scholarly journals Molecular and Morphological Characterization of Colaconema formosanum sp. nov. (Colaconemataceae, Rhodophyta)—A New Endophytic Filamentous Red Algal Species from Taiwan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 809
Author(s):  
Meng-Chou Lee ◽  
Han-Yang Yeh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Algal Species ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Bisphosphate Carboxylase ◽  
The Third ◽  
Red Algal ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
A New Species

The genus Colaconema, containing endophytic algae associated with economically important macroalgae, is common around the world, but has rarely been reported in Taiwan. A new species, C. formosanum, was found attached to an economically important local macroalga, Sarcodia suae, in southern Taiwan. The new species was confirmed based on morphological observations and molecular analysis. Both the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI-5P) genes showed high genetic variation between our sample and related species. Anatomical observations indicated that the new species presents asexual reproduction by monospores, cylindrical cells, irregularly branched filaments, a single pyrenoid, and single parietal plastids. Our research supports the taxonomic placement of C. formosanum within the genus Colaconema. This study presents the third record of the Colaconema genus in Taiwan.

Batrachospermum qujingense (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta), a new freshwater red algal species from Southwest China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 461 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
KUN-PENG FANG ◽  
FANG-RU NAN ◽  
JIA FENG ◽  
JUN-PING LV ◽  
QI LIU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Algal Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
The Third ◽  
Psba Genes ◽  
Red Algal ◽  
Freshwater Red Algae ◽  
A New Species

Batrachospermum is a widely distributed genus in China. Nonetheless, many taxa recorded previously have no molecular data. In this study, a new species of Batrachospermum called Batrachospermum qujingense is described and illustrated from Qujing, Yunnan, Southwest China, based on morphological observations and a phylogenetic analysis. This species is distinguished morphologically from other species by dioecious thalli, straight carpogonial branches with 7–9 cells and stalked angled obovoid or inflated-clavate trichogynes. In addition, a phylogenetic analysis of the molecular data from the rbcL, COI-5P, and psbA genes indicated separation between the new species proposed in this study and other species in the genus Batrachospermum (4.0–5.3% for rbcL, 7.7%–10.6% for COI-5P, and 2.2–3.2% for psbA ). This is the first species of Batrachospermum reported in Yunnan and the third species of Batrachospermum with molecular data in China. The description of the new species and geographical distribution expands the diversity of freshwater red algae in China.

Molecular and morphological characterization of Belondira coomansi n. sp. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida, Belondiridae) from Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-636
Author(s):  
B. Golhasan ◽  
R. Heydari ◽  
E. Miraeiz ◽  
J. Abolafia ◽  
R. Peña-Santiago
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Anterior Position ◽  
Genital Branch ◽  
General Size ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species belonging to the genus Belondira is described from natural areas in Iran. Belondira coomansi n. sp. is characterized by its general size, the dimensions and appearance of its lip region, presence of distinct labial and post-labial sclerotization, the length of the odontostyle and its inconspicuous lumen and aperture, the length of the neck and its pharyngeal expansion, the reduction of the female anterior genital branch to a simple uterine sac, a very short posterior uterus, the anterior position of the vulva, the length and shape of the caudal region with distinctly thick cuticle at its tip, the length of the spicules, and the presence of only one pair of ventromedian supplements. The new species is close to Belondira brevibulba, B. sacchari, B. tenuidens and B. thornei, and it is compared to them. Molecular characterization (D2–D3 expansion segments of the rRNA large subunit) of the new species is also provided, representing only the second species of this genus for which any DNA sequence data are available.

Genetic barcoding resolves the historically known red alga Champia parvula from southern New England, USA, as C. farlowii sp. nov.  (Champiaceae, Rhodymeniales)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 302 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURA K. GRIFFITH ◽  
CRAIG W. SCHNEIDER ◽  
DANIEL I. WOLF ◽  
GARY W. SAUNDERS ◽  
CHRISTOPHER E. LANE
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New Species ◽  
New England ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Algal Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Southern New England ◽  
Red Algal ◽  
Genetic Barcoding ◽  
A New Species

Using mitochondrial COI-5P and plastid rbcL genetic markers, the red algal species historically known in southern New England, USA, as Champia parvula is found to be genetically distinct from the species to which it has historically been aligned. This necessitates the description of a new species, C. farlowii, for plants from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, USA. The new species is morphologically compared with true European C. parvula and congeners, especially those with similar features previously aligned under the same species name. Champia farlowii is a morphologically cryptic species, the sixth in the expanding C. parvula complex, with overlapping characteristic measurements despite differences at the range extremes, when compared to C. parvula.

Urotricha vitrea n. sp. (Ciliophora, Prorodontina): General morphology and cytological events during the conjugation process

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 1885-1891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Martín-Gonzalez ◽  
Susana Serrano ◽  
Dimas Fernández-Galiano
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
General Morphology ◽  
Conjugation Process ◽  
A New Species

A new species of gymnostome, Urotricha vitrea n. sp., is proposed. The morphological characterization of this new freshwater ciliate is as follows: 46–27 μm × 43–26 μm in size; a spherical macronucleus; 20–23 somatic kineties; a caudal cilium; brosse with 4, 3, 2 rows of pairs of kinetosomes; and circumoral infraciliature with 13–16 pairs of kinetosomes. In addition, the conjugation process of this species is reported. It includes three maturation divisions and three synkaryon divisions.

Moelleriella sinensis sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae, Ascomycota) from southeast China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 429 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-296
Author(s):  
YU-XI CHEN ◽  
QING-LIN XUE ◽  
YONG-XIAO XIE ◽  
NEMAT O. KEYHANI ◽  
XIA-YU GUAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Distinct Lineage ◽  
Spore Mass ◽  
Large Subunit Rrna ◽  
A New Species

Moelleriella sinensis, a fungal pathogen infecting whitefly nymphs (Hemiptera), is described and illustrated as a new species from Wu Yi Mountain in Fujian province, southeastern China. This species is characterized by producing a pale brown spore mass around whitish to pale yellow pulvinate stroma. In surveys of entomopathogenic fungal diversity, only the anamorphic state was found in collected stroma. Phylogenetic analyses using the nucleotide sequences derived from the nuclear ribosomal large subunit rRNA gene, RNA polymerase subunit 1, and translation elongation factor 1α, coupled to morphological characterization supports the placement of the isolate as a new species in a distinct lineage within Moelleriella.

scholarly journals Neocaridina fonticulata, a new land-locked freshwater shrimp from Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan (Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 817 ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsi-Te Shih ◽  
Yixiong Cai ◽  
Yuh-Wen Chiu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Freshwater Shrimp ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽  
The Third ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
A New Species

A new species of land-locked freshwater shrimp, Neocaridinafonticulatasp. n. (Atyidae), is described from Kenting, Hengchun Peninsula, Pingtung County, southern Taiwan. This new species can be distinguished from its congeners by rostrum structure, pereiopods, and male first and second pleopods. The molecular evidence of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) also supports the establishment of a new species. This is the third endemic species of Neocaridina known from Taiwan.

POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF Ombrophytum villamariensis (BALANOPHORACEAE)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 472 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-78
Author(s):  
ANGELO PLATA ◽  
SANTIAGO GUZMÁN-GUZMÁN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Pollen Grain ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

This study contributes to the morphological characterization of Ombrophytum villamariensis, a new species of Neotropical Balanophoraceae recently described for Colombia. The study revealed the presence of diagnostic characters in the pollen grain such as small size and a circular endoaperture. Unlike other species, only tricolporate pollen grains were observed.

Wyeomyia shannoni Lane & Cerqueira, 1942, a taxonomic puzzle (Diptera: Culicidae): synonymy, genus transfer, homonymy, and description of a new species of Sabethes Robineau-Desvoidy, 1827

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5082 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-277
Author(s):  
AGOSTINHO C. NASCIMENTO-PEREIRA ◽  
MAYCON SEBASTIÃO ALBERTO SANTOS NEVES ◽  
ANTHONY ÉRICO GUIMARÃES ◽  
MONIQUE DE ALBUQUERQUE MOTTA ◽  
RICARDO LOURENÇO-DE-OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Female Genital

We discovered the immature stages of Wyeomyia shannoni Lane & Cerqueira, 1942, unknown for almost 80 years, and found that they, as well as the adult male, are identical with those previously described for Sabethes (Peytonulus) paradoxus Harbach, 2002. Consequently, the species described by Lane and Cerqueira is here considered a senior synonym of Sa. paradoxus and is transferred to the genus Sabethes, hereafter named Sabethes (Peytonulus) shannoni (Lane & Cerqueira, 1942), comb. n. As the name shannoni is preoccupied in the genus Sabethes, the species known as Sabethes (Sabethes) shannoni Cerqueira, 1961 is here renamed Sabethes (Sabethes) cerqueirai Nascimento-Pereira, Neves, Lourenço-de-Oliveira & Motta, nom. n. We improved the morphological characterization of Sa. (Pey.) shannoni (Lane & Cerqueira) by including an illustration of the female genitalia, larval mouthparts and the female genital lobe of the pupa. Finally, we describe and illustrate a new species of Sabethes closely related to Sa. (Pey.) shannoni, named Sabethes (Peytonulus) harbachi Nascimento-Pereira, Guimarães, Lourenço-de-Oliveira & Motta, sp. n.  

A taxonomic synopsis and morphological characterization of Myoxanthus (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 507 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-258
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO ROJAS-ALVARADO ◽  
MARIO A. BLANCO ◽  
ADAM P. KARREMANS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
General Description ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
First Time ◽  
Distinct Taxon ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomic history, general description and distribution are provided for Myoxanthus. Morphological characterization of the vegetative and reproductive organs is illustrated with photographs. A list of the 52 accepted species includes synonyms and distribution; most are illustrated with a flower photograph. Lectotypes for M. frutex, M. lonchophyllus, M. neillii, M. pulvinatus, M. punctatus, and M. serripetalus are designated, and a neotype is selected for M. melittanthus. Myoxanthus parvilabius is reported for the first time for Colombia. The circumscription of M. lonchophyllus is reevaluated, Pleurothallis pennellia is recognized as a distinct taxon and transferred to Myoxanthus, and Myoxanthus panamense, a new species related to M. scandens, is described from Pamana.

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