scholarly journals On a new commensal species of Aliaporcellana from the western Pacific (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Hiller ◽  
Bernd Werding
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
Ecological Information ◽  
Commensal Species ◽  
Morphological Adaptations ◽  
The Western Pacific

Aliaporcellanaspongicolasp. n.from the Philippines and Indonesia is described. The new species has been frequently photographed by divers because of its striking coloration, but has not been described yet.Aliaporcellanaspongicolasp. n.is in fact a widespread commensal of barrel sponges of the genusXestospongiaand other sponges. Morphological characters and ecological information of all described species ofAliaporcellana, and of other porcellanids associated with sponges and soft corals, suggest that all members of the genus are commensals, and that similar morphological adaptations to dwelling on these hosts have evolved independently in different evolutionary lines within Porcellanidae.

The identity of Pilumnus dofleini Balss, 1933 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae), with descriptions of three new species from the Western Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3305 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
HIROSHI MOTOH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Of Japan ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
The Sea Of Japan ◽  
Sagami Bay ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
Izu Islands

The identity of the pilumnid crab, Pilumnus dofleini Balss, 1933, is reassessed based on the female holotype and additional male specimens from Sagami Bay and the Sea of Japan, Japan. Three new species allied to P. dofleini are described and illustrated: P. curvipenis n. sp. from the Izu Islands, Japan; and P. armatus n. sp. and P. bohol n. sp. from the Bohol Sea, the Philippines. These four species are diagnosed, compared and differentiated from the related P. acanthosoma Ng, 2000.

New genera, new species and new records of Indo-West Pacific spider crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae: Majoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2025 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific

Three new genera and five new species of epialtid majoid crabs are described from deep water in the western Pacific. Two new species of Oxypleurodon Miers, 1886: O. sanctaeclausi n. sp. and O. annulatum n. sp. are described from the Philippines. New specimens of the rare Oxypleurodon carbunculum (Rathbun, 1906) from the Hawaiian Islands are also recorded. Three new genera are established: Garthinia n. gen. for G. disica n. sp. from the Solomon Islands; Guinotinia n. gen. for G. cordis n. sp. from New Caledonia and G. lehouarnoi n. sp. from Fiji and Tonga; and Laubierinia n. gen. for Sphenocarcinus nodosus Rathbun, 1916, and Rochinia carinata Griffin & Tranter, 1986.

A new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Western Pacific, with an analysis of its relationships

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4845 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
DAVID G. SMITH ◽  
EMMA S. KARMOVSKAYA ◽  
JOÃO PAULO CAPRETZ BATISTA DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species of congrid eel, Bathycongrus villosus sp. nov., is described from the Philippines and Vanuatu. It is similar to some of the small-toothed species currently placed in Bathycongrus and to the species of Bassanago. In this paper we compare the new species to Bassanago albescens (Barnard, 1923) and to Bathycongrus parviporus Karmovskaya, 2011, which it most closely resembles. An analysis of 19 characters shows that it agrees with Bat. parviporus in 16 characters and with Bas. albescens in one. In two characters, the three species are all different. We therefore place it in Bathycongrus. 

Identity of the tree-spider crab, Parasesarma leptosoma (Hilgendorf, 1869 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), with descriptions of seven new species from the Western Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4482 (3) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
JHENG-JHANG LI ◽  
DWI LISTYO RAHAYU ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Spider Crab ◽  
Different Shapes ◽  
The Western Pacific

The identity of the tree-spider crab, Parasesarma leptosoma (Hilgendorf, 1869) (family Sesarmidae), which is believed to be widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, is reassessed and shown to be a species-complex with nine species, seven of which are here described as new. Parasesarma leptosoma sensu stricto is now restricted to South and East Africa; and P. limbense (Rathbun, 1914) from Sulawesi, which had been regarded as a junior synonym, is here recognized as a valid species. The following species are described as new: P. gecko n. sp. from Vanuatu, Fiji, Guam and Japan; P. macaco n. sp. from Taiwan and the Philippines; P. kui n. sp. from Taiwan; P. parvulum n. sp. from the Philippines; P. gracilipes n. sp. from Indonesian Papua; P. purpureum n. sp. from Malaysia; and P. tarantula n. sp. from Sulawesi, Indonesia. The nine species of the Parasesarma leptosoma species-complex can be separated by the different shapes of their carapaces, the form of the dactylar tubercles on the male chelipeds, proportions of their ambulatory legs and the structure of the male first gonopod. 

New western Pacific records of Homolidae De Haan, 1839, with descriptions of new species of Homolochunia Doflein, 1904, and Latreillopsis Henderson, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1967 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES ◽  
PETER K. L. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific

Several species of rarely reported deep-sea homolid crabs are recorded from various locations in the western Pacific: Homola ikedai, H. mieensis, H. coriolisi, Homolomannia occlusa, Homolochunia kullar, H. valdiviae, H. gadaletae, Lamoha superciliosa, L. longipes, L. longirostris, L. inflata and Yaldwynopsis saguili. Two new species are described as new, Homolochunia menezi n. sp., from the Solomon Islands and Latreillopsis trispinosa n. sp. from the Philippines.

A new species of Trimma (Pisces; Gobiidae) from the Western Pacific Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4577 (3) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM ◽  
MARK V. ERDMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Brown Body ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Trimma, T. wangunui, is described from three localities in the western Pacific (Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Philippines). It belongs to a small group of species with scales in the predorsal midline, no scales on the cheek or the opercle, all pectoral fin rays unbranched, and a branched fifth pelvic fin ray. It differs from other species in this group in having an elongate second spine of the first dorsal fin which reaches to the bases of the 2nd–8th second dorsal-fin rays when adpressed, in having yellow bars on the head, and in the presence of vertically elongate yellow spots on a brown body when freshly collected. 

scholarly journals Annonaceae in the Western Pacific: geographic patterns and four new species

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Turner ◽  
Timothy M.A. Utteridge
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Geographic Patterns ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomy and distribution of Pacific Annonaceae are reviewed in light of recent changes in generic delimitations. A new species of the genus Monoon from the Solomon Archipelago is described, Monoon salomonicum I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov., together with an apparently related new species from New Guinea, Monoon pachypetalum I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov. The confirmed presence of the genus in the Solomon Islands extends the generic range eastward beyond New Guinea. Two new species of Huberantha are described, Huberantha asymmetrica I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov. and Huberantha whistleri I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov., from the Solomon Islands and Samoa respectively. New combinations are proposed: Drepananthus novoguineensis (Baker f.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov., Meiogyne punctulata (Baill.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov. and Monoon merrillii (Kaneh.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov. One neotype and four lectotypes are designated. The geographic patterns exhibited by nine native Annonaceae genera, that range in the Pacific beyond New Guinea, are discussed.

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