New finding of Vaucheria aversa Hassall (Ochrophyta, Xanthophyceae) in Ukraine

Vaucheria aversa (Xanthophyta) was recorded for the first time in Ukraine in Sula River, Hydrological Reserve «Artopolot», Poltava Region. It was found in benthos in spring (May 2020) in silty-sandy soil in shallow water. The material was collected and processed according to a common methodology. Sterile samples before the appearance of the gametengians were kept in natural water in petri dishes in well-lit places. This method of «coarse culture», in most cases, allowed to get gametangia within two weeks. The species identification was done with fertile filaments only. 4% formaldehyde solution was used for material fixation. Taxonomic identification of samples was done using a comparative and morphological methods, which includes analysis of morphological variability and verification of the consistency of the studied material with the diagnosis. Thalli of V. aversa are direct, branched, bisexual, 80–90 μm wide. Antheridia are cylindrical, tubular shape, pressed to the filament or slightly raised above it, 119–130 × 41–43 μm. Oogonia erect, sessile, ovoid to subspherical, sometimes placed in pairs, with a curved beak at the front, 190–230 × 140–163 μm. According to morphological characteristics this species is similar to another one from section Tubligerae Walz – V. fontinalis (Linnaeus) T.A. Christensen. Their distinctive and common features are as follows. Filaments of V. fontinalis are narrower (up to 75 μm) than V. aversa (up to 131 μm). Both species are characterized by oogonia grouped together in a row. Antheridia present in quantity 1 or 2 on both sides of oogonia. But the species are very different in size and shape of oogonia: in V. aversa they are sessile, located one at a time or less often two, extended near the base, sharply narrowed at the apex. The beak is directed straight or obliquely up, bent to the side of the oogonia body. In V. fontinalis oogonia are placed in one row, most often in the amount of 1-6, the beak tapers gradually. Anteridia are cylindrical, on short pedicel. V. aversa grew as a part of polyspecies complex of green algae together with representatives of such genera as Cladophora Kützing, Spirogyra Link and Mougeotia C. Agardh. V. aversa is widely distributed in continental water bodies of Europe, Asia and North America, Australia and New Zealand, but is firstly recorded in Ukraine.

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Morphological diversity of the stone crayfish − traditional and geometric morphometric approach

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems ◽

10.1051/kmae/2019042 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leona Lovrenčić ◽

Vjera Pavić ◽

Stefan Majnarić ◽

Lucija Abramović ◽

Mišel Jelić ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Morphological Variability ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Morphological Diversity ◽

Dorsal Side ◽

Small Scale ◽

Geometric Morphometric ◽

Discriminant Analyses ◽

Stone Crayfish ◽

Multivariate Discriminant ◽

First Time

Austropotamobius torrentium is one of four native European crayfish species inhabiting Croatian freshwaters. Existence of eight divergent monophyletic mtDNA phylogroups was described within A. torrentium; six of them are distributed in Croatia, with the highest genetic diversity established in its northern-central Dinaric region. Recent small-scale study of the stone crayfish morphological variability indicated significant differences among different phylogroups. In the present study larger sample size, covering populations from five phylogroups, was analysed with the aim of determining whether there are morphological characteristics that reliably separate stone crayfish from different phylogroups. Aiming this, 245 stone crayfish were analysed through traditional (TM) and, for the first time, geometric morphometric (GM) analyses. Multivariate discriminant analyses included 24 TM characteristics per crayfish, while GM comprised analyses of 22 landmarks on the dorsal side of cephalon. Both methods revealed congruent results, and significant differences among phylogroups in analysed features were obtained, with the cephalon shape contributing the most to crayfish discrimination. Research confirmed that both approaches, combined with statistical methods, are useful in distinguishing and separating crayfish phylogroups. Findings of present study are compatible with the previous molecular findings; stone crayfish present several distinct evolutionary lineages whose species status are currently undefined and require urgent clarification.

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Morphological characteristics of wild and cultivated Ganoderma subincrustatum from Sonora, Mexico

Scientia Fungorum ◽

10.33885/sf.2019.49.1213 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 ◽

pp. e1213

Author(s):

Damian López-Peña ◽

Crystal Samaniego-Rubiano ◽

Idaly Morales-Estrada ◽

Aldo Gutierrez ◽

Rigoberto Gaitán-Hernández ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Morphological Variability ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Fruiting Bodies ◽

Size And Shape ◽

Similar Shape ◽

High Illumination ◽

First Time ◽

Common Parasite ◽

Peach Orchard

Background: Ganoderma is a complex genus with high morphological variability. Ganoderma subincrustatum is a common parasite and saprophytic species, and its circumscription is doubtful for some authors. The aim of this study was to analyze the morphological variability of wild and cultivated specimens of G. subincrustatum.Methods: Ganoderma subincrustatum strain was isolated from a peach orchard in La Costa de Hermosillo, Sonora. The strain was cultivated on vineyard pruning wastes under low and high illumination. Wild and cultivated basidiomata were macro- and microscopically characterized and compared.Results and conclusions: Ganoderma subincrustarum is recorded for the first time from Sonoran mycobiota. Basidiomata color, size and shape were different between wild and cultivated under low and high illumination. High lux condition caused antler shape fruiting bodies. Wild and cultivated specimens showed the same type of context, similar shape of pileipellis cells and basidiospores, but spores were larger in wild specimens.

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Lemanea fucina Bory, 1808 (Lemaneaceae, Rhodophyta), a rare species with a variable morphology: First record in the Republic of Montenegro

Archives of Biological Sciences ◽

10.2298/abs1102511s ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 511-515 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Snezana Simic ◽

Nevena Djordjevic

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

Western Europe ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

First Record ◽

Southeast Europe ◽

New Finding ◽

The Republic ◽

Variable Morphology ◽

First Time

The genus Lemanea and a species belonging to this genus, Lemanea fucina Bory 1808, are reported for the first time in the Republic of Montenegro (southeast Europe, in the river Tara, at one locality - ?Splaviste? (N-43? 07? 721?, E 019? 18 ?609?). This is a new finding, and also the southernmost point of occurrence of this species in Europe. The species is characteristic mostly for rivers of the countries of northern and western Europe. The variable morphological characteristics of this species are described and illustrated in this work.

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Invasion of the common percarina Percarina demidoffii (Percidae, Perciformes) in the Dnieper River upstream

Ecologica Montenegrina ◽

10.37828/em.2019.24.11 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 66-72

Author(s):

Roman Novitskiy ◽

Leonid Manilo ◽

Viktor Gasso ◽

Nadiia Hubanova

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Fish Fauna ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

The Black Sea ◽

Published Data ◽

Brackish Waters ◽

New Finding ◽

The Common ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

In December 2016, the common perсarina Percarina demidoffii Nordmann, 1840 has been evidentiary detected in the Dniprovske (Zaporizske) reservoir for the first time. Two specimens of percarina were caught in the rowing channel area (the upper part of the reservoir) near the Dnipro city. One individual was caught there in 2017 as well. The paper presents their morphological characteristics, as well as a comparison with specimens from the brackish waters of the Dniester estuary (the Black Sea). The preliminary data allow us to assume that differences in some plastic characters may have adaptive character in relation to the environment. There are no any meristic differences between these fishes. It is noted that the new finding of this fish species in the cascade of Dniprovske reservoirs allows us consider P. demidoffii as not mesohaline but as a freshwater-oligohaline species. The finding of the common percarina in the Dniprovske reservoir confirms a few earlier published data about the advance of this fish upstream of the Dnieper River and extends its current range. The presence of P. demidoffii as a new species for the fish fauna of the Dniprovske reservoir shows a continued active advance of the Ponto-Caspian fish species upstream of the cascade of reservoirs on the Dnieper River.

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First record of the terrestrial predatory leech, Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975 (Clitellata, Hirudinea, Erpobdelliformes), from Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Check List ◽

10.15560/17.6.1487 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 1487-1491

Author(s):

Larisa A. Prozorova ◽

Takafumi Nakano

Keyword(s):

Morphological Characteristics ◽

First Record ◽

Taxonomic Identification ◽

Japanese Archipelago ◽

Occurrence Data ◽

The Japanese Archipelago ◽

First Time ◽

Hokkaido Island ◽

Sakhalin Oblast

The terrestrial predatory leech of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 is recorded for the first time from Moneron Island, which is located southwest of Sakhalin, Russia. Morphological characteristics of the Moneron Orobdella clarify its taxonomic identification as O. kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975, which is indigenous to Hokkaido Island in the Japanese Archipelago. The occurrence data extends the northernmost range of the genus Orobdella and shows that the leech fauna is shared between Moneron Island and Hokkaido.

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Ethusa sp. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ethusidae) from the Pliocene of Valduggia (Vercelli, Piedmont, NW Italy)

Natural History Sciences ◽

10.4081/nhs.2016.262 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Giovanni Pasini ◽

Alessandro Garassino

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Basin ◽

New Finding ◽

Nw Italy ◽

First Time ◽

Stratigraphic Range

<em>Ethusa</em> sp. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ethusidae) from Valduggia (Vercelli, Piedmont, NW Italy) is here reported for the first time from the Pliocene of Italy. This new finding enlarges our knowledge on the distribution and stratigraphic range of this genus in the paleo- Mediterranean basin.

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Découverte d’une nouvelle population de Rhithrogena delphinensis Sowa & Degrange, 1987, dans le massif des Arves, et compléments à la description de la larve (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae)

Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France ◽

10.32475/bsef_2218 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 126 (4) ◽

pp. 401-420

Author(s):

Bertrand Launay ◽

Julien Barnasson ◽

Juliette Becquet ◽

Michel Brulin ◽

Sophie Cauvy-Fraunie ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Drainage Basin ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Western Alps ◽

Coi Gene ◽

Morphological Description ◽

Base Pairs ◽

Northern Flank ◽

Ecological Requirements ◽

First Time ◽

Existing Data

Discovery of a new population of Rhithrogena delphinensis Sowa & Degrange, 1987, in the Arves Massif, and additions to the morphological description of the larva (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Rhithrogena delphinensis, described originally on the basis of four larvae from the Western Alps, south of the Arves Massif and from the northern flank of the Ecrins Massif, had not been captured again since 1986. Here, we report the discovery of a new population from river Arvan, whose drainage basin is located between the Grandes Rousses Massif and the northern flank of the Arves Massif. This newly discovered population seems abundant in numbers, and reveals the particular ecological requirements of the species as well as its dependence on glacier fed or nival streams. The morphological characteristics of the larvae are described in detail, and illustrated by photographs. The variability of some of the proposed identification criteria is discussed, and a key to the identification of the Rhithrogena species from the alpestris group of the Western Alps, to which R. delphinensis belongs, is provided. Finally, a portion of 658 base pairs of the COI gene of R. delphinensis is sequenced for the first time and compared to already existing data on the alpestris group in the Western Alps.

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Coronary artery myogenic response in a genetic model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpheart.00606.2002 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 283 (6) ◽

pp. H2244-H2249 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Henrik H. Petersen ◽

Jonathan Choy ◽

Brian Stauffer ◽

Farzad Moien-Afshari ◽

Christian Aalkjaer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Transgenic Mouse ◽

Genetic Model ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Myogenic Tone ◽

Chain Gene ◽

Myogenic Response ◽

Cardiac Phenotype ◽

First Time ◽

Pressure Myograph ◽

Intravascular Pressure

Hypertrophic cardiac myopathy (HCM) is the leading cause of mortality in young athletes. Abnormalities in small intramural coronary arteries have been observed at autopsy in such subjects. The walls of these intramural vessels, especially in the ventricular septum, are thickened, and the lumen frequently appears narrowed. Whether these morphological characteristics have functional correlates is unknown. We studied coronary myogenic tone in a transgenic mouse model of HCM that has mutations in the cardiac α-myosin heavy chain gene. This transgenic mouse has a cardiac phenotype that resembles that occurring in humans. We examined the possible vascular contributions to the pathology of HCM. Septal arteries from 3- and 11-mo-old wild-type (WT) and transgenic (TG) mice were studied on a pressure myograph. The myogenic response to increased intravascular pressure in older animals was significantly reduced [maximal constriction: 32 ± 4% (TG) and 46 ± 4% (WT), P < 0.05]. After inhibition of endothelin receptors with bosentan, both WT and TG mice had similar increases in myogenic constriction. The sensitivity to exogenous endothelin was significantly reduced in TG mice, suggesting that the reduced myogenic constriction in HCM was due to reduced receptor sensitivity. In conclusion, we show for the first time that 1) myogenic tone in the coronary septal artery of the mouse is regulated by a basal release of endothelin, and 2) pressure-induced myogenic activation is attenuated in HCM, possibly consequent to a reduction in endothelin responsiveness. The associated reduction in coronary vasodilatory reserve may increase susceptibility to ischemia and arrhythmias.

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Reproduction and population structure of the sea cucumber Holothuria tubulosa in the Dardanelles Strait, Turkey

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.1360 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 47 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

H. DERELİ ◽

S. TÜRK ÇULHA ◽

M. ÇULHA ◽

B. H. ÖZALP ◽

A. A. TEKİNAY

Keyword(s):

Population Density ◽

Gonadosomatic Index ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Environmental Parameters ◽

Population Characteristics ◽

High Positive Correlation ◽

Mediterranean Populations ◽

Reproductive Patterns ◽

First Time ◽

The Relationship

In this study, Holothuria tubulosa Gmelin 1791 was investigated from April 2013 to March 2014 in the Dardanelles Strait, to outline the morphological characteristics, reproductive patterns and the relationship between population characteristics and environmental parameters. Between 15 and 30 individuals of this species were sampled monthly from three stations. There was a negative allometry between length and weight, being gutted weight the most reliable measurement for this species. Reproductive patterns of the species were identified the first time for Turkish coasts. By macroscopic examination of the gonads, smallest sizes (gutted length) were measured as 8.4 and 8.1 cm for female and male, respectively. Sex ratio was calculated as 1: 1.1 with differences between seasons. The reproduction of sea cucumbers occurred between August and September after Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) values reached their maximum in July. The species was found down to 10 m depth with a population density of 0.21 / m2, which was rather low compared to previously reported values for Mediterranean populations of this species. There was a high positive correlation between population density and GSI of the species. The highest population density was observed where the largest sea grass meadows are found.

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A taxonomic revision of genus Phloeophila (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) in Ecuador

Plant and Fungal Systematics ◽

10.35535/pfsyst-2021-0002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 37-45

Author(s):

Marco Marcelo Jiménez ◽

Leisberth Alexis Vélez-Abarca ◽

Luis Enrique Baquero ◽

Carlos James Naranjo

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Identification Key ◽

Southern Mexico ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The orchid genus Phloeophila is distributed from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, as well as Cuba. A taxonomic revision including the three Phloeophila species present in Ecuador is presented. Morphological characteristics, an identification key, maps of known localities and illustrations of the species are also included. In Ecuador, species of Phloeophila are only known from the Amazonian rainforests, growing from 890 to 1600 meters of altitude. Phloeophila condorana is described as a new species based on specimens collected in the Ecuadorian province of Zamora-Chinchipe and compared to Phloeophila nummularia. Phloeophila nummularia is reported for the first time in Peru. A lectotype for Pleurothallis echinantha is selected.

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