are described in Marphysa: M. angeli sp. nov. that is grouped with species having only composite falcigers, and M. orensanzi sp. nov. that belongs to the group with composite falcigers and composite spinigers. A key to identify genera in Eunicidae is included. A key to identify species of Eunice is appended.

Tardigrada of Grand Cayman, West Indies, with descriptions of two new species of eutardigrade, Doryphoribius tessellatus (Hypsibiidae) and Macrobiotus caymanensis (Macrobiotidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2812 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARRY A. MEYER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Cayman Islands ◽  
Insertion Point ◽  
Grand Cayman ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean

Terrestrial tardigrades were collected from moss, lichen and leaf litter from Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, West Indies. Six species were found. Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840, Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1889), Paramacrobiotus areolatus (Murray, 1907) and P. richtersi (Murray, 1911) have been reported previously from other islands in the Caribbean Sea. Two species on Grand Cayman were new to science. Doryphoribius tessellatus sp. n. belongs to the ‘eveli- nae-group’, with two macroplacoids and cuticular gibbosities. In having two pairs of posterior gibbosities and cuticular depressions forming a reticular design, it is most similar to Doryphoribius quadrituberculatus Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2004 from Costa Rica. It differs from D. quadrituberculatus in its gibbosity sequence (III:4:2:2), the number of teeth, size of macroplacoids and details of the reticular design on the dorsal cuticle. Macrobiotus caymanensis sp. n. belongs to the ‘polyopus-group’ of species. It differs from other species of the group in having a shorter buccal tube, a more posterior stylet support insertion point and fewer, larger egg processes.

A collection of Sabellidae (Polychaeta) from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, western Caribbean Sea) with the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1650 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANA GIANGRANDE ◽  
MARGHERITA LICCIANO ◽  
MARIA CRISTINA GAMBI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Field Station ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Regions ◽  
Western Caribbean ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Substrate Types

In the framework of a research on taxonomy and ecology of selected families of polychaetes conducted at the field station of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC, USA) at Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, Western Caribbean Sea) on November 2005, several qualitative benthic samples from different habitats and substrate types (Thalassia testudinum shoots, fragments of dead hard corals, sponges) have been analyzed. In some of these samples, specimens of Sabellidae were found, revealing, together with some taxa already known for the area, the presence of two new species, Megalomma fauchaldi sp. nov., and Pseudoaugeneriella spongicola sp. nov., this latter representing a genus newly reported from the Caribbean. Sabellidae biodiversity and systematics between Caribbean and Mediterranean regions is also compared.

scholarly journals Description of two new species of Callochiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnam and Tonga

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
B. I. Sirenko
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean

Two new species of the genus Callochiton are described: C. sonchaensis sp. nov. from Vietnam and C. tongaensis sp. nov. from Tonga. They differ from other congeneric species in having a different number, shape, size and arrangement of grooves on the pleural areas of the intermediate and tail valves, the number of slits, the size of the dorsal spicules, and sometimes the coloration of the girdle. Absence of Callochiton in the Caribbean Sea and along the coasts of Central and North Americas was, perhaps, due to late advancement of species from this genus into the Tethys from the regions near Gondwana.

Two new species of flattie spiders (Araneae: Selenopidae) and descriptions of undescribed males from the Caribbean

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4446 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
SARAH C. CREWS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Caribbean Island ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean

Two new species of Selenops, S. anacaona sp. nov. (♀) and S. caonabo sp. nov. (♀), are described from the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. These two new species increase the number of endemic Selenops on Hispaniola to 13, surpassing Cuba, which currently has 11 endemic species. Additionally, the male of S. pensilis Muma, 1953 from Hispaniola is described, as well as the male of S. petrunkevitchi Alayón, 2003 from Jamaica. Full distribution records are given for the new species and the newly described males, and new records are provided for the following species: S. aequalis Franganillo, 1935, S. bocacandensis Crews, 2011, S. candidus Muma, 1953, S. micropalpus Muma, 1953, S. morro Crews, 2011, S. simius Muma, 1953, S. souliga Crews, 2011, and S. submaculosus Bryant, 1940. 

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