Metapeyssonnelia tangerina(Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species associated with coral reef habitats in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ballantine ◽  
Chad Lozada-Troche ◽  
Hector Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
A New Species

Lysianopsis adelae, new species of amphipod (Gammaridea: Lysianassidae) from the Veracruz Coral Reef System, SW Gulf of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2205 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
IGNACIO WINFIELD ◽  
MANUEL ORTIZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Reef System ◽  
Aplysina Fistularis ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coral Reef System

A new species of amphipod of the genus Lysianopsis from the Veracruz Coral Reef System, SW Gulf of Mexico is described. Lysianopsis adelae n. sp., was collected in the sediments at the base of the sponge Aplysina fistularis at a depth of 10 m. The differences among L. alba, L. hummelincki, and L. ozona, recorded from Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are pointed out and they are compared with the new species.

scholarly journals Gato hyalinus gen. et sp. nov., an unusual araphid tube-dwelling diatom from Western Pacific and Caribbean islands

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER S. LOBBAN ◽  
J. NELSON NAVARRO
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
Valve Structure ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Apical Axis

A new species of tube-dwelling diatom, unusual in being araphid, is described from benthic coral reef habitats in Guam, Palau, Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Gato gen. nov. is heteropolar and heterovalvar, exhibits very fine striae delimiting a narrow and irregular sternum, and possesses a series of rimmed pores on each side of the foot pole. One valve of the frustule has a rimoportula at the foot pole, but both valves possess a rimoportula at the head pole. The generitype, G. hyalinus sp. nov. forms small, branched colonies. Individual cells are oval, slightly tapered along the apical axis, 30–40 µm x 13–15 µm, with 60–70 striae in 10 µm. On the foot pole with a rimoportula the rimmed pores are connected to the sternum by diagonal striae; several additional rimmed pores interrupt transapical striae further up both valves. We compare valve structure of G. hyalinus with Florella portoricensis and F. pascuensis, which we report for the first time from the Marshall Islands, and to Licmophora spp. We find no taxa to which this genus is related, and can identify no structure potentially homologous to the series of rimmed pores among the diatoms.

A new species of Boca Lowry & Stoddart, 1997 (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Aristiidae) from a mesophotic coral ecosystem off Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3884 (5) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ R. SENNA ◽  
RAYANE SORRENTINO ◽  
TAPAS CHATTERJEE ◽  
NIKOLAOS V. SCHIZAS
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem ◽  
A New Species

A new western Atlantic species ofEurysquilla(Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Eurysquilloidea) with a key to the world species

2012 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 1329-1333
Author(s):  
Débora Lucatelli ◽  
Shane T. Ahyong ◽  
Luis Ernesto Arruda Bezerra ◽  
Paulo Jorge Parreira Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
World Species ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

A new species of eurysquilloid stomatopod,Eurysquilla petronioisp. nov., is described from the tropical western Atlantic.Eurysquilla petronioisp. nov. is the fourteenth species of the genus to be recognized worldwide, the fifth species from the western Atlantic and the second from Brazilian waters. It is most closely related toE. maiaguesensisfrom Puerto Rico, but differs chiefly in having an unarmed versus apically spinous rostral plate and 6 or 7 rather than 8–10 teeth on dactylus of raptorial claw. A key to the species of the genus is provided.

Jacquinia pauciflora (Theophrastaceae), a New Species from Puerto Rico

Brittonia ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertil Stahl ◽  
Franklin S. Axelrod
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
A New Species

Mangrove sponges from Bangka Island (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) with the description of a new species

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 1417-1422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Calcinai ◽  
Azzurra Bastari ◽  
Daisy M. Makapedua ◽  
Carlo Cerrano
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Sponge Species ◽  
Mangrove Forests ◽  
Ecological Dynamics ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Few Data ◽  
A New Species

Mangroves create unique ecological environments, furnishing a habitat opportunity for many species. The majority of published information on mangrove sponges comes from the Caribbean while few data are available from Indo-Pacific mangrove sponges. In general, species diversity of sponges in mangroves is lower than adjacent subtidal habitats in both the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. The aim of this study is to report the first data about sponge species diversity of two mangrove forests from Bangka Island (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) and to describe a new sponge species associated with the mangroves. The survey found 19 species, belonging to 11 families and 15 genera; the samples were collected on mangrove trunks, on the roots or on the surrounding bottom. The majority of the species are typical of coral reef but two of them have been previously found only in lagoons or in mangrove habitats. These new data enlarge our knowledge about Indonesian sponges diversity and suggest the urgency to consider Indonesian mangroves as an important but underestimated element in coral reef ecological dynamics.

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