scholarly journals Additional records of Calcinus species (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from French Polynesia with description of three new species and a key to Indo-West Pacific species of the genus

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (0) ◽  
pp. 9-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Poupin ◽  
Patsy A. McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Pacific Species

scholarly journals A new species of Ancylomenes Okuno & Bruce, 2009 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae) from the Kimberley region, Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3018 (1) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. BRUCE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Abdominal Somite ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
A New Species

The pontoniine shrimp genus Ancylomenes Okuno & Bruce, 2009 now includes 17 Indo-West Pacific species (Okuno & Bruce 2009). With a few exceptions, such as A. aesopius (Bate, 1863) and A. longicarpus (Bruce & Svoboda, 1983), these present a highly consistent morphology, differing at species level principally in details of the rostrum, third abdominal somite, ophthalmic process, dentition of the second pereiopod chelae, and ambulatory propods and dactyls. This consistency renders detailed descriptions repetitive and largely redundant.

New species of pinnotherid crabs from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4816 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHANE T. AHYONG ◽  
PETER K.L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
First Time ◽  
Pacific Species

Three new Indo-West Pacific species of pinnotherid crabs are described, one each of Arcotheres, Buergeres and Nepinnotheres. Arcotheres pollus, described from Paway Island, Mergui Archipelago, is most similar to A. boninensis (Stimpson, 1858), A. pernicola (Bürger, 1895) and A. purpureus (Alcock, 1900), sharing a transversely ovate carapace and long, slender, almost styliform dactyli of P4 and 5 that are about twice the length of those of P2 and 3. Buergeres choprai, described from Papua New Guinea, is most similar to B. deccanesis (Chopra, 1931) from eastern India but differentiated by segment proportions and setation of the walking legs. Buergeres tenuipes (Bürger, 1895) is synonymised with B. ortmanni (Bürger, 1895), which is also reported for the first time from Indonesia. A male of an undetermined species of Buergeres from the Philippines, possibly B. ortmanni, is figured and described, documenting the gonopod morphology in Buergeres for the first time. A key to the species of Buergeres based on females is provided. Nepinnotheres fulvia sp. nov. is also described from Papua New Guinea, and resembles N. cardii (Bürger, 1895) from the Philippines and Malaysia but can be distinguished by features of the chelipeds and maxilliped 3. 

Labuanium vitatum (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), a new Indo-West Pacific species of arboreal crab

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2889 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER K. L. NG ◽  
PETER J. F. DAVIE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Status ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Full Species ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Labuanium Serène & Soh, 1970, L. vitatum is described from northeastern Indian Ocean. It belongs to the L. rotundatum species-group, but is most closely related to L. scandens Ng & Liu, 2003, and L. papuomalesiacum (Nobili, 1899), the latter being here formally removed from synonymy with L. rotundatum (Hess, 1865) and raised to full species status. The new species differs from congeners by numerous characters including the structure of the male first pleopod, carapace and third maxillipeds, and by differences in proportions of the male abdominal somites.

Revision of the genus Adelogorgia Bayer, 1958 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) with the description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4369 (3) ◽  
pp. 327 ◽  
Author(s):  
ODALISCA BREEDY ◽  
HECTOR M GUZMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Character Table ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Depth Ranges ◽  
Pacific Species

The genus Adelogorgia is distinguished from other holaxonians in having conspicuously ornamented double-disc sclerites and leaf clubs in the coenenchyme, and non-mineralised axis cores. The two eastern Pacific species currently recognised as Adelogorgia are diagnosed and illustrated. Three new species for the genus are described from new localities and depth ranges. Analysis of external and internal characters, especially sclerite colours and sizes, and colony colour, shape and branching, allows separating the species. An identification key to the five species is provided, as well as a character table for comparisons. This study was based on newly collected specimens from 50 to 200 m deep, and re-examination of all historical material. We conclude that the genus comprises five valid species with a wider distribution than previously reported. This research is a contribution to the octocoral systematics and biodiversity from mesophotic and deep waters. 

Three new species of abdominal shrimp parasites (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Hemiarthrinae) from the Indo-West Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4845 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-274
Author(s):  
JIANMEI AN ◽  
RURU CHEN ◽  
GUSTAV PAULAY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
The Body ◽  
Short Side ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
De Man ◽  
Parasitic Isopod ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp ◽  
Lateral Plates

Three new species of the parasitic isopod subfamily Hemiarthrinae Markham, 1972 are described. Allodiplophryxus unilateralis n. sp. is described from Western Australia, infesting the palaemonid shrimp Jocaste lucina (Nobili, 1901), and females differ from the only other species in the genus in possessing six pleomeres, an asymmetrical first oostegite and pleopods restricted to the short side of the body. Loki athanus n. sp. is described from Madagascar, infesting the alpheid shrimp Athanas parvus de Man, 1910, and females differ from the only other species in the genus in possessing well-developed lateral plates on pleomere 4 and four pairs of uniramous pleopods. Hemiarthrus alphei n. sp. is described from French Polynesia, infesting the alpheid shrimp Alpheus crinitus Dana, 1852, and females differ from the four other known Hemiarthrus species in having pleomeres with well-developed, symmetrical lateral plates, a barbula with three pairs of projections and a pointed pleotelson. Keys to species of Hemiarthrus and all genera of the Hemiarthrinae are presented. 

Metadynomene tuamotu, a new species of dynomenid crab from French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2405 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
PETER K. L. NG ◽  
COLIN L MCLAY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Tuamotu Archipelago ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
A New Species

A large dynomenid specimen from the Tuamotu Archipelago previously thought to belong to Metadynomene tanensis (Yokoya, 1933) is shown to be a new species, M. tuamotu sp. nov. Metadynomene tanensis is a widespread Western Pacific species occurring from Japan to New Zealand; while M. tuamotu sp. nov. joins M. devaneyi (Takeda, 1977) as the second species of this genus known from French Polynesia. A key to the genus is provided.

Three new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the tropical western Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2839 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Additional Specimen ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

Three new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 are described from shallow waters of Guam (Mariana Islands), Moorea (Society Islands, French Polynesia), and Panglao (Bohol, the Philippines). The description of Salmoneus paulayi n. sp. is based on three specimens collected on reef flats in the vicinity of Guam’s Apra Harbor, Talofofo, and Mangilao. Salmoneus komaii n. sp. is described on the basis of a single specimen collected at Barracuda Rock, one of Guam’s popular diving sites. Finally, Salmoneus poupini n. sp. is described based on eight type specimens from several sites in the Moorea lagoon and one additional specimen from Panglao. The three new species appear to be closely related to each other, sharing several features on the minor and major chelipeds, the most obvious being the presence of widely spaced teeth on the finger cutting edges of the major chela. In addition, S. paulayi n. sp. is characterised by the presence of rounded, finely striated convexities intercalated between the teeth on the fingers of the major chela; these convexities are present, but much less developed in S. komaii n. sp. and S. poupini n. sp. The closest relative of these three new species appears to be S. sketi Fransen, 1991 from the eastern Atlantic, the only other species of the genus with widely spaced teeth (instead of serrations) on the cutting edges of the major chela.

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