scholarly journals Heart urchins from the depths: Corparva lyrida gen. et sp. nov. (Palaeotropidae), and new records for the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 14-34
Author(s):  
Jonathan-N. Flores ◽  
Pablo-E. Penchaszadeh ◽  
Martín-I. Brogger
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Apical System ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Rear Part

Introduction: Sea urchins in the order Spatangoida are the most diverse group of extant echinoids. Objective: Describe a new genus and species of Spatangoida from abyssal depths, and add new records for known species. Methods: Specimens were collected during several cruises at different areas of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (SWAO), among 37-55° S latitude at depths ranging from 55 to 3 000 m. We present morphological and ultrastructure analyses. Results: Corparva lyrida gen. et sp. nov. (Palaeotropidae) is described from the Mar del Plata Canyon on the Argentine continental slope (2 950 m depth), the first record of this family from Argentina. Corparva gen. nov. differs in having an apical system semi-ethmolytic, and labrum reaching to rear part of second adjacent ambulacral plate. We also report the northernmost distribution and deepest record for Brisaster moseleyi (38° S latitude, 2 212 m depth), the northward extension of the distribution range of Tripylus excavatus (39° S latitude, 74 m depth), and the first record of Abatus philippii and Abatus agassizii at the Burdwood Bank/MPA Namuncurá. Conclusions: The present work brings novel and updated data about the diversity and distribution of spatangoids from the SWAO, including the description of C. lyrida gen. et sp. nov., and new records of species. This shows how much remains to be known about the diversity and distribution of heart urchins in the SWAO, especially from the deep-sea.

Taxonomy of the genus Thyonella (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), with mention of the first record of T. sabanillaensis from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4527 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
LUCIANA MARTINS
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Internal Morphology ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

The genus Thyonella currently comprises four species which occur in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Thyonella mexicana is the only species known to occur in the Pacific Ocean. The main morphological characters used to distinguish Thyonella species are their dermal ossicles. Since the differences among these characters are subtle, this contribution provides a detailed description and comparison of the ossicle assemblage of the concerned taxa. In addition, description of the internal morphology of three of the concerned species is also provided. Further, this study reports on the first record of Thyonella sabanillaensis for the Southwestern Atlantic. A worldwide revision of the distributional records of Thyonella species is presented and their taxonomy is discussed, concluding that some traditional taxonomic characters should be used cautiously. A brief discussion about the importance of SEM analysis is also provided. 

scholarly journals First record of Stichopathes occidentalis (Gray, 1860) and range extensions of Antipathes atlantica Gray, 1857 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Tarciso Silva Cordeiro ◽  
Henrique Albuquerque Maranhão ◽  
Suellen Tarcyla da Silva Lima ◽  
Carlos Daniel Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Exclusive Economic Zone ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Black Corals ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Economic Zone

Twenty-one species of black corals have been recorded in the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to date, distributed mainly at depths greater than 20 m. The diversity of these environments along the northern and northeastern coasts of Brazil has been poorly investigated, in particular few information are available for the cnidarian fauna. This note represents the first record of the genus Stichopathes for the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and also fills in the gaps in the distribution of Antipathes atlantica between the northern and southern coasts of Brazil.

Hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the temperate southwestern Atlantic Ocean: a review

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1750 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GENZANO GABRIEL ◽  
HERMES MIANZAN ◽  
JEAN BOUILLON
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
New Records ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southwest Atlantic ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Hydromedusae are one of the best-represented planktonic groups in waters of the South Atlantic Ocean in terms of species richness. Nevertheless, medusae of the region are inadequately known because earlier studies have been limited and restricted to few areas. During the last two decades, almost 2000 samples from 54 research cruises have been collected, mostly within the continental shelf of Argentina and Uruguay (33 – 55º S). These samples provide an opportunity to significantly augment knowledge of the richness of the medusa fauna in the southwest Atlantic. Forty species of hydromedusae (six of them new records for the area), including 15 of Anthomedusae, 14 of Leptomedusae, three of Limnomedusae, four of Narcomedusae, and four of Trachymedusae, were identified. Our results indicate that previous lists overestimated species richness of hydromedusae in the area. When misidentifications, updated species synonymies, and doubtful records are taken into account, 71 valid species are recognized here from the study area. Based upon this corrected inventory list, the data suggest that the number of species of hydromedusae decreases markedly with increasing latitude, corresponding with that observed in other planktonic groups of invertebrates.

First Record and Phylogenetic Significance of a Jurassic Diadematacean Sea Urchin from California

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-433
Author(s):  
Rich Mooi ◽  
Richard P. Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
First Record ◽  
Relative Timing ◽  
Phylogenetic Significance ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
American River ◽  
Middle Fork ◽  
Test Architecture

Although diadematacean sea urchins (diadematids, aspidodiadematids, and micropygids) likely diverged sometime during the Jurassic, the lack of fossils representing this group has greatly hampered progress in understanding their evolution. No unequivocal Jurassic diademataceans have been described previously from North America. We describe a new genus and species,Sierradiadema kristini, from a single fossil from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Colfax sequence of the Mariposa Formation exposed in the Middle Fork American River drainage of the northern Sierra Nevada, California. The specimen, although not complete, reveals details of the spination and tooth morphology often lacking in Jurassic diademataceans, along with test architecture that yields information concerning the relative timing of important events in the origins of the diadematids in particular. We explore this evolution with a phylogenetic analysis of relevant clades with Jurassic times of divergence, finding not only thatSierradiademan. gen. is the earliest known member of a clade containing the extant Diadematidae, but that it will stimulate ongoing discussion of the putative Jurassic origins of all the diadematacean groups.

scholarly journals New records and a new species of Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo S. Souza ◽  
Carlos Henrique S. Caetano ◽  
Fabrizio Scarabino ◽  
Paulo Márcio S. Costa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
A New Species

New species of the genera Havelockia and Thyone (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) and first record of T. crassidisca from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4407 (4) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIANA MARTINS ◽  
MARCOS TAVARES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Body Wall ◽  
First Record ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species in the genera Thyone and Havelockia are described and illustrated based upon specimens collected from off the southeastern Brazilian coast. Thyone florianoi sp. nov. is characterized by having two pillared body wall tables with four-holed discs and introvert with multilocular tables. Thyone crassidisca is recorded herein for the first time from the South Atlantic Ocean (Brazil). Havelockia mansoae sp. nov. is distinctive in having two pillared body wall tables with four-holed discs and introvert with plates. This is the first record of the genus Havelockia from Brazilian waters. 

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