MACROALGAS DEL BANCO DE LAS ANIMAS Y NUEVOS REGISTROS PARA EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

Forty nine macroalgal species (7 Chlorophyta, 4 Phaeophyta and 38 Rhodophyta) are reported for the first time for the Banco de las Animas, at the southwest of Santa Marta City (Salamanca Gulf, Colombia). The collections were made between 20 and 30 m depth. The green alga Halimeda gracilis Harvey ex J. Agardh and the red ones Corynomorpha clavata (Harvey) J. Agardh, Cryptonemia sp., Acrothamnion butleriae (Collins) Kylin, Antithamnion ogdeniae Abbott, Antithamnionella breviramosa (Dawson) Wollaston in Womersley and Bailey, Hypoglossum simulans Wynne, Price et Ballantine and H. subsimplex Wynne, are new records for the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Thefloristiccompositionof thebankhasasimilarityof 81 % with the one present at the same depths in the Tairona Natural National Park. Due to this characteristic and to the exuberance of certain species, the Banco de las Animas is considered a refuge, in which these plants avoid the herbivorous fishes and urchins of the shallow rock-coral reefs.

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Two new species and new records in the alpheid shrimp genera Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 and Deioneus Dworschak, Anker & Abed-Navandi, 2000 in the Atlantic Ocean (Malacostraca: Decapoda)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4786.3.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4786 (3) ◽

pp. 345-368 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ARTHUR ANKER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Ocean ◽

New Records ◽

Original Description ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Morphological Heterogeneity ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time ◽

Alpheid Shrimp

The present study deals with two species new to science, as well as several new records in the closely related alpheid shrimp genera Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 and Deioneus Dworschak, Anker & Abed-Navandi, 2000, based on material collected at various localities in the tropical western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. In the western Atlantic, Salmoneus inconspicuus sp. nov. is described based on material from the Caribbean coast of Panama, Cuba, French Antilles and (with some doubts) Bermuda. The new species has been previously reported from the eastern Caribbean Sea as S. teres Manning & Chace, 1990, a closely related species so far known only from Ascension Island in the central Atlantic. Salmoneus camaroncito Anker, 2010 is reported from the Caribbean coast of Mexico, for the first time since its original description. Salmoneus carvachoi Anker, 2007 is reported from Colombia and southeastern USA, representing a new record of the species for each of these countries. Salmoneus depressus Anker, 2011 and Salmoneus setosus Manning & Chace, 1990 are reported for the first time from Cuba and Panama, respectively. In addition, these two species, as well as Salmoneus wehrtmanni Anker, 2010, are reported from new localities in Mexico. In the eastern Atlantic, Salmoneus saotomensis sp. nov. is described based on a single specimen from São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea. The new species is characterised by the somewhat enlarged minor cheliped and is compared to all other Atlantic species presenting this feature. Deioneus sandizelli Dworschak, Anker & Abed-Navandi, 2000 is reported from São Tomé Island, for the first second time since its original description based on the Cape Verde type material. The characters separating Deioneus and Salmoneus are reassessed. The new evidence shows that these two genera are distinguished by only one morphological feature known to be variable in at least one non-related alpheid genus. However, in view of the increasing morphological heterogeneity in Salmoneus, it seems more appropriate to retain Deioneus as a valid genus for it may represent a distinct clade that also includes several other species currently placed in Salmoneus.

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Six new species and three new records of infaunal alpheid shrimps from the genera Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and Fenneralpheus Felder & Manning, 1986 (Crustacea, Decapoda)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3041.1.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3041 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ARTHUR ANKER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Pacific Coast ◽

New Records ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

The Pacific ◽

New Localities ◽

Unidentified Species ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Several species of the infaunal alpheid genera Leptalpheus Williams, 1965 and Fenneralpheus Felder & Manning, 1986 are described as new or reported from new localities in the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. In the genus Leptalpheus, five species are described as new: L. marginalis sp. nov. from the Caribbean coast of Colombia; L. penicillatus sp. nov. from the Pacific coast of Panama and Costa Rica; L. azuero sp. nov., L. hendrickxi sp. nov., and L. bicristatus sp. nov., all three from the Pacific coast of Panama. In addition, L. cf. forceps Williams, 1965 and L. felderi Anker, Vera Caripe & Lira, 2006 are reported for the first time from the Caribbean coast of Panama. Several unidentified species of Leptalpheus presently known from incomplete or immature specimens are also reported. In the genus Fenneralpheus, F. orabovis sp. nov. is described as new, whereas F. chacei Felder & Manning, 1986 is reported from the Caribbean coast of Panama, representing the first finding of this species outside its type locality in Florida. The generic diagnoses of both Leptalpheus and Fenneralpheus are emended to accommodate the new species.

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Five new records of marine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea, Stenopodidea) from the Caribbean coast of Panama

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4438 (1) ◽

pp. 128 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

PAULO P.G. PACHELLE ◽

MATTHIEU LERAY ◽

ARTHUR ANKER ◽

ROBERT LASLEY

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

West Pacific ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Colour Patterns ◽

First Time

Five species of shrimps, four carideans and one stenopodidean, are recorded for the first time from the Caribbean coast of Panama: Lysmata vittata (Stimpson, 1860) [Lysmatidae Dana, 1852], Periclimenaeus ascidiarum Holthuis, 1951, P. bredini Chace, 1972, P. maxillulidens (Schmitt, 1936) [Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815], and Odontozona edyli Criales & Lemaitre, 2017 [Stenopodidae Claus, 1872]. Rather surprisingly, L. vittata is recorded from the Caribbean Sea for the first time. However, the taxonomic status of all western Atlantic specimens currently assigned to L. vittata (including the Panamanian material and the Brazilian L. rauli Laubenheimer & Rhyne, 2010) will need a much more careful reassessment, which will only be possible after determining the taxonomic identity of L. vittata in the Indo-West Pacific. The colour patterns of P. ascidiarum, P. bredini and O. edyli, herein illustrated for the first time, appear to be species-diagnostic and may serve as additional important taxonomic characters. For O. edyli, the previously unknown thoracic sternum of the female is illustrated, as well as the variation in the rostral dentition.

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REGISTROS NUEVOS DE ESPECIES DE Lutzomyia (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE CESAR, COLOMBIA

Acta Biológica Colombiana ◽

10.15446/abc.v20n3.48853 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 225-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Luis Gregorio ESTRADA ◽

Odethe Alejandra APONTE ◽

Eduar Elias BEJARANO

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Blue Color ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Phlebotomine Sand Flies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time ◽

The City

El estudio de los insectos asociados a la epidemiología de la leishmaniasis, en la Costa Caribe colombiana, se ha concentrado en los departamentos de Sucre y Córdoba, por consiguiente existe un escaso conocimiento de la fauna de flebotomíneos del resto de la región. En la presente nota se presentan cuatro nuevos registros de Lutzomyia spp., para el departamento de Cesar. Los insectos fueron colectados con dos trampas de luz tipo CDC, equipadas con LED de color azul, en el Balneario Hurtado de la ciudad de Valledupar, Cesar. Se recolectaron en total 50 flebotomíneos, los cuales estuvieron representados por las especies Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis (38 %), L. evansi (28 %), L. trinidadensis (14 %), L. venezuelensis (10 %), L. micropyga (6 %) y L. rangeliana (2 %). Como primeros registros para el departamento sobresalen L. evansi, L. venezuelensis, L. micropyga y L. rangeliana, con lo que se eleva a ocho el número de especies reportadas hasta la fecha en el Cesar. Entre los nuevos registros se destaca el hallazgo de L. evansi, reconocido vector de Leishmania spp. en la Costa Caribe de Colombia. New Records of Species of Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) From the Department of Cesar, ColombiaStudies of the insects associated with the epidemiological cycle of leishmaniasis on the Caribbean coast of Colombia have been focused on the departments of Sucre and Córdoba. The phlebotomine sand fly fauna of the rest of the Caribbean region remains little known. In the present study four species of the genus Lutzomyia are reported from the department of Cesar for the first time. Sand flies were sampled using two CDC light traps with blue color LEDs at Balneario Hurtado, a tourist area in the city of Valledupar. A total of 50 phlebotomine sand flies were collected, of which the species Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis (38 % of the sample) and L. trinidadensis (14 %) were already known from the departament. Specimens of L. evansi (28 %), L. venezuelensis (10 %), L. micropyga (6 %) and L. rangeliana (2 %) represent the first records of these species for Cesar, raising the number of known occurrences from the department to eight species. Noteworthy among the new records is the sandfly L. evansi, recognized vector de Leishmania spp. in the Colombian Caribbean coast.

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New records and update on the geographic distribution of the Bonyeared Assfish, Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878 (Ophidiidae, Neobythitinae), in the Caribbean region

Check List ◽

10.15560/15.5.767 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 767-772 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrea Polanco F. ◽

Luisa F. Dueñas ◽

Jorge Leon ◽

Vladimir Puentes

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Current Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Range Extension ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Continental Coast ◽

Remote Operate Vehicle ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878 is reported for the first time in the southwestern Caribbean region, off Colombia. Remote Operate Vehicle videos and towed camera still photographs captured 13 images of A. armatus between 2215 and 2564 m. These are the first records of the species in the Caribbean continental coast of Colombia, representing a range extension to the southwestern Caribbean region, since previous records are from the northeastern Caribbean. Some photos of the specimens and the current distribution of the species in the Caribbean region are provided and reviewed.

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The caridean shrimps of the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) from Madagascar collected during the Atimo-Vatae expedition: a new species and two new records

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1535 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 774 ◽

pp. 155-177

Author(s):

Hossein Ashrafi ◽

J. Antonio Baeza ◽

Zdeněk Ďuriš

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Original Description ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

West Pacific ◽

Phylogenetic Studies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

De Man ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The present study focuses on shrimps belonging to the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816, collected from Madagascar during the Atimo Vatae expedition carried out in 2010. Lysmata malagasy sp. nov. is a new species belonging to the clade named “long accessory ramous” or “cosmopolitan” in previous phylogenetic studies. The new species can be distinguished from the only two other representatives of this group in the Indo-west Pacific, L. ternatensis De Man, 1902, and L. trisetacea (Heller, 1861), by the accessory ramus of the lateral antennular flagellum consisting of four elongated articles. Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fiedler, 2010 is reported here from Madagascar with a remarkable extension of its known range after its original description from Japan. This species has also been reported from Singapore and, as alien species, from Brazil. Lastly, L. kuekenthali De Man, 1902 known from numerous localities in the Indo-West Pacific biogeographic area, is reported for the first time from Madagascar. Results of the present morphological and molecular analyses suggest that L. hochi Baeza & Anker, 2008 from the Caribbean Sea is a synonym of the Indo-West Pacific L. kuekenthali, and thus the latter species is alien in the western Atlantic.

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Two new records of flowering plants from Lesotho

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v47i1.2099 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Khotso Kobisi ◽

Lerato S. Kose ◽

Annah Moteetee

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Field Trips ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Plant Identification ◽

The Family ◽

National University ◽

The University ◽

First Time

Background: A number of books, articles and checklists have been published on Lesotho’s flora. The species presented here have been recorded for South Africa but have not previously been recorded for Lesotho.Objectives: As part of a study aimed at updating biodiversity records of the southern parts of Lesotho (Qacha’s Nek and Quthing districts), with the main focus of compiling a checklist for the Sehlabethebe National Park, this report presents plant species that have until now not been recorded for the Lesotho flora.Method: Several field trips were undertaken between 2004 and 2009. Plant identification was done based on observation and photographic records. After the compilation of the checklist, it became clear that two of the species observed had not been previously recorded for Lesotho. A follow-up trip was carried out in February 2016, during which plant specimens of the presumed new records were collected and deposited at the National University of Lesotho Herbarium (ROML) [and the University of Johannesburg Herbarium (JRAU)]. Plant identification was confirmed by experts in the family Apocynaceae.Results: Two species not previously recorded for Lesotho, namely Ceropegia africana subsp. barklyi and Duvalia caespitosa subsp. caespitosa, were found during the exploration of the southern parts of Lesotho which included the Sehlabathebe National Park.Conclusions: The fact that two species have been recorded in Lesotho for the first time clearly indicates that documentation of the flora of Lesotho needs to be updated. This work is therefore regarded as complementary to previous publications on the Lesotho flora.

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On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the southwest coast of Florida, USA

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4689.1.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4689 (1) ◽

pp. 1-141

Author(s):

DALE R. CALDER

Keyword(s):

Chesapeake Bay ◽

Zoological Nomenclature ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

International Code ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Southwest Coast ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

Sixty species of hydroids, assigned to 24 families and 39 genera, are recognized and discussed in a collection of material from the southwest coast of Florida. One new species (Clytia joycei) is described from turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) and reported as well from the Caribbean coast of Panama. Under provisions of the First Reviser Principle in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Antennopsis nigra Nutting, 1900 is assigned precedence over its simultaneous synonym A. longicorna Nutting, 1900. Also included as a synonym of A. nigra is A. sinuosa Fraser, 1947b. The species is now assigned to Nemertesia Lamouroux, 1816, as N. nigra. Following Reversal of Precedence provisions in the code, the well-known name Halecium nanum Alder, 1859 is designated as valid and conserved as a nomen protectum, while Hydra articulata Bosc, 1797 is relegated to a nomen oblitum. The genus Monotheca Nutting, 1900 is upheld as valid on the basis of both morphological and molecular evidence. Sertularia pourtalesi Nutting, 1904, a seldom-reported species, is assigned to Dynamena Lamouroux, 1812 and recognized as distinct from D. disticha (Bosc, 1802). Calyptospadix cerulea Clarke, 1882 and Bimeria franciscana Torrey, 1902 (also known as Garveia franciscana) are taken to be conspecific, with Calyptospadix Clarke, 1882 treated as a valid genus. Confusion over the identity of Lovenella gracilis Clarke, 1882 in literature on North American hydroids is addressed, and topotypic specimens from the Chesapeake Bay region are illustrated to document characters that distinguish the species. Campanularia colombiana (Wedler, 1976) is reported for the first time outside the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The fauna studied here consists largely of species known to occur in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic. [Zoobank URL: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4C926BE2-D75D-449A-9EAD-14CADACFFADD]

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New records of lichens and allied fungi from Vodlozersky National Park within Arkhangelsk Region (NW Russia)

Folia Cryptogamica Estonica ◽

10.12697/fce.2019.56.09 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 56 ◽

pp. 87-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Viktoria N. Tarasova ◽

Tatiana N. Pystina ◽

Vera I. Androsova ◽

Angella V. Sonina ◽

Andrei A. Valekzhanin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Protected Area ◽

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Arkhangelsk Region ◽

Lichen Diversity ◽

First Time

The paper presents the results of the ongoing research of lichen diversity in Arkhangelsk Region of Russia, in Vodlozersky National Park which is the largest protected area in the territory of NW Russia. In total, 155 species of lichens and allied fungi are recorded for the first time for the Arkhangelsk part of the Vodlozersky National Park, and 69 species – for the whole mainland area of Arkhangelsk Region.

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Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1298.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1298 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

FREDDY BRAVO ◽

DANILO CORDEIRO ◽

CINTHIA CHAGAS

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

New Classification ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Two new species of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille are described, and Psychoda alternata Say and P. zetoscota Quate are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Psychoda divaricata Duckhouse, already described from southern Brazil, was recorded in the northeastern part of that country, as well as in the eastern Amazon region. The supraspecific classification proposed for the species of Psychoda according to Quate (= Psychodini of Jeñek) are discussed. A new classification is suggested that considers only one genus, Psychoda, divided into 12 subgenera: subgenus Psychoda Latreille, subgenus Copropsychoda Vaillant, subgenus Falsologima Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Psychodula Jeñek, subgenus Psychomora Jeñek, subgenus Psychana Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Logima Eaton, subgenus Tinearia Schellenberg, subgenus Chodopsycha Jeñek, subgenus Ypsydocha Jeñek, subgenus Psychodocha Jeñek, and subgenus Psycha Jeñek. A list of the Psychoda species from Latin America and the Caribbean region is presented.

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