Marine Turtles of the Galapagos Islands and Adjacent Areas of the Eastern Pacific on the Basis of Observations Made by J. R. Slevin 1905-1906

1981 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Fritts
Keyword(s):  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Marine Turtles

Reef coral reproduction in the eastern Pacific: Costa Rica, Panamá, and Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). II. Poritidae

1994 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. Glynn ◽  
S. B. Colley ◽  
C. M. Eakin ◽  
D. B. Smith ◽  
J. Cortés ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Reef Coral ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Coral Reproduction

Chirostyloidean squat lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Galapagos Islands

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4564 (2) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEIJI BABA ◽  
MARY K. WICKSTEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rift Zone ◽  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Galapagos Rift ◽  
Squat Lobsters

Seven species of chirostyloidean squat lobsters are reported from the Galapagos Rift zone and Galapagos platform: Eumunida subsolanus n. sp. (Eumunididae), Heteroptychus galapagos n. sp., H. nautilus n. sp. (Chirostylidae), Uroptychus bellus Faxon, 1893, U. compressus n. sp., U. occidentalis Faxon, 1893 (Chirostylidae), and Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902) (Sternostylidae). All new species are described and illustrated, and the two species previously known from the Galapagos Islands, Uroptychus bellus and U. occidentalis, are re-illustrated from respective lectotypes, herein designated, since both original descriptions were only brief. Both the species of Heteroptychus and Eumunida subsolanus are the first representatives of their respective genera in the eastern Pacific and the latter is also the first record for the family Eumunididae in the region. 

scholarly journals Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), Golden Snapper, range extension to the Galapagos Islands

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1633-1637
Author(s):  
D. Ross Robertson ◽  
Carol D. Cox ◽  
Robert L. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Marine Fish ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
Resident Population ◽  
Recreational Scuba

The well-cataloged marine fish fauna of the Galapagos Islands includes eight of the 12 species of snappers (Lutjanidae) found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. A recent recreational scuba dive in the Galapagos produced photographs of an additional snapper species, Lutjanus inermis (Peters, 1869), which was sufficiently common as to likely have a recently established resident population.

scholarly journals Satellite Tracking and Site Fidelity of Short Ocean Sunfish, Mola ramsayi, in the Galapagos Islands

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tierney M. Thys ◽  
Alex R. Hearn ◽  
Kevin C. Weng ◽  
John P. Ryan ◽  
César Peñaherrera-Palma
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Satellite Tracking ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Regional Network ◽  
Ocean Sunfish ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Ultrasonic Arrays

Ocean sunfishes, with their peculiar morphology, large size, and surface habits, are valuable assets in ecotourism destinations worldwide. This study investigates site fidelity and long-range movements of short ocean sunfish, Mola ramsayi (Giglioli 1883), at Punta Vicente Roca (PVR) off Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands. Five individuals were tracked between 32 and 733 days using ultrasonic receivers and transmitters. Two of the 5 were also tracked with towed pop-off satellite tags. One travelled to the equatorial front covering 2700 km in 53 days, with dive depths in the upper 360 m at temperatures between 9.2°C and 22°C. During its westward travel, dives extended to 1112 m (the deepest depth yet recorded for Molidae) into temperatures ranging between 4.5°C and 23.2°C. The remaining four individuals demonstrated site fidelity to PVR and were detected at the site between 128–1361 times for a total of 3557 reports. Forty-eight percent of the reports occurred during daytime hours and 52% after dark. Presumed cleaning session durations had a median of 15 minutes and a maximum of nearly 100 minutes. No other ultrasonic arrays around Galapagos or in the Eastern Pacific regional network recorded the presence of tagged individuals. These data are combined with tourist vessel sightings and submersible observations to confirm Punta Vicente Roca as an important sunfish hotspot.

Littoral Maeridae and Melitidae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2623 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARÍA DEL SOCORRO GARCÍA-MADRIGAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
New Records ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Tropical Eastern Pacific ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Gulf Of Tehuantepec

In the Tropical Eastern Pacific region, the gammaridean amphipods of the families Maeridae and Melitidae are represented by 28 species and 11 genera; the genus Elasmopus is the richest, with 13 species. The examination of approximately 3,250 specimens resulted in 12 new records from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, belonging to four genera, Elasmopus, Maera, Quadrimaera and Melita. All species are illustrated and described. Seven new species are described as: Elasmopus bastidai n. sp., Elasmopus karlae n. sp., Elasmopus lecroyae n. sp., Elasmopus marcelae n. sp., Elasmopus oaxaquensis n. sp., Maera umarae n. sp., and Melita bousfieldi n. sp. With these new species the genus Elasmopus from the Tropical Eastern Pacific is increased to 18 species that corroborates the hypothesis of Barnard (1979) “on the Pacific there are (sic) a mark of speciation of genus Elasmopus”. In addition, there are five new records from the Gulf of Tehuantepec: three species of Elasmopus and two of Quadrimaera. Also, the range distribution of Elasmopus temori Barnard and E. zoanthidea Barnard, is increased to the north from the Galapagos Islands to the Gulf of Tehuantepec; for E. tubar Barnard, Quadrimaera chinarra Barnard, and Q. reishi Barnard, there are new intermediate records between the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands. With the exception of the species of Quadrimaera, all known species represent the second record in the region after their first descriptions.

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