Pontella aculeata, a new species of neuston copepods from the eastern part of the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Calanoida: Pontellidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-196
Author(s):  
A.K. Heinrich
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Branching Process ◽  
Distal Part ◽  
Proximal Part ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
Posterior Process ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

Pontella aculeata sp. n. from the eastern part of the Indian Ocean is described and illustrated. It is closely related to P. novaezelandiae Farran, 1929. The new species is distinguished from it by the shorter processes of Me5. Right P5 of P. aculeata male has in proximal part of Re1 a branching process with two long, slender, and one wide short branches. P. novaezelandiae has there one long process and short forked projection at its base. The posterior process on dorsal side of the genital somite in the female of the new species is short, with rounded edges, in P. novaezelandiae long and sharp. P. aculeata female has right P5 Re with 2 processes in the distal part of the inner edge. P. novaezelandiae has one only. P. aculeata is smaller than P. novaezelandiae.

scholarly journals A NEW SPECIES OF MALDIVEA GERLACH, 1962 (NEMATODA, OXYSTOMINIDAE) FROM FELIDHOO ATOLL (MALDIVES, INDIAN OCEAN) AND AN EMENDED DIAGNOSIS OF THE SUB-FAMILY AND GENUS

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Federica Semprucci ◽  
Maria Balsamo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Distal Part ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ventral Part ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
A New Species

Maldivea Gerlach, 1962 is a possible endemic genus of the Maldivian archipelago for which only M. xarifae Gerlach, 1962 has been described so far. A new species of this genus, M. complexa n.sp., was recently found in Felidhoo atoll. It reveals a more complex structure of gubernaculum than in type species which appears to be divided into two pieces: one is a sort of long wing in the ventral part of the spicule and the other one, more complex, is characterized by several curved stripes which envelop the dorsal side of the spicule distal part. According to the present considerations, diagnoses of Paroxystomininae and Maldivea are emended.

scholarly journals A new species of deep-water spider crab of the genus Paramaya De Haan, 1837 from the Bay of Bengal, India (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 769 ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K. L. Ng ◽  
M. Prema ◽  
S. Ravichandran
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Bay Of Bengal ◽  
Distal Part ◽  
Spider Crab ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The identity of the majid species of Paramaya De Haan, 1837, in the Indian Ocean is clarified with the collection of fresh specimens from the Bay of Bengal. Previously identified as P.spinigera (De Haan, 1837) which is known only from Japan, Taiwan, and Korea, the material from eastern India is here referred to a new species, P.mulli sp. n. The new species can easily be distinguished from all congeners by its relatively shorter pseudorostral and carapace spines, more swollen branchial regions, distinctly granulated male thoracic sternum, and the G1 is not prominently curved with the dorsal projection on the sub distal part short and the tip rounded.

New species and records of the genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae) from Socotra Archipelago (Indian Ocean)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4742 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
YOLANDA LUCAS RODRÍGUEZ ◽  
GUILLERMO SAN MARTÍN ◽  
DIETER FIEGE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
New Findings ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Socotra Archipelago ◽  
San Martín ◽  
A New Species

Based on a census of the polychaete fauna of the Socotra Archipelago in the Indian Ocean we report here new findings on the genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818. These ten species are newly recorded from this area: Syllis alternata Moore, 1908; Syllis bouvieri Gravier, 1900; Syllis broomensis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979); Syllis compacta Gravier, 1900; Syllis crassicirrata (Treadwell, 1925); Syllis gerlachi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960); Syllis hyalina Grube, 1863; Syllis lutea (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960); Syllis schulzi (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960); Syllis ypsiloides Aguado, San Martín & Ten Hove, 2008. Additionally, Syllis qamhiyn sp. nov. is described as a new species, characterized by its conspicuously thick and short dorsal cirri filled with a gelatinous substance and reduced number of compound chaetae from medium to posterior parapodia, with enlarged shafts and short blades which become almost unidentate and do not fuse with shafts. Following an examination of the holotype of S. bouvieri, its status as a valid species and not as synonym of Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852, as considered by some authors (see Licher 1999) is confirmed, and a redescription is included. 

scholarly journals Dacar Cas/Somali Red Aloe: a new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) from Somaliland

PhytoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Mary E. Barkworth ◽  
Ahmed Ibrahim Awale ◽  
Faisal Jama Gelle
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Species Density ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Eastern Highlands ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Aloe (Asphodelaceae) is described from Somaliland. It differs from other species in forming large clumps and in having sap that is initially yellow but quickly turns bright red and then dark red or reddish-brown, paniculate red-flowered inflorescences and uniformly coloured leaves with red teeth. Its recognition raises the number of species known from the combined area of Somaliland and Somalia s.s. from 31 to 36. A map portraying species density of Aloe by country, as that genus is now interpreted, shows that Aloe has its highest density on islands in the Indian Ocean but that, within Africa, the greatest density is in countries along the eastern highlands. The data also reinforce the importance of field botanists in determining a country’s known plant diversity.

scholarly journals A new species of the genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Tegastidae, Harpacticoida, Copepoda) from the Onnuri Vent Field in the Indian Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 699-714
Author(s):  
Jong Guk Kim ◽  
Jimin Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Hydrothermal Vent ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
First Record ◽  
Cold Seeps ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

The genus Smacigastes Ivanenko & Defaye, 2004 (Harpacticoida, Copepoda) is the most primitive genus in the family Tegastidae Sars, 1904, occurring in deep-sea chemosynthetic environments, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, whale falls and wood falls. Our exploration of the Onnuri Vent Field, the sixth active hydrothermal vent system in the Central Indian Ridge, resulted in the discovery of a new species in the genus Smacigastes. A detailed morphological analysis of S. pumilasp. nov. reveals that it most resembles S. barti Gollner, Ivanenko & Martínez Arbizu, 2008, described from a hydrothermal vent in the East Pacific Ridge; the new species can be distinguished from the existing species by the 8-segmented female antennule, the absence of an abexopodal seta on the antennary basis, the mandibular exopod represented by a single seta and the exopod of the first leg with five setae. This is the first record of Smacigastes in the Indian Ocean. A dichotomous key to species of the genus Smacigastes worldwide is provided.

scholarly journals The genus Chaerilus Simon, 1877 (Scorpiones, Chaerilidae) in the Indian Ocean Islands and description of a new species

Euscorpius ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (110) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Wilson R. Lourenço ◽  
◽  
Bernard Duhem ◽  
Elise-Anne Leguin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Ocean Islands

XVI.—On a New Species of Cactogorgia

1910 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 324-326
Author(s):  
Jas. J. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

Amongst the unnamed Alcyonaria in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, is a beautiful colony belonging to the genus Cactogorgia, which Mr Eagle Clarke has kindly handed me for identification and description.In 1907 (Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin.) I established the genus Cactogorgia for several small colonies from the Indian Ocean, and referred these to three separate species, viz. celosioides, alciformis, and expansa. Thomson and M'Kinnon, in Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 1909, have described another species from the Seychelles under the name of Cactogorgia lampas, and the present colony must also be referred to a new species. This we propose to name Cactogorgia agariciformis, n. sp., on account of its very definite mushroom-shape.

A new species of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondrida) from the Senegalese coast

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICOLE BOURY-ESNAULT ◽  
CHRISTIAN MARSCHAL ◽  
JEAN-MICHEL KORNPROBST ◽  
GILLES BARNATHAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Mangrove Roots ◽  
A New Species

Axinyssa djiferi, a new species of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondrida) is described from the mangrove roots along the Senegalese coast. This species is close to the type species of the genus Axinyssa topsenti Lendenfeld, 1897 described from the Indian Ocean. Both share two categories of oxea, presence of fistules with apical oscules, conules in which the choanosomal tracts end in brushes and tangential skeleton between the conules. They differ in the size of the oxea, the shape of the smaller oxeas, the type of spicule in the ectosomal tangential skeleton, and in their respective geographical distributions. The description of this new species gives grounds for reassessing the synonymy between Axinyssa and Pseudaxinyssa Burton, 1931.

First record of Hyalascus (Hexactinellida: Rossellidae) from the Indian Ocean, with description of a new species from a volcanic seamount in the Andaman Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2667 (1) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
SABYASACHI SAUTYA ◽  
KONSTANTIN R. TABACHNICK ◽  
BABAN INGOLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Andaman Sea ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Back Arc ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hyalascus is described from the submarine volcanic crater seamount of Andaman Back-arc Basin, Indian Ocean. The genus was previously known in the Pacific Ocean only.

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