Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. XII: additions to the flora

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ballantine ◽  
Hector Ruíz ◽  
James N. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Marine Algae ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract Five species of benthic marine algae (Phaeophyceae: Lobophora littlerorum; Rhodophyta: Meristotheca cylindrica, Naccaria corymbosa, Xiphosiphonia pinnulata and Dipterosiphonia reversa) represent new distribution records from the coastal waters surrounding Puerto Rico in the northern Caribbean Sea. The latter two species are now reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Caribbean.

scholarly journals FIRST RECORD OF THE GENUS HETERODINIUM (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM COASTAL WATERS OF THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina M. Ramos Ortega ◽  
Luís A. Vidal V.
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Three species of the genus Heterodinium Kofoid are reported for the first time in coastal waters of the Colombian Caribbean. The identified species are Heterodinium rigdenae Kofoid, 1906, Heterodinium agassizii Kofoid, 1907 and Heterodinium angulatum Kofoid y Michener, 1911. Information about distribution of these species in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico is given.

scholarly journals New host report for nematodes in a stranded short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from the Mexican Caribbean coast

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Aguilar-Aguilar ◽  
A. Delgado-Estrella ◽  
R. Moreno-Navarrete
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
New Host ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Mexican Caribbean ◽  
Spinner Dolphin ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

AbstractOne short-snouted spinner dolphin Stenella clymene individual stranded on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico, was examined for stomach and lung nematodes. During necropsy, a large number of nematodes of the species Skrjabinalius guevarai were found in the airways. Additionally, some larval Anisakis sp. were found in the stomach. Both nematode species are reported for the first time from this host. The present is the first helminthological study of the short-snouted spinner dolphin in Mexico and adjacent waters of the Caribbean Sea. S. guevarai is reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Ocean.

scholarly journals Does the Invasive Predator Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1868 Control Copepod Abundances in the Seine Estuary?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Mnemiopsis Leidyi ◽  
Seine Estuary ◽  
English Channel ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Dramatic Decline ◽  
Pleurobrachia Pileus ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
First Time

The indigenous ctenophore Pleurobrachia pileus (O.F. Müller, 1776) was common in the coastal waters of the English Channel in the early 1990s and showed very abundant populations in the downstream part of the Seine estuary. In 2005, the non-indigenous ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1868, a species native to the Western Atlantic, was reported for the first time in Europe in Norwegian fjords and in Le Havre harbour (Seine estuary, France). More recently, in 2017, both Pleurobrachia pileus and Mnemiopsis leidyi were recorded during suprabenthos and zooplankton sampling in the Seine estuary along a downstream-upstream transect. Both species show more abundant populations in May than in September. Conversely, copepods show a spatial distribution depending on the ctenophore distribution, with low copepod abundances in the downstream part of the estuary being associated with high ctenophore abundances, while high copepod abundances are recorded where ctenophores are absent or display low abundances. We propose that the intense predation of ctenophores on copepods is related to changes in hydrological conditions over the two last decades. This may explain the dramatic decline of copepod abundance in the Seine estuary, which could have a negative effect on its nursery role.

scholarly journals Oligochaetes from underground waters of Oman with descriptions of two new species of Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta): Antarctodrilus arabicus n. sp. and Phreodrilus stocki n. sp.

2002 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Martínez-Ansemil ◽  
Narcisse Giani ◽  
Beatrice Sambugar
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Distribution Area ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Underground Waters ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The study of twenty-nine oligochaete samples collected in 1996 by J. H. Stock and J. J. Vermeulen (University of Amsterdam), in the Sultanate of Oman, allowed us to draw up an initial inventory of the freshwater oligochaete fauna of the Arabian peninsula, a fauna totally unknown until now. The 147 specimens examined belong to nine species of four families: Phreodrilidae, Naididae, Tubificidae and Enchytraeidae. The Phreodrilidae(2 species) represent more than half of the total specimens; whilst the rest belong mainly to the Naididae. Two new species of Phreodrilidae (Antarctodrilus arabicus n. sp. and Phreodrilus stocki n. sp.) are described. Both belong to the subfamily Phreodrilinae,until now not reported from north of the tropic of Capricorn. Other identified species include Dero (Dero) zeylanica, Allonais paraguayensis and Doliodrilus puertoricensis, which are for the first time recorded in subterranean habitats. These studies confirm the hypothesis of the presence of Phreodrilidae in the Arabian peninsula as relict taxa inhabiting refuges in hyporheic/groundwater habitats. The presence of an oligochaete fauna with marine phyletic affinities in underground waters already highlighted in Europe now equally applies to the Arabian peninsula with the discovery of the tubificid genera Aktedrilus and Doliodrilus in the underground habitats of Oman. As these genera already are well known from the littoral marine or brackish water with a wide range of salinity, we have additional evidence that the migration of interstitial marine meiobenthic tubificid species through water of decreasing salinity may be a way of colonising the subterranean freshwaters. The present record of Doliodrilus puertoricensis (Limnodriloidinae), previously known from Puerto Rico and Belize in the western Atlantic Ocean, represents a large extension of its known distribution area.

scholarly journals PRIMER HALLAZGO DE APIOMITHRAX VIOLACEUS (A. MILNE-EDWARDS) (BRACHYURA: EPIALTIDAE: PISINAE) PARA EL CARIBE

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Lira ◽  
Juan Bolaños ◽  
Gonzalo Hernández ◽  
Jesús Hernández ◽  
Régulo López
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Orinoco Delta ◽  
Ascension Island ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Central Atlantic ◽  
First Time

Up to now, the sub-family Pisinae Dana, 1851 was represented in the Caribbean coasts of Venezuela by six species [Chorinus heros (Herbst, 1790); Libinia ferreirae Brito Capello, 1871; Herbstia depressa Stimpson, 1870; Sphenocarcinus corrosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878; Pelia mutica (Gibbes, 1850) and Nibilia antilocapra (Stimpson, 1871)], which make up 38 % of the Pisinae crabs reported for the Caribbean Sea. During an examination of unidentified material from the crustacean collection of the Laboratory of Carcinology at Universidad de Oriente, Margarita Island, Venezuela, nine specimens (six males and three females) of Apiomithrax violaceus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) were discovered. Until now the distribution of this Pisinae species was known to range from Mauritania to Angola in the eastern Atlantic, Ascension Island in the central Atlantic, as well as Brazil and Orinoco Delta in the western Atlantic. All specimens were collected in Venezuelan waters, at the following locations: Margarita island: Playa Valdés, Península de Macanao, Boca Chica, El Maguey; Sucre State (mainland): Guayacán. This is the most northerly record of the species and it is the first time to be reported for the Caribbean Sea, increasing the number of known species of Pisinae to 17 in this area.

scholarly journals A new distribution record of stomatopods Odontodactylus japonicus (De Haan, 1844) and Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata (Holthuis, 1941) from the Puducherry coastal waters, east coast of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 18903-18907
Author(s):  
S. Nithya Mary ◽  
V. Ravitchandirane ◽  
B. Gunalan
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Mantis Shrimp ◽  
Threatened And Endangered Species ◽  
Ecological Aspects ◽  
The Status ◽  
By Catch ◽  
First Time ◽  
Distribution Record ◽  
New Distribution

Stomatopods in India are well known with 79 species recorded to date. Here I report the Odontodactylus japonicus (De Haan, 1844) and Golden Mantis Shrimp Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata Holothuis, 1941 for the first time in Puducherry coastal waters. A single specimen of Lysiosquilla tredecimdentata was collected from by-catch in the Nallavadu landing centre, Puducherry coast on 19 November 2019 and two specimens of L. tredecimdentata were recorded again in Pillaichavadi landing centre of Puducherry coast on 22 November 2019. One specimen of Odontodactylus japonicus was collected at Nallavadu landing centre, Puducherry coast on 20 December 2019. The present study was undertaken to identify the status of distribution, habitat, and ecological aspects along with the information of spread, confinement, endemism as well as rare, threatened and endangered species. The significance of these new observations is to discern the taxonomic position and characteristics for better understanding of the mantis shrimp group. The specimens were identified, described, illustrated, and measured morphometrically. 

Saltipedis (Spinosaltipedis) puertoricensis, a new subgenus and species of apseudomorphan (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Parapseudidae) from coastal waters off Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, with keys and taxonomic observations

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2578 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉS G. MORALES-NÚÑEZ ◽  
RICHARD W. HEARD ◽  
MÓNICA ALFARO
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Generic Status ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Lateral Margins ◽  
Molar Process

Saltipedis (Spinosaltipedis) puertoricensis, n. subgen, n. sp., is described from eastern Puerto Rico off Culebra Island at a depth of 28 m. The new species is the fourth representative of the genus Saltipedis Guţu to be described from the western Atlantic. The new subgenus is distinguished from the currently recognized members of the subgenus Saltipedis Guţu by the presence of strongly developed accessory setae on the mandible between the base of the palp and the molar process. A combination of other characters that further distinguish S. puertoricensis from its congeners includes: (1) rostrum having an acute tip and with lateral margins convex; (2) absence of epistomal spine; (3) setation patterns on the first pereopod, inner margin of uropodal basal article, and the pleotelson; and (4) male chela having a distinct tooth on both the fixed and movable fingers. Pending further systematic study, Longipedis Larsen and Shimomura is resurrected to full generic status. Keys for the separation of the females and known males of Saltipedis are presented. Some of the taxonomic problems defining the genus Saltipedis and related genera are briefly discussed.

Five new records of marine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea, Stenopodidea) from the Caribbean coast of Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4438 (1) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO P.G. PACHELLE ◽  
MATTHIEU LERAY ◽  
ARTHUR ANKER ◽  
ROBERT LASLEY
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Caribbean Coast ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Colour Patterns ◽  
First Time

Five species of shrimps, four carideans and one stenopodidean, are recorded for the first time from the Caribbean coast of Panama: Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860) [Lysmatidae Dana, 1852], Periclimenaeus ascidiarum Holthuis, 1951, P. bredini Chace, 1972, P. maxillulidens (Schmitt, 1936) [Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815], and Odontozona edyli Criales & Lemaitre, 2017 [Stenopodidae Claus, 1872]. Rather surprisingly, L. vittata is recorded from the Caribbean Sea for the first time. However, the taxonomic status of all western Atlantic specimens currently assigned to L. vittata (including the Panamanian material and the Brazilian L. rauli Laubenheimer & Rhyne, 2010) will need a much more careful reassessment, which will only be possible after determining the taxonomic identity of L. vittata in the Indo-West Pacific. The colour patterns of P. ascidiarum, P. bredini and O. edyli, herein illustrated for the first time, appear to be species-diagnostic and may serve as additional important taxonomic characters. For O. edyli, the previously unknown thoracic sternum of the female is illustrated, as well as the variation in the rostral dentition. 

First record of the sponge-dwelling shrimp Synalpheus dardeaui (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) in the south-western Atlantic

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário Vitor Oliveira ◽  
Patricia Souza Santos ◽  
Alexandre Oliveira Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Present Finding ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Distribution Limit ◽  
Snapping Shrimp ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

We report the occurrence of the sponge-dwelling snapping shrimpSynalpheus dardeaui(Decapoda: Alpheidae) for the first time from Porto Seguro (Bahia, Brazil) and record an additional sponge host for the species,Irciniacf.strobilina. Synalpheus dardeauiwas previously known from Florida and some localities in the Caribbean Sea. Therefore, the present finding represents the first record of the species in the south-western Atlantic, extending its southern distribution limit by a latitude of 28° from Curaçao (12°N) to Porto Seguro (16°S). Variations between the Brazilian and Florida–Caribbean materials are discussed and illustrated.

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