scholarly journals A new species of Malletia (Bivalvia, Malletiidae) and new records of deep-water bivalves from Pacific Southern Colombia

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 762 ◽  
pp. 13-31
Author(s):  
Nancy Yolimar Suárez-Mozo ◽  
Adriana Gracia ◽  
Paul Valentich-Scott
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Bivalve Mollusks ◽  
Marine Fauna ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
Geographic Distributions ◽  
A New Species

In order to enhance the understanding of Pacific Colombia’s deep-water marine fauna, a benthic research cruise (2012 TUM Offshore 6 and 7) was conducted off the coast of the Department of Nariño, in southern Colombia. Biological, oceanographic and sediment samples from the continental shelf and slope were collected at depths between 350 and 941 m. A new species of Malletia obtained on that cruise is described and compared with other species from the eastern Pacific. Sixteen species of bivalve mollusks (belonging to 12 families and 15 genera) were identified. Five of them were the first records for Pacific Colombia (Jupiterialobula, Limatulasaturna, Lucinomaheroica, Cuspidariapanamensis, and Dallicordiaalaskana). Four of them had geographic distributions that now extend to Tumaco at the southern end of Nariño.

A new species of the genus Rapturella (Gastropoda: Acteonidae) from southeast Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4521 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLO M. CUNHA ◽  
LUIZ RICARDO L. SIMONE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Shell Morphology ◽  
Southwest Pacific ◽  
Southeast Brazil ◽  
Pacific Waters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

Acteonidae d'Orbigny, 1843 is the largest family within the superfamily Acteonoidea (Bouchet et al. 2017) and includes small gastropods typical of infralittoral environments. Most acteonids living on the continental shelf or in deep water have been described on the basis of shell morphology alone (Simone 2006; Valdés 2008; Cunha 2011; Salvador & Cunha 2016), because little material with soft parts has been collected and examined. Consequently, little is known about the ecology of the species.  Recently, many new species of the genus Acteon Montfort, 1810 have been described from tropical Southwest Pacific waters (Valdés 2008), suggesting that a high diversity of acteonid species may await discovery in other deep water environments, including those of Brazil. 

Alpheus luiszapatai, a new species of rare and colorful deep water alpheid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae) from Arusí, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast of Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4403 (3) ◽  
pp. 540 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIEL E. RAMOS-TAFUR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Single Female ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Alpheid Shrimp

A new species of deep water alpheid shrimp, Alpheus luiszapatai sp. nov., from Arusí, Chocó, Pacific coast of Colombia is described. The single female known was collected between the discarded bycatch of deep water shrimp trawls dedicated to the commercial fisheries of the “coliflor” shrimp Solenocera spp. This new species is placed putatively in the Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811) species group, and share some external morphological characters with Alpheus hephaestus Bracken-Grissom & Felder, 2014. It can be differentiated by the shape and ornamentation of major and minor chelipeds, the propodi and dactyli of third to fifth pereopods, the diaresis of uropodal exopod, the length of the rostral carina, color in life and bathymetric distribution. Additional comparison with another congeners pertaining to this species group complex from the eastern Pacific, western Atlantic and other oceanographic regions is discussed. A key for Alpheus brevirostris species group from the eastern Pacific is presented. 

scholarly journals Three deep water species of Sporolithon (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta) from the Brazilian continental shelf, with the description of Sporolithon elevatum sp. nov.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carolina Henriques ◽  
LUANA MIRANDA COUTINHO ◽  
RAFAEL RIOSMENA-RODRÍGUEZ ◽  
MARIA BEATRIZ BARROS-BARRETO ◽  
SAMIR KHADER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Basal Layer ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspots ◽  
Marine Habitats ◽  
The World ◽  
Deep Water Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Water Species

Nongeniculate calcareous algae are bio-constructors of many marine habitats, some of which are considered biodiversity hotspots. The genus Sporolithon is widely distributed around the world. As part of a review of material from the Brazilian continental shelf we found Sporolithon episoredion, that extend its distribution range into the Atlantic Ocean, Sporolithon ptychoides, which is widely distributed across oceans, and a new species of this genus named Sporolithon elevatum sp. nov. This species presents sorus 2–3 cells elevated above the thallus that sloughs off when senescent, paraphyses with 2–3 cells and a basal layer of elongated cells in areas where sporangia develop. The new species was found at 133 m depth. This study contributes to the understanding of the diversity in this genus and indicates the importance of systematic studies in the framework of conservation programs and evaluation of impacts in an area under exploitation activities.

New records and redescription of Halcurias pilatus and Halcurias mcmurrichi (Actiniaria, Endocoelantheae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 2089-2100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estefanía Rodríguez ◽  
Marisol Mendoza ◽  
Verena Häussermann
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
New Records ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Southern Chile ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

We redescribe and illustrate Halcurias pilatus McMurrich, 1893 and H. mcmurrichi Uchida, 2004 (Endocoelantheae, Halcuriidae) from newly collected specimens from Southern Chile and deep-water reefs off Florida, respectively. Halcurias pilatus was previously considered to have a disjunct distribution until Uchida (2004) described a new species for the material from the Bahamas. However, the description of H. mcmurrichi does not meet modern taxonomic standards. We provide new anatomical and cnidae data for H. pilatus and H. mcmurrichi. Both species differ in the distribution and cnidom of nematocyst batteries in the column, development of microcnemes mesenteries, cnidae and geographical distribution. We find that H. pilatus can have a weak mesogleal marginal sphincter and amend accordingly the diagnoses of the genus Halcurias, family Halcuriidae, and suborder Endocoelantheae. These new records represent the first time both species have been collected since their original descriptions.

scholarly journals A new species of Ammothella (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) from deep water off San Nicolas Island, California

1991 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Masahiro Dojiri ◽  
Donald B. Cadien ◽  
Charles A. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
San Nicolas Island ◽  
A New Species

Ammothella killix n. sp. is described from upper bathyal depths on the Cortez Ridge; it is the tenth in the genus from the eastern Pacific, and sixth from California. It differs from its congeners most noticeably in having chelifore fusion, and in bearing slender spiny tubercles onall of the following parts: the chelifore scapes, ocular tubercle, abdomen, lateral processes, first coxae, mid-dorsal surface, and anterior cephalic corners. A key to the species of adult Ammothella from California waters is included.

Chrysopetalids (Phyllodocida: Chrysopetalidae) from the southern Mexican Pacific, including a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4521 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER CRUZ-GÓMEZ ◽  
J. ROLANDO BASTIDA-ZAVALA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Mexican Pacific ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The family Chrysopetalidae has been poorly studied from the Pacific coast of Mexico compared to other families. Specifically from the southern Mexican Pacific, only two species of the family have been recorded in previous studies, Chrysopetalum occidentale and Paleanotus chrysolepis. In this study 311 specimens were revised, and nine species, belonging to six genera were found. Eight of these species are new records from the southern Mexican Pacific coast: Arichlidon watsonae n. sp., Bhawania cf. goodei, Chrysopetalum elegantoides, C. maculata, Hyalopale sp., Paleaequor psamathe, Paleanotus bellis and P. purpurea. A new species is also described, Arichlidon watsonae n. sp., which is characterized by the curved tips blades of the falcigers and their small and ovoid palps. Additionally, the genera Arichlidon and Hyalopale are recorded by first time from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. 

scholarly journals New records and a new species of Serolis (Crustacea, Isopoda, Flabellifera) from southern Brazil

1974 ◽  
Vol 23 (0) ◽  
pp. 121-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Plínio Soares Moreira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
New Localities ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The following species of the isopod genus Serolis are recorded from the continental shelf of southern Brazil: S. exigua Nordenstam, 1933, S. polaris Richardson, 1911, S. foresti Bastida & Torti, 1970 and S. inermis sp. n. S. exigua is for the first time recorded from off Brazil. Both S. polaris and S. foresti are recorded from new localities. S. inermis sp. n., a new species, is detailed described. Remarks are made on the importance and variations of some morphological features. The limit of distribution of both S. exigua and S. foresti is slightly extended northernwards.

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