A survey of marine fungi on wood in South Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
Sally C. Fryar ◽  
Kevin D. Hyde ◽  
David E. A. Catcheside
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
New Records ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
Mangrove Wood ◽  
High Diversity

AbstractA survey of driftwood and mangrove wood in South Australia revealed a high diversity of marine fungi. Across eight sites there were 43 species of marine fungi, of which 42 are new records for South Australia, 11 new records for Australia and 12 taxa currently of uncertain status likely to be new species. Sites had distinctive species compositions with the largest difference attributable to substrate type (beach driftwood vs. mangrove wood). However, even between mangrove sites, species assemblages were distinctly different with only the more common species occurring at all mangrove sites. More intensive surveys across a broader range of habitats and geographic locations should reveal significantly more species.

Marine fungi from Martinique

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 1314-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kohlmeyer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rhizophora Mangle ◽  
Thalassia Testudinum ◽  
Avicennia Germinans ◽  
French Antilles ◽  
Intertidal Species

Collections of filamentous higher marine fungi in Martinique (French Antilles) resulted in a list of 20 species, 18 of which are new records for this island. New species are Ceriosporopsis capillacea Kohlm., sp.nov. (Martinique) and Remispora crispa Kohlm., sp.nov. (Hawaii, Liberia, Martinique). Substrates include leaves and rhizomes of Thalassia testudinum, pneumatophores of Avicennia germinans, prop roots of Rhizophora mangle, roots of Hibiscus tiliaceus, and intertidal and subtidal wood of unidentified hosts. A distinctive mycota appears to exist in subtidal habitats. The separation of marine fungi into the following groups is discussed: obligate intertidal species, facultative inter- or subtidal species, obligate subtidal species, and deep-sea species.

New records of aturid water mites from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia; Aturidae), with the description of fifteen new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4425 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
HARRY SMIT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Records ◽  
New South ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Water Mites ◽  
Water Mite ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Mite Family

The following fifteen new species are described of the water mite family Aturidae from Australia: Austraturus cavatus n. sp., A. denticulatus n. sp., A. dilatipalpis n. sp., A. extendens n. sp., A. sagittalis n. sp., A. triprojectus n. sp., A. villosus n. sp. and Axonopsella bipartita n. sp., A. carnarvon n. sp., A. curtiseta n. sp., A. elongata n. sp., A. kakadu n. sp., A. magniseta n. sp., A. purpurea n. sp. and A. rosea n. sp.. New records are given for Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Western Australia. New distributional records are provided for many species. 

scholarly journals El género Rhytidhysteron (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota) en México

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurora Cobos Villagrán ◽  
César Hugo Hernández Rodríguez ◽  
Ricardo Valenzuela ◽  
Lourdes Villa-Tanaca ◽  
Rosa Paulina Calvillo-Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Tropical Dry Forest ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Species Taxonomy ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

Resumen: Antecedentes y Objetivos: Actualmente, se reconocen 21 especies adscritas al género Rhytidhysteron. En México sólo se ha reportado Rhytidhysteron rufulum. El género se caracteriza por sus histerotecios naviculares a apoteciales, el borde es estriado o liso; los colores del epitecio varían de anaranjado-rojizo, amarillo, verde a negros y las ascosporas presentan tres septos longitudinales. El objetivo del presente estudio es realizar una revisión taxonómica del género Rhytidhysteron en México, basada en caracteres macro y micromorfológicos.Métodos: Se realizaron diez exploraciones entre 2017 y 2019 en diversas regiones de México. Además, se revisaron los especímenes depositados en la colección de hongos del herbario ENCB. Los ejemplares fueron estudiados, descritos y determinados de acuerdo con las técnicas tradicionales en micología. Resultados clave: Se revisaron 381 especímenes pertenecientes al género Rhytidhysteron, de los cuales se determinaron cuatro especies: Rhytidhysteron neohysterinum, una nueva especie para la ciencia, R. neorufulum y R. thailandicum que son nuevos registros para el país, y R. rufulum previamente citado.Conclusiones: El género Rhytidhysteron tiene una alta diversidad de especies en México. La mayoría de los especímenes se han encontrado sobre ramas en descomposición, principalmente en géneros de la familia Fabaceae en bosque tropical caducifolio, lo que podría sugerir que este grupo de plantas representa el microhábitat al que las especies de Rhytidhysteron se han adaptado.Palabras clave: distribución, histerotecio, Hysteriales, nueva especie, taxonomía. Abstract:  Background and Aims: Currently, 21 species associated with the genus Rhytidhysteron are recognized. In Mexico, only Rhytidhysteron rufulum has been reported. The genus is characterized by its navicular to apotecial histerothecia, the margin is striate or smooth; the colours of the epithecium vary from orange-reddish, yellow, green to black and its ascospores present three longitudinal septa. The objective of this study is to carry out a taxonomic review of the genus Rhytidhysteron in Mexico, based on macro- and micromorphological characters.Methods: Ten exploration trips were realized between 2017 to 2019 in several regions of Mexico. In addition, the specimens deposited in the fungus collection of the ENCB herbarium were reviewed. The specimens were studied, described and determined according to traditional mycological techniques.Key results: 381 specimens belonging to the genus Rhytidhysteron were reviewed, of which four species were determined: R. neohysterinum, a new species for science, R. neorufulum and R. thailandicum, new records for the country, and the previously cited R. rufulum.Conclusions: The genus Rhytidhysteron has a high diversity of species in Mexico. Most specimens have been found on decomposing branches, mainly of genera of the Fabaceae family in tropical dry forest, which suggest that this group of plants represent the microhabitat to which Rhytidhysteron species have best adapted.Key words: distribution, Hysteriales, hysterothecium, new species, taxonomy.

New records of deep-sea ascidians (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the New Caledonia region

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4996 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-468
Author(s):  
FRANCOISE MONNIOT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Ascidian Species ◽  
High Diversity

The deep marine bottoms around New Caledonia have been explored for forty years. The Kanacono (2016) and Kanadeep (2019) campaigns organized jointly by the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) are the complement of this investigation. They are a part of the program “La Planète Revisitée” in New Caledonia. Among the deep sea benthos twenty two ascidian species were collected and three represent new species showing the characteristic adaptations to an abyssal life. The high diversity of the tropical deep sea benthos is enhanced by these new results. No relations are found between littoral ascidians and forms living in the bathyal or abyssal areas.  

Morphology and infraciliature of some freshwater ciliates (Protozoa : Ciliophora) from Western and South Australia

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 661 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Foissner ◽  
PJ O'Donoghue
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Silver Nitrate ◽  
New Records ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Protozoa Ciliophora ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Freshwater Ciliates

Thirteen new or little-known freshwater ciliates from Perth, W.A., and Adelaide, S.A., are described: Urotricha furcata Schewiakoff, 1892; Coleps amphacanthus Ehrenberg, 1833; Fuscheria nodosa Foissner, 1983; Lacrymaria australis, sp. nov.; Acineria uncinata Tucolesco, 1962; Litonotus lamella (Mnller, 1773); Loxophyllum australe, sp. nov.; Naxella australis, sp. nov.; Microthorax australis, sp. nov.; Blepharisma americanum (Suzuki, 1954); Stenosemella lacustris, sp. nov.; Oxytricha australis, sp. nov.; and Urosomoida perthensis, sp. nov. Descriptions are based on live observations, protargol and silver nitrate stained specimens and biometry. All species represent new records for the fauna of Australia. A new species, Naxella faurei, sp. nov., is established for Nassula lateritia Faure-Fremiet, 1967 and a new diagnosis is given for Litonotus lamella (Mnller, 1773).

scholarly journals A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 793 ◽  
pp. 63-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaarel Sammet ◽  
Mari Ivask ◽  
Olavi Kurina
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Northern Limit ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Western Palaearctic

The data on Estonian Myriapoda are scattered in various publications and there has been no overview of the fauna up to the present. A critical summary of the previous information on Estonian Myriapoda is given, supplemented by new records and distribution maps. Altogether, 5784 specimens from 276 collecting sites were studied. To the hitherto recorded 14 centipede species are addedLithobiusmelanops,L.microps,Geophiluscarpophagus,G.flavus,StrigamiatranssilvanicaandStenotaenialinearis, a probably introduced species. Of the 27 published Estonian millipede species, the data on two species proved erroneous, and two new species were recorded (CraspedosomaraulinsiiandCylindroiulusbritannicus). Two previously recorded millipede species –BrachyiuluspusillusandMastigophorophyllonsaxonicum– were not found in the recent samples, the latter may have become more rare or extinct. Pauropoda and Symphyla lack previous reliable records. Combined with published data, the number of myriapod species known from Estonia is now set at 52. Some changes in species distribution and frequencies were detected comparing the published data with new records. Some data about habitat preferences of the more common species are also given. The majority of species have a western Palaearctic distribution, while six species are at the northern limit of their ranges.

High diversity of Ocellularia (Ascomycota: Graphidaceae) in the Colombian Llanos, including two species new to science

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rouchi N. Peláez ◽  
Bibiana Moncada ◽  
Robert Lücking
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Epiphytic Lichens ◽  
Yellowish Green ◽  
Mauritia Flexuosa ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Gallery Forests ◽  
High Diversity

An inventory of crustose epiphytic lichens in gallery forests dominated by the Moriche palm, Mauritia flexuosa, in the Colombian Llanos revealed a high diversity of species of the genus Ocellularia s.str. Thirteen species were identified in the material, some of them previously known from very few collections only. Two species are new to science and ten are new records for Colombia. The two new species are O. umbilicatoides Peláez, Moncada & Lücking, differing from O. umbilicata in the presence of a (carbonized) columella, and O. usnicolor Peláez, Moncada & Lücking, differing from O. psorbarroensis in the carbonized columella and dark brown to carbonized excipulum and the mottled white-yellowish green thallus. We also revised the nomenclature of species of Ocellularia previously listed for Colombia and propose the new combination Ocellularia dodecamera (Nyl.) Peláez, Moncada & Lücking.

Marine tardigrades of the Bahamas with the description of two new species and updated keys to the species of Anisonyches and Archechiniscus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4420 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL J. BARTELS ◽  
PAULO FONTOURA ◽  
DIANE R. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Diversity Indices ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Sediment Grain Size ◽  
Abundance And Diversity ◽  
Intertidal Habitats

This is the first survey of subtidal marine tardigrades from the Bahamas, and we compare our results with earlier studies of Bahamian intertidal habitats. In 2011 and 2014 we collected 60 subtidal sand samples from Bimini, the Berry Islands, New Providence, Eleuthera, and the Exumas. We found 11 species only one of which, Dipodarctus subterraneus (Renaud-Debyser, 1959), had been found in the previous intertidal Bahamian collections. Thus, 10 species are new records for the Bahamas, and four of these are new to science. We describe two of the new species (Archechiniscus bahamensis sp. nov. and Anisonyches eleutherensis sp. nov.). Additional material is needed for a conclusive identification of the undescribed species of Batillipes and Florarctus. Based on examination of the holotype of Anisonyches diakidius Pollock, 1975, we redescribe this species and give an emended diagnosis of the genus and the species. We also provide new keys to the species in the genera Archechiniscus and Anisonyches. A Chao2 species richness estimate indicated that our sampling effort was extensive and probably recovered most common species. Correlations of abundance and diversity indices with regard to depth, distance to nearest shore, and sediment grain size were not significant. 

Intertidal Euryleptid polyclads and description of a new Stylostomum Lang, 1884 from Maharashtra, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-339
Author(s):  
RESHMA PITALE ◽  
DEEPAK APTE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Rocky Shores ◽  
The Family ◽  
Indian Waters ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Available Information

The family Euryleptidae, consisting of 19 genera, is as colourful and distinct as the family Pseudocerotidae. Five species of Euryleptidae encountered during surveys in the intertidal rocky shores of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra are presented in the current study. Cycloporus variegatus is new records to India. Cycloporus australis and C. reticulatus are new records to India and reported for the second time after their first formal descriptions in 1982 and 2002 respectively. Eurylepta aurantiaca is a new record to the Indian ocean. The study also describes the new species Stylostomum mixtomaculatum sp. nov. and it is the first report of the genus Stylostomum from the tropical realms. Since Stylostomum and Acerotisa are known to be closely allied genera, efforts have been made to review their species assemblages and throw light on the existing ambiguities within the available information. With this report, the number of euryleptid species from Indian waters increases to eight. 

Ophiodeira gen.nov. (Halosphaeriales) and a survey of higher marine fungi from Saint Croix (Virgin Islands)

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 2062-2067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Kohlmeyer ◽  
Brigitte Volkmann-Kohlmeyer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Marine Fungi ◽  
New Records ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Saint Croix

The new monotypic genus, Ophiodeira, based on the lignicolous marine species O. monosemeia Kohlm. et Volkm.-Kohlm. sp.nov., is described and compared with the closely related Halosarpheia Kohlm. et Kohlm. The new species occurs on Rhizophora mangle in the Caribbean (Belize, Saint Croix, Tobago) and differs from other members of Halosphaeriaceae by a thin stroma, a curved neck, and a single ascospore appendage that develops into a long filament. A total of 35 higher marine fungi have been collected in Saint Croix on mangroves, coral reefs, and sandy beaches, comprising 31 ascomycetes, 2 basidiomycetes and 2 anamorphic fungi. All are new records for this island. New distributional data for several other Caribbean species are also listed. At present, 78 taxa of higher marine fungi are known from the tropical part of the western Atlantic Ocean.

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