scholarly journals Investigation of the Amathillopsidae (Amphipoda, Crustacea), including the description of a new species, reveals a clinging lifestyle in the deep sea worldwide

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1031 ◽  
pp. 19-39
Author(s):  
Anne-Nina Lörz ◽  
Tammy Horton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

Amathillopsidae is a widely distributed, but rarely sampled family of deep-sea amphipods. During a recent expedition to the North Atlantic, specimens were filmed clinging to a polychaete tube in situ at abyssal depths by a Remote Operated Vehicle and then sampled for further study. The species was new to science and is described in detail herein. A barcode sequence is provided. Further investigations of photographic and video records revealed the genus Amathillopsis to be more widely distributed, both geographically and bathymetrically, than indicated by current literature records, and that these species occur at abyssal depths in all oceans. Specimens of Amathillopsis are reported clinging to a variety of different organisms whose erect structures provide the means to raise these charismatic deep-sea predators above the seafloor facilitating feeding opportunities.

scholarly journals Host identification for the deep-sea snail genus Haliella with description of a new species (Caenogastropoda, Eulimidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 908 ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Tsuyoshi Takano ◽  
Shoichi Kimura ◽  
Yasunori Kano
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Barents Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Host Identification ◽  
A New Species

A new parasitic species of eulimid gastropod, Haliella seisuimaruaesp. nov., is described from bathyal (728–978 m) waters off the Pacific coasts of Japan. It shows the closest resemblance to the type species H. stenostoma from the North Atlantic and Barents Sea in having a tall shell with an almost straight outer lip, but differs in having a junction of the parietal wall and columellar lip at 38% of the aperture height from the suture (33% in H. stenostoma), a slightly wider aperture and a more curved and extended columellar lip. The holotype of H. seisuimaruaesp. nov. was found attached to an irregular sea urchin, Brissopsis sp. cf. luzonica (Spatangoida: Brissidae). This represents the first direct observation of parasitic ecology and echinoderm host for the genus Haliella. A new replacement name, Eulima tsushimensisnom. nov., is proposed here for Eulima stenostoma A. Adams, 1861, which is preoccupied by Eulima stenostoma Jeffreys, 1858 (type of Haliella).

A new species of amphipod, Megamphopus katagani sp. nov. (Crustacea: Peracarida: Photidae) from the Sea of Marmara (Turkey), with a key to the species of Megamphopus in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and associated Seas

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2791 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEREM BAKIR ◽  
MURAT SEZGIN ◽  
ALAN A. MYERS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of amphipod, Megamphopus katagani sp. nov., is described from the sea of Marmara (Turkey). A key to the species of Megamphopus known from the North-East Atlantic, Mediterranean and associated seas is provided.

New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4766 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER L. MAH
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
The North ◽  
In Situ Observations ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Feeding Observations ◽  
Occurrence Records ◽  
In Situ Feeding

Exploratory cruises by the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer have resulted in a substantial contribution in our understanding of deep-sea echinoderm biodiversity, biology, and ecology in the North Atlantic. This includes the description and in situ feeding observations of two, new corallivorous goniasterid species, Evoplosoma nizinskiae n. sp. and Sibogaster bathyheuretor n. sp. Significant in situ observations include a synchronous feeding event including multiple goniasterid asteroids and a cidaroid urchin on a large demosponge, providing new data for understanding echinoderm feeding behavior, including agonistic behavior, in deep-sea settings and new, in situ feeding observations for 28 deep-sea species including the myxasterid Pythonaster atlantidis, the korethrasterid Remaster palmatus and the poorly understood hippasterine goniasterids, Gilbertaster caribaea and Sthenaster emmae. 

Notes on Fossil Chitons. 1. A new species of Lepidopleurus (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Pleistocene of Salice (Sicily, Italy)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 821 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUNO DELL’ANGELO ◽  
ANTONIO BONFITTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) has been found in the Salice outcrop, in the Peloritain Mountains (Sicily, Italy), is attributed to the early Pleistocene. Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) salicensis n.sp. is characterized by its uniformly sculptured tegmentum, with (well) raised, randomly distributed, neatly separated rounded/polygonal granules. The new species is compared with Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) alveolus (M.Sars MS, Lovén, 1846), from the North Atlantic, and Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) tavianii Dell’Angelo, Landau & Marquet, 2004, from the Pliocene of Estepona (Málaga, Spain).

scholarly journals Molecular circumscription of new species of Gyrocotyle Diesing, 1850 (Cestoda) from deep-sea chimaeriform holocephalans in the North Atlantic

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-296
Author(s):  
Rodney A. Bray ◽  
Andrea Waeschenbach ◽  
D. Timothy J. Littlewood ◽  
Odd Halvorsen ◽  
Peter D. Olson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

On a new species of Siboglinum (Pogonophora), found on both sides of the North Atlantic

1963 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 513-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve C. Southward
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A description is given of Siboglinum holmei sp.nov., a shallow-water Atlantic species. It is compared with S. caulleryi, a related species from the Pacific.

scholarly journals A review of the genus Iridogorgia (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) and its relatives, chiefly from the North Atlantic Ocean

2007 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Les Watling
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
New England ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Growth Form ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic

Exploration of the New England and Corner Rise Seamounts produced four new species of chrysogorgiid octocorals with the spiral iridogorgiid growth form. Three species are described as new in the genus Iridogorgia and one is described in the new genus Rhodaniridogorgia. Both genera have representatives in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Iridogorgia magnispiralis sp. nov., is one of the largest octocorals encountered in the deep sea and seems to be widespread in the Atlantic.

A new species of Lamellisabella (Pogonophora) from the north Atlantic

1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve C. Southward
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Bay Of Biscay ◽  
Gulf Of Guinea ◽  
Continental Rise ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

The first species ofLamellisabella to be described from the Atlantic Ocean has rows of small teeth on the tentacles. It occurs at about 4000 m depth in the Bay of Biscay, and its range probably extends along the continental rise at least as far south as the Gulf of Guinea.

Ophlitaspongia and Ophlitaspongia papilla reinstated, and a new species of Ophlitaspongia described (Porifera: Demospongiae: Microcionidae)

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M. Howson ◽  
S.J. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
The Other ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
Halichondria Panicea ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Ophlitaspongia (Porifera: Microcionidae) from wave-exposed sublittoral rock in the north-east Atlantic is described and compared to the two other species recorded from the genus in the north-east Atlantic. The species known as Ophlitaspongia seriata is considered to be a junior synonym of Halichondria panicea. Consequently, the name O. papilla has been reinstated. The other recorded species O. basifixa, is from deep water. Ophlitaspongia basifixa has characters which differentiate it from Ophlitaspongia sp. nov. The genus Ophlitaspongia has been separated from related genera and reinstated for species in the North Atlantic.

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