scholarly journals Ridgway on New or Little-Known American Birds Description of a New Species of Cotinga from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica Robert Ridgway Description of a New Form of Spindalis zena from the Bahamas Description of the Adult Female of Carpodectes antoniœ Zeledon José C. Zeledon Description of a New Species of Porzana from Costa Rica Description of a New Plumed Partridge from Sonora Description of a New Genus of Dendrocolaptine Bird from the Lower Amazon Description of a New Species of Phacellodomus from Venezuela Description of Two New Species of Kaup's Genus Megascops Description of a New Muscisaxicola from Lake Titicaca, Peru On Phrygilus gayi (Eyd. & Gerv.) and Allied Species A Review of the Genus Dendrocincla Gray

The Auk ◽  
1888 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-195
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Lake Titicaca ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Form ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals A new species of Leptogorgia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Golfo Dulce, Pacific, Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3182 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
ODALISCA BREEDY ◽  
HECTOR M. GUZMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Single Species ◽  
San Jose ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The description of this single species is necessary to facilitate the publication of ongoing research conducted by Rita Vargas at the Museum of Zoology, University of Costa Rica, dealing with the associated microfauna. Presently 24 species of Leptogorgia have been reported for the eastern Pacific, 13 of which have been found in Costa Rica (Breedy & Cortés 2011). Although octocoral surveys have been conducted as part of biodiversity studies, there is no published information regarding the occurrence of this taxon in Golfo Dulce. Here we describe a new species of Leptogorgia and compare it with other Leptogorgia species with similar characteristics. Golfo Dulce is a bay located on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is about 50 km long, 10–15 km wide, and covers an area of approximately 680 km². The inner part of Golfo Dulce has a maximum depth of slightly over 200 m with a 60 m deep sill at the opening to the Pacific Ocean (Cortés 1999). It has been considered a tropical fjord because of the bathymetry and the presence of anoxic deep waters (Cortés 1999, Svendsen et al. 2006). Specimens were collected by Scuba diving, preserved in 70% ethanol or air dried, and treated and identified following the current methodology (Breedy & Guzman 2002). The holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica (MZUCR, formerly UCR), San José, P.O. Box 11501-2060, Costa Rica.

Description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Paguroidea: Paguridae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Central America, with notes on Pagurus albus (Benedict, 1892)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4712 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
MANUEL AYÓN-PARENTE ◽  
INGO S. WEHRTMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Antennal Segment ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
Eastern Tropical Pacific ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Right ◽  
A New Species

A redescription of Pagurus albus (Benedict, 1892) is presented together with a description of a new species of hermit crab, Pagurus pseudoalbus sp. n., from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Pagurus pseudoalbus sp. n. differs from P. albus and P. perlatus by the length of antennal acicles, which do not exceed the distal margin of the 4th antennal segment, whereas in the latter two species, the antennal acicles exceed the 4th antennal segment; the antennular peduncle is proportionally longer than the ocular peduncle in the new species compared to P. perlatus, but shorter than in P. albus; the palm of the right cheliped in P. pseudoalbus sp. n. is 1.3 times as long as broad, while in P. albus and P. perlatus it is 1.0 and 1.4 times as long as broad, respectively. Including the new species, the genus Pagurus in the Eastern Tropical Pacific currently includes 16 species. 

A brackish diatom, Pseudofrustulia lancea gen. et sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), from the Pacific coast of Oregon (USA)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 267 (2) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUKI SAWAI ◽  
TAMOTSU NAGUMO ◽  
ALAN R. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Diagnostic Feature ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Light and electron microscope observations show that a brackish diatom taxon should be classified as a new species of a new genus; Pseudofrustulia lancea gen. et sp. nov. We propose separating Pseudofrustulia from other similar genera such as Frickea, Frustulia, Amphipleura, Muelleria, and Envekadea on the basis of its thickened axial ribs, raphe endings, axial costae, morphology of helictoglossa, size of striae on valve surfaces, and areolae on the inner side between its axial ribs and raphe. Girdle bands may be another diagnostic feature for the separation of Pseudofrustulia from related taxa, but more detailed observations using SEM images are required to determine if bands are diagnostic.

scholarly journals Hidden in plain sight: a new species of Pleurothallis (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from Colombia previously misidentified as Pleurothallis luctuosa

Lankesteriana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Wilson ◽  
Kehan Zhao ◽  
Hailey Hampson ◽  
Matt Chang ◽  
Guillermo A. Reina-Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Cryptic Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Pollination Mechanisms ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Pleurothallis tenuisepala, a new species in subsection Acroniae, is described and compared to Pleurothallis luctuosa with which it has previously been confused. While the two species are superficially similar, they can be very easily distinguished by the size of the flowers, which are approximately 60 mm long in P. tenuisepala versus approximately 29 mm long in P. luctuosa, or the length of the sepals, which are approximately four-times the length of the petals in P. tenuisepala versus less than twice the length of the petals in P. luctuosa. The two species can also be discriminated by their nuclear internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) sequences. Pleurothallis tenuisepala occurs on Isla Gorgona off the Pacific coast of Colombia and on the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental of the Colombian Andes, while P. luctuosa is restricted to the Cordillera de Tilarán of Costa Rica. Labellar micromorphology of both species is discussed in relation to possible pollination mechanisms. Key words: Acroniae, cryptic species, labellum, morphology, taxonomy

A NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW PHLOEOCHARINE SPECIES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF NORTH AMERICA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (10) ◽  
pp. 1061-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Smetana ◽  
J. M. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractA new genus and two new species of Phloeocharinae are described and illustrated: Dytoscotes, new genus, pacificus from Oregon, and Phloeocharis californica from California. The biology of the two species is briefly discussed. A key to the Nearctic genera of Phloeocharinae is given.

A new species of Protium (Burseraceae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 434 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA PERDIZ ◽  
DOUGLAS C. DALY ◽  
ALBERTO VICENTINI ◽  
PAUL V.A. FINE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South American Species ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
A New Species

Protium santamariae is described and illustrated. The new species is restricted to the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica but shares morphological similarities with two South American species, P. kleinii and P. krukoffii. We provide a description, a distribution map, notes on its taxonomy, and a key to distinguish it from morphologically similar species.

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