Axinellida (Porifera : Demospongiae) from the New Caledonia lagoon

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
JNA Hooper ◽  
C Levi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Sibling Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern

Sixteen species of axinellid demosponges, including seven new species and seven new locality records, are described from the shallow-water New Caledonian lagoon and reefs [families Axinellidae (12 species, Cyrnbastela, Reniochalina, Axinella, Phakellia, Stylissa, Ptilocaulis, Pseudaxinella, Rhaphoxya) and Desmoxyidae (4 species, Myrrnekioderrna, Higginsia)], bringing the total number of described axinellid species in this region to 25. Brief revisions are provided for several of these genera, based primarily on the Indo-west Pacific fauna, in order to place these New Caledonian species. Non-endemic New Caledonian axinellids belong predominantly to the north-eastern Australian (Solanderian province) and Indo-Malay fauna, usually representing the easternmost extent of these species' distributions in the Indo-west Pacific. Two species, Axinella carteri (Dendy) and Astrosclera willeyana Lister, were found to be truly widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, typically associated with coral reefs; other previously suspected widely distributed species were generally found to be allopatric, cryptic sibling species related to the tropical Australasian fauna.

Poecilosclerida (Porifera : Demospongiae) from the New Caledonia lagoon

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
JNA Hooper ◽  
C Levi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
West Pacific

Twenty species of shallow-water poecilosclerid demosponges are described from the lagoon and reefs of New Caledonia, including thirteen new species and six new locality records, belonging to five families and eight genera {Myxillidae (1, Acarnus), Desmacellidae (1, Neofibularia), Crellidae (1, Crella), Microcionidae 113, Clathria (Clathriopsamma), C. (Clathria), C. (Thalysias), Echinochalina (Echinochalina), E. (Protophlitaspongia)] and Raspailiidae [4 species, Raspailia (Raspailia), Ceratopsion, Aulospongus]}. The shallow-water fauna contained a mixture of endemic species (65%) and those with affinities to both northern and southern Australia, in contrast to the deeper-water fauna which was previously found to have high endemism (70%) and ancestral affinities to northern New Zealand. The non-endemic shallow-water fauna represents the easternmost extent of species' distributions in the Indo-west Pacific, and the endemic component was also usually immediately recognisable as (transformed) sister-species from Australian tropical and temperate provinces.

Resurrection of Desmoxya (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1367-1371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob W.M. van Soest ◽  
John N.A. Hooper
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reefs ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

The genus Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917, erected for south-east Australian Higginsia lunata Carter, 1885, was assigned to the synonymy of Higginsia Higgin, 1877 (Porifera: Halichondrida) by the latest revision of the taxonomy of the Porifera (Hooper & van Soest, 2002). The discovery of an undescribed species living in the bathyal reefs of the North Atlantic Rockall Bank with characters closely similar to H. lunata justifies the resurrection of Desmoxya. Accordingly the North Atlantic material is described as a new species in Desmoxya, viz. D. pelagiae sp. nov. The new species differs from its Australian congener in habit (smooth thin crusts vs massive with digitiform processes) and spicule sizes (smaller megascleres, twice-sized acanthoxeas and single vs two sizes of trichodragmas). A probable third member of this genus is Higginsia anfractuosa Hooper & Lévi, 1993, described from shallow-water reefs near New Caledonia. For reasons of priority the name of the family to which Higginsia and Desmoxya are assigned needs to be changed from Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917 to Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905, as this senior synonym was overlooked when Heteroxya was assigned to the same family as Higginsia and Desmoxya in Hooper & van Soest, 2002.

scholarly journals Encephalartos verrucosus (Zamiaceae): a new species from the north-eastern Transvaal

1988 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 487-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Robbertse ◽  
Suzelle van der Westhuizen ◽  
P. Vorster
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

Cryptic speciation in the herbaceous bamboo genus Piresia (Poaceae, Olyreae)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria L Silveira de Carvalho ◽  
Izabela S D de Jesus ◽  
Rilquer M da Silva ◽  
Kelly R B Leite ◽  
Alessandra S Schnadelbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Niche Modelling ◽  
The North ◽  
Abaxial Leaf Surface ◽  
Herbaceous Bamboos ◽  
North Eastern

Abstract Piresia, a small genus of herbaceous bamboos, has a geographical disjunction between the Caribbean and northern/western South America and the north-eastern Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Piresia leptophylla is reported from western Amazonia (WA) and the north-eastern Atlantic Forest (NAF), but its occurrence in western Amazonia is questionable. Using an integrative approach, we combined traditional morphological analysis, anatomy and niche modelling. The results revealed few macromorphological differences between WA and NAF specimens (only plant height, leaf length, lodicule dimensions, shape and position), contrasting with consistent differences in leaf anatomy (macrohairs and cruciform silica bodies in the costal zone of the adaxial/abaxial leaf surfaces, crenate silica bodies on the abaxial leaf surface, lack of panicoid hairs on the abaxial leaf surface, bicellular microhairs and lobed papillae over the abaxial leaf surface, and sparse but elongated fusoid cells in the mesophyll of WA specimens) and in niche patterns. The anatomical/micromorphological characters suggest environmental adaptations to the Amazonian and ‘restinga’ forests, respectively. We therefore propose the segregation of the WA populations into a new species, Piresia tenella sp. nov. We provide a formal description, photographs, a line illustration, a distribution map and discussion of the conservation status for the new species.

The genus Dolichopoda in Greece. A description of new species from the Ionian Regions and Peloponnisos (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1923 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURO RAMPINI ◽  
CLAUDIO DI RUSSO ◽  
FRANCESCA PAVESI ◽  
MARINA COBOLLI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Area ◽  
The Other ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Western Greece ◽  
High Diversity

Description of five new Dolichopoda species from the Ionian area of Western Greece together with a description of the female for D. pavesii from Kefalonia island and the male of D. dalensi from North-eastern Peloponnisos are reported. Considering the other 6 species already documented in the area (including the North of the Peloponnisos), there is now a total of 11 recorded species of Dolichopoda which currently inhabit the underground areas of this zone. These new data, therefore, help better define the already high diversity of the genus in the Hellenic region (25 species in all) reinforcing the hypothesis that there was a central area of dispersion of the Dolichopoda in the ancient Aegean plate.

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.

Eucalyptus fusiformis (Myrtaceae), a new species of Ironbark (in the Informal E. series Paniculatae Pryor et Johnson) from North-eastern NSW.

Brunonia ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
DJ Boland ◽  
DA Kleinig ◽  
JJ Brophy
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Volatile Oils ◽  
The North ◽  
South Wales ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Eucalyptus fusiformis Boland et Kleinig, from the north coast of New South Wales is described. Its taxonomic position is in E. subgenus Symphyomyrtus series Paniculatae following the informal classification of eucalypts proposed by Pryor and Johnson (1971). E. fusiformis is characterised by its flowers, fruits and adult leaves. In the bud the staminal filaments are fully inflected while the androecium has outer staminodes and the anthers are cuboid and adnate. The fruits are narrow, often truncate fusiform, tapering into long slender pedicels. The adult leaves are dull grey, concolorous and hypoamphistomatic. The species resembles the more numerous and often co-occurring ironbark E. siderophloia which has similar adult and seedling leaves. The volatile oils of both species are very similar. The ecology, distribution, taxonomic affinities and conservation status are discussed.

scholarly journals Phylogeny and Biogeography of Branchipolynoe (Polynoidae, Phyllodocida, Aciculata, Annelida), with Descriptions of Five New Species from Methane Seeps and Hydrothermal Vents

Diversity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Lindgren ◽  
Avery S. Hatch ◽  
Stephané Hourdez ◽  
Charlotte A. Seid ◽  
Greg W. Rouse
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Hydrothermal Vents ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Methane Seeps ◽  
The West ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
The North ◽  
Nuclear Its

The four named species of Branchipolynoe all live symbiotically in mytilid mussels (Bathymodiolus) that occur at hydrothermal vents or methane seeps. Analyses using mitochondrial (COI and 16S) and nuclear (ITS) genes, as well as morphology, were conducted on a collection of Branchipolynoe from Pacific Costa Rican methane seeps and West Pacific hydrothermal vents. This revealed five new species of Branchipolynoe, and these are formally described. The new species from Costa Rica live in three species of Bathymodiolus mussels (also new) at depths ranging from 1000 to 1800 m. Branchipolynoe kajsae n. sp. and Branchipolynoe halliseyae n. sp. were found in all three undescribed Bathymodiolus species, while Branchipolynoe eliseae n. sp. was found in Bathymodiolus spp. 1 and 2, and Branchipolynoe meridae n. sp. was found in Bathymodiolus spp. 1 and 3. Hence, Bathymodiolus sp. 1 hosted all four of the new species, while the other two Bathymodiolus hosted three each. Most mussels contained only one specimen of Branchipolynoe; where there was more than one, these were often a female and smaller male of the same species. The newly discovered species from the West Pacific, Branchipolynoe tjiasmantoi n. sp., lives in unidentified Bathymodiolus at depths ranging from 674 to 2657 m from hydrothermal vents in the North Fiji (Fiji) and Lau Basins (Tonga) and also from New Zealand, Vanuatu, and the Manus Basin (Papua New Guinea). The phylogenetic and biogeographical implications of this diversity of Branchipolynoe are discussed.

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