scholarly journals First record of genus Paradota Ludwig & Heding in New Zealand waters and description of a new species (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida)

2014 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Davey
Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1776 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDILSON CARON ◽  
CIBELE STRAMARE RIBEIRO-COSTA

The tribe Diglottini Eichelbaum, 1909 comprises two halophilous rove beetle genera Diglotta Champion, 1899, and Paradiglotta Ashe & Ahn, 2004. The tribe contains eight known species distributed in the Nearctic and West-Palaearctic regions, and also Fiji Islands and New Zealand. This tribe is recorded for the first time from South America with the description of a new species, Diglotta brasiliensis n. sp. from southern Brazil (Paraná). Characters of the mouthparts, aedeagus and spermatheca of the new species are illustrated and compared with other Diglotta species. Sexual dimorphism is reported for the first time in the genus.


2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1181-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Urteaga ◽  
Miguel Griffin ◽  
Guido Pastorino

A new species of chiton is described from early Miocene deposits of the Monte León Formation, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Callochiton monteleonensis n. sp. clearly differs from known fossil and Recent species of the southwestern Atlantic because the central area of its intermediate valves has a stepped appearance, in which each step is marked by a longitudinal rib. It is similar to Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926, a Recent species from New Zealand. Biogeographic implications are discussed. This is the first record of a polyplacophoran from Neogene deposits of Argentina.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R D'Archino ◽  
B Ngauma ◽  
JH Norman ◽  
Giuseppe Zuccarello

© 2020, © 2020 International Phycological Society. A new species of Polycoelia, P. kurariirapa, is described from the Three Kings Islands/Manawatāwhi, representing the first record of the genus in New Zealand. Polycoelia includes two species from Australia, P. laciniata (generitype) and P. fastigiata, and one from South Africa, P. harveyana. Polycoelia kurariirapa shares with the two Australian species the characteristic vegetative anatomy of the genus consisting of a single layer of medullary cells surrounded by a cortex of small-celled, anticlinal filaments, and branched thalli. The rbcL phylogenetic analysis confirmed the close, and sister, relationship of P. kurariirapa with the Australian taxa, while they were only weakly grouped with P. harveyana. This new genus adds to the unique seaweed flora of these islands in northern New Zealand and indicates that this area may harbour even more hidden diversity.


1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
William. J. Zinsmeister ◽  
Jeffrey D. Stilwell

A new species of the late Mesozoic–Cenozoic family Ringiculidae (Ringicula (Ringicula) cockburnensis n. sp.) is described from basal glauconitic beds of late Eocene age of Cockburn Island, Antarctica, and is the first reported occurrence of the family Ringiculidae from the continent of Antarctica. Ringicula (R.) cockburnensis n. sp. most closely resembles R. castigata from the middle Oligocene Duntroonian Stage of New Zealand and provides further support for the strong provinciality (Weddellian Province) that existed along the southern margin of the Pacific during the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary.


Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4990 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-600
Author(s):  
MICHELLE KELLY

Four species of Phlyctaenopora Topsent, 1904 (Demospongiae Sollas, Poecilosclerida Topsent, Mycalidae Lundbeck) are recognised today (Van Soest et al. 2021a) (Table 1): two Atlantic Ocean species in subgenus Phlyctaenopora [type species P. (P.) bitorquis Topsent, 1904, from the Azores; P. (P.) halichondrioides van Soest & Stentoft, 1988, from Barbados]; and two Southern Hemisphere species in subgenus Barbozia Dendy, 1922: P. (Barbozia) primitiva Dendy, 1922, from the Seychelles, and P. (B.) bocagei Lévi & Lévi, 1983, from New Caledonia. Here we describe a new species of Phlyctaenopora from Wanganella North in International Waters on the West Norfolk Ridge, northwest of New Zealand. Phlyctaenopora (B.) spina sp. nov. provides a first record of the genus in the South Pacific, providing further confirmation of the integrity of the subgenus Barbozia.  


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R D'Archino ◽  
B Ngauma ◽  
JH Norman ◽  
Giuseppe Zuccarello

© 2020, © 2020 International Phycological Society. A new species of Polycoelia, P. kurariirapa, is described from the Three Kings Islands/Manawatāwhi, representing the first record of the genus in New Zealand. Polycoelia includes two species from Australia, P. laciniata (generitype) and P. fastigiata, and one from South Africa, P. harveyana. Polycoelia kurariirapa shares with the two Australian species the characteristic vegetative anatomy of the genus consisting of a single layer of medullary cells surrounded by a cortex of small-celled, anticlinal filaments, and branched thalli. The rbcL phylogenetic analysis confirmed the close, and sister, relationship of P. kurariirapa with the Australian taxa, while they were only weakly grouped with P. harveyana. This new genus adds to the unique seaweed flora of these islands in northern New Zealand and indicates that this area may harbour even more hidden diversity.


Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1370 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
KELLY L. MERRIN

Pseudarachna nohinohi n. sp. from the Challenger Plateau, New Zealand is described. A further two undescribed species are recorded from Australian waters in the Tasman Sea, showing that this formerly monotypic North Atlantic genus is more widely distributed than previously thought. A revised diagnosis of the genus is presented.


Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2514 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. SADIE MILLS ◽  
TIMOTHY O’HARA

A new species of Amphilepis is described from several locations around New Zealand. It is distinguished from congeners by the combination of a lack of tentacle scales, separated dorsal and ventral arm plates, ventral interradial disc scaling and characteristic sharp appearance to the disc edge. This is the first record of Amphilepididae from New Zealand waters, and current evidence suggests that it occurs between 900 and 1500 m off eastern and western New Zealand.


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