NEW RECORD OF THE SPIDER CRAB Mithrax tortugae RATHBUN, 1920 IN THE NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL, FIRST RECORD ON THE COAST OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

The Northeast region of Brazil has gaps in the distribution of several species of crustaceans. In the last decade, the increase in the sampling effort and the elaboration of species lists have minimized this problem. In some cases, studies suggest that these “gaps” in the distribution of some organisms may be a natural part of a discontinuity in their geographical limits. During the lobster fishing expeditions on coral reefs in the north coast of Rio Grande do Norte (RN), for the first time, the spider crab Mithrax tortugae was captured in RN. After capture, some specimens were sent to the UFRN aquatic fauna laboratory for identification and biometrics. After confirmation of identification, they were deposited in the UFRN invertebrate collection. Thus, the present work aims to update the distribution area of the species, and to fill an existing gap for the Northeast region, bringing the first record of Mithrax tortugae on the coast of Rio Grande do Norte.

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Fauna de Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) de um fragmento de Mata Atlântica do Alto Oeste Potiguar, Rio Grande do Norte

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável ◽

10.18378/rvads.v12i3.4832 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 596

Author(s):

Michelle De Oliveira Guimarães-Brasil ◽

Daniel De Freitas Brasil ◽

Thiago Mahlmann ◽

Eduardo Alves de Souza

Keyword(s):

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Northeast Region ◽

Eulaema Nigrita ◽

Euglossa Cordata ◽

Brazilian Semiarid ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

First Time

As abelhas da subtribo Euglossina encontram-se amplamente distribuídas na região Neotropical, sendo mais diversificadas nas florestas úmidas. Objetivou-se realizar um levantamento das espécies desta subtribo em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica, um remanescente de brejo de altitude, localizado em uma região do Semiárido Brasileiro. O estudo foi conduzido no município de Portalegre, Rio Grande do Norte, entre os meses de fevereiro e agosto de 2015. A coleta de dados foi realizada mensalmente entre às 08h00 e 16h00, com a utilização de armadilhas contendo as essências eucaliptol, eugenol e vanilina. Foram coletados um total de 123 machos, distribuídos em quatro gêneros e seis espécies, sendo elas: Eufriesea danielis (43,09%), Euglossa melanotricha (25,20%), Euglossa cordata (15,45%), Eulaema nigrita (13,82%), Euglossa fimbriata (1,63%) e Exaerete dentata (0,81%). O intervalo entre 08h00 e 10h00 foi o de maior atividade, com 54,4% do total dos machos coletados. A comunidade de abelhas da região estudada apresentou maior preferência pelo eucaliptol, atraindo cinco espécies e 67 indivíduos (53,6%). A espécie Eufriesea danielis é reportada pela primeira vez para a região Nordeste do Brasil, enquanto que Exaerete dentata tem seu primeiro registro para o estado do Rio Grande do Norte.Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) fauna of a fragment of the Atlantic Rainforest of the Alto Oeste Potiguar, Rio Grande do Norte, BrazilAbstract: The bees of the Euglossina subtribe are widely distributed in the Neotropical region, being more diversified in the humid forests. The purpose of this research was to carry out a survey of the species of this subtribe in a fragment of Atlantic Forest, a remnant of altitude swamp, located in a region of the Brazilian Semiarid. The study was conducted in the municipality of Portalegre, Rio Grande do Norte, between February and August 2015. Data collection was performed monthly between 08h00 and 16h00, using traps containing the eucalyptol, eugenol and vanillin essences. A total of 123 males, distributed in four genera and six species were collected, which are: Eufriesea danielis (43.09%), Euglossa melanotricha (25.20%), Euglossa cordata (15.45%), Eulaema nigrita (13.82%), Euglossa fimbriata (1.63%) and Exaerete dentata (0.81%). The interval between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 was the most active, with 54.4% of the total collected males. The community of the bees studied region showed greater preference for eucalyptol, attracting five species and 67 individuals (53.6%). The species Eufriesea danielis is reported here the first time for the Northeast region of Brazil, while Exaerete dentata has its first record for the state of Rio Grande do Norte.

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First record of Pseudostigmatidae (Insecta: Odonata) in the Northeast Region of Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/11.2.1565 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 1565 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jorge B. Irusta ◽

F. A. A. Lencioni

Keyword(s):

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeast Region ◽

The North ◽

First Occurrence

We record the first occurrence of Mecistogaster amalia (Burmeister, 1839) for the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, which is the first record of this genus and family for the whole Northeast Region of Brazil. This record is based on four collected samples and extends by more than 1,500 km to the north, the area known of distribution of this species.

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Taxonomy of Oceanapia Norman, 1869 (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Phloeodictyidae) from the Brazilian coast

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4455 (2) ◽

pp. 363 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

CARLOS SANTOS NETO ◽

ELIELTON NASCIMENTO ◽

THAYNÃ CAVALCANTI ◽

ULISSES PINHEIRO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Ocean ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Taxonomic Study ◽

Northeast Region ◽

The North ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

The genus Oceanapia Norman, 1869 comprises 95 species worldwide, 20 from the Atlantic Ocean and seven from Brazil. Oceanapia includes sponges with hollow body and numerous fistulae; spicules are oxeas or strongyles and microscleres, if present, are sigmas or toxas. Specimens were collected by trawl at Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Pará States, Brazil. Two new species are described from the Northeast Region of Brazil: Oceanapia cordia sp. nov. and Oceanapia magna sp. nov. For two preoccupied combinations, new names are proposed, Oceanapia hechteli nom. nov. and Oceanapia topsenti nom. nov. Oceanapia stalagmitica (Wiedenmayer, 1977) is recorded and described for the first time from Brazil. A taxonomic study of seven specimens of Oceanapia from the North and Northeast region (Brazil) is given, including description, illustrations and geographical distribution. The two new species are compared with all other descriptions of Oceanapia from the Atlantic Ocean.

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The flora of Cunningham Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut: history, analysis, and new collections of vascular plants, mosses, lichens, and algae

The Canadian Field-Naturalist ◽

10.22621/cfn.v129i1.1664 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 129 (1) ◽

pp. 24 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Paul C. Sokoloff

Keyword(s):

Vascular Plants ◽

Vascular Plant ◽

North Coast ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Comprehensive Account ◽

The North ◽

National Herbarium ◽

History Analysis ◽

Somerset Island ◽

First Time

New collections of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichen, and algae are reported for Cunningham Inlet on the north coast of Somerset Island, Nunavut. This list of 48 species of vascular plants, 13 bryophytes, 10 lichens, and five algae includes 136 specimens collected in 2013 and 39 previously unreported specimens from the National Herbarium of Canada at the Canadian Museum of Nature (CAN), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Vascular Plant Herbarium (DAO), and University of Alberta (ALTA). Ten vascular plants from previous collecting in 1958 are re-reported here to give a comprehensive account of the vascular plant flora of the region. Two vascular plants are recorded for the first time for Somerset Island: Smooth Draba (Draba glabella Pursh) and Edlund’s Fescue (Festuca edlundiae S. G. Aiken, Consaul & Lefkovitch).

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Beringian Pauropoda (Myriapoda)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631286x00297 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 363-391 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Ulf Scheller

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

North Coast ◽

The North ◽

Northeastern Siberia ◽

First Time

AbstractPauropoda have been collected for the first time from northeastern Siberia and central Alaska. 12 species were found belonging to two genera in Pauropodidae and one genus in Brachypauropodidae. All but one were new to science: allopauopus retusus, frigoripatiens, alaskae; Stylopauropus longitarsus, boreus, subarcticus, siberiae, longipes, capricornutus, diffissus; Brachypauropus inopinabilis. One species, Stylopauropus californianus Remy, has been found to be trans-Beringian. Its collecting site on the north coast of the Chukotka Peninsula represents also the northernmost Pauropoda locality known. The species composition was unexpected: species belonging to Allopauropus were few but all new, the genus Slylopauropus was unusually diverse, all but one new, and a new Brachypauropus species appeared far to the north of the known range of the genus. These pauropods may be part of an old, pre-Wisconsinan fauna.

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Ocurrence of the chestnut long-tongued bat Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in the Northeastern Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032009000100025 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 253-255 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Thais de Castro Lira ◽

Antonio Rossano Mendes Pontes ◽

Katharine Raquel Pereira dos Santos

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Distribution Area ◽

Forest Fragment ◽

Northeast Region ◽

First Occurrence ◽

Northeastern Atlantic

During an inventory fieldwork carried out at Usina Salgado property in the county of Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil, we captured a Lionycteris spurrelli specimen in a forest fragment known as Mata do Mingú (8° 31' 29" S and 35° 03' 26" W). This marks the first occurrence for the northeast region and therefore, the first record for the state of Pernambuco, widening its distribution area within Atlantic Forest. The extension of the occurrence area points out this record as being the oriental limit for the species.

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Reptilia, Squamata, Leiosauridae, Urostrophus vautieri Duméril and Bribon, 1837: distribution extension, new state record, and geographic distribution map

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10.15560/6.3.432 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 432

Author(s):

João Luiz Gasparini ◽

Diogo Andrade Koski ◽

Pedro L.V. Peloso

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Rio Grande ◽

First Record ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Santa Catarina ◽

The North

We present the first record of Urostrophus vautieri for the state of Espírito Santo and a distribution map for the species. This species was previoulsy known from the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. The present record represent an extension of nearly 200 km to the North from the nearest published record for the species.

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II.—The true date of the English Discovery of the American Continent under John and Sebastian Cabot

Archaeologia ◽

10.1017/s0261340900003957 ◽

1871 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 17-42

Author(s):

Richard Henry Major

Keyword(s):

East Coast ◽

North Coast ◽

American Continent ◽

Terra Firma ◽

The North ◽

Great Achievement ◽

Entire Collection ◽

To Come ◽

First Time ◽

Sound Judgment

While there remain any in this utilitarian age who value accuracy in history, the date of the discovery of the continent of America by English vessels will not be regarded as unimportant. It is well known that Columbus, whose great achievement of 1492 has placed him on a pinnacle of renown which neither rivalry nor detraction can ever eclipse or undermine, was himself preceded in the actual discovery of terra firma by John and Sebastian Cabot. It was not till 1498 that that prince of navigators lighted on the north coast of South America, whereas it is a fact beyond all question that in 1497 John Cabot, accompanied by his son Sebastian, was on the east coast of North America. The question is, whether in that year they discovered that coast for the first time, or whether in 1494 it had been already seen by them, though possibly not explored. Both these suppositions have had their advocates at different periods, but in later years the materials for forming a sound judgment on the question have much increased under our hands, and I should not be occupying your time now if I were not of opinion that the entire collection of documents in our possession is sufficient to enable us to come to a decided conclusion.

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Description of three species of Eurypon Gray, 1867 (Raspailiidae: Demospongiae: Porifera) from the Western Atlantic and a name to replace the the secondary homonym Eurypon topsenti

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4388 (1) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

THAYNÃ CAVALCANTI ◽

GEORGE GARCIA SANTOS ◽

ULISSES PINHEIRO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Valid Species ◽

Shallow Waters ◽

Bathymetric Range ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Northeast Region ◽

Deep Waters ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

Eurypon Gray, 1867 comprises 49 valid species distributed worldwide, and in an extensive bathymetric range. Three Eurypon species are known for Brazil, all endemic from the Northeast region. Here, we describe three new species of Eurypon. Two of which are recorded from shallow waters (down to 100 m) off Pernambuco and Paraíba States, and one species is from deep waters (157 m) off Rio Grande do Norte State. Eurypon oxychaetum sp. nov. has large subtylostyles (1025–2125 µm, length), styles, two categories of acanthostyles and oxychaetes; Eurypon potiguaris sp. nov. has large tylostyles (1000–2315 µm, length), two categories of acanthostyles, and thin oxeas; Eurypon verticillatum sp. nov. is a blue sponge with exclusive verticillate acanthostyles. The new species were compared with all other Atlantic species of the genus. A replacement name for the secondary homonym Eurypon topsenti is proposed: Eurypon pulitzeri nom. nov. The presence of verticillate acanthostyles and oxychaetes spicules are reported for the first time in Table 1 genus.

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First record of the rare crab Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) in the North Sea

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies ◽

10.2478/oandhs-2021-0030 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 (3) ◽

pp. 352-358

Author(s):

Marco Faasse ◽

Hendrik Gheerardyn ◽

Rob Witbaard ◽

Joël Cuperus

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

First Record ◽

Western Mediterranean ◽

Distribution Range ◽

Marine Waters ◽

The West ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

Northward Expansion ◽

First Time

Abstract Several species new to the area were collected while monitoring Dutch marine waters using a dredge. The varunid crab Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933 was recorded for the first time in the North Sea. Until 2008, this relatively rare crab was known from the west coast of Africa and the western Mediterranean to northern Brittany in the north. In recent years, its distribution range has expanded, as indicated by records from the Bay of the Seine and the area around Dieppe-Le Tréport. Our finding from Brown Bank (southern North Sea) indicates a further, northward expansion of its distribution range. We list the hosts with which the crab is associated. Earlier arguments for climate change as an explanation for the northward range expansion are supported.

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