New Species Gallery
Many new species have been discovered by CMarZ scientists. Here are a few, with citations.
Gelantinous Zooplankton: | Polychaetes (segemented worm) | Copepods: |
Medusae (jellyfish) | Chaetognaths(arrow worm) | Calanoid Copepods |
Siphonophore | Crustacea: | Harpacticoid Copepods |
Ctenophore (comb jelly) | Amphipod | Monstrilloid Copepods |
Nemertea (unsegmented worm) | Mysid Shrimp | |
Decapod Shrimp |
Gelantinous Zooplankton | |
photo by K. A. Raskoff, Monterey Peninsula College |
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Dorsal view of the preserved specimen of Jubanyella plemmyris new genus and new species. Umbrella diameter 95 mm. | Drawing of the lateral view of Jubanyella plemmyris. |
Fuentes, V., and F. Pagès, (2006), Description of Jubanyella plemmyris gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria:Hydrozoa:Narcomedusae) from a specimen stranded off Jubany Antarctic station and a new diagnosis for the family Aeginidae: J. Plankton Res., v. 28, p. 959-963. (pdf) | |
Hydroidomedusa Jeanbouillonia maserati, (new family) new genus and new species, umbrella 3 mm high. G, lateral view; note a radiolarian on the apical exumbrellar surface. J, apical view. (© Bathybiologica A/S). | |
Pagès, F., P. Flood, and M. Youngbluth, (2006), Gelatinous zooplankton net-collected in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent submarine canyons: new species, new family (Jeanbouilloniidae), taxonomic remarks and some parasites: Scientia Marina, v. 70, p. 363-379. (pdf) |
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Siphonophore Lensia quadriculata, new species, holotype in lateral view, nectophore 6 mm high. (Photo:Flood/Youngbluth)
Pagès, F., P. Flood, and M. Youngbluth, (2006), Gelatinous zooplankton net-collected in the Gulf of Maine and adjacent submarine canyons: new species, new family (Jeanbouilloniidae), taxonomic remarks and some parasites: Scientia Marina, v. 70, p. 363-379. (pdf)
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Chaetognaths (arrow worms) | |
Krohnitta balagopali Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean Nair, V. R., S. U. Panampunnayil, H. U. K. Pillai, and R. Gireesh, (2008), Two new species of Chaetognatha from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean: Marine Biology Research, v. 4, p. 208-214. (pdf) |
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Sagitta meenakshiae
Nair, V. R., S. U. Panampunnayil, H. U. K. Pillai, and R. Gireesh, (2008), Two new species of Chaetognatha from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean: Marine Biology Research, v. 4, p. 208-214. (pdf) |
Crustacea: Amphipod | |
Talorchestia morinoi new species, holotype, male, (UKMMZ-1154) 9.6 mm, allotype, female, (UKMMZ-1155), 10.2 mm. Tioman Island, Peninsular Malaysia. Scales for G1 male and G1 female represent 1.0 mm, G2 male and G2 female represent 0.5 mm. Othman, B. H. R., and B. A. R. Azman, (2007), A new species of Talitridae (Amphipod: Gammaridea) from Tioman Island, Malaysia: Zootaxa, v. 1454, p. 59-68. (pdf) |
Crustacea: Mysid shrimp | |||||
Siriella spp.: 15 new species | Murano, M., and K. Fukuoka, (2008), A systematic study of the Genus Siriella (Crustacea: Mysida) from the Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of fifteen new species.: National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs, v. 36, p. 173 pp. (in Japanese) | ||||
Anisomysis minicoyensis, n. sp. | Biju, A., S. U. Panampunnayil, and M. P. Prabhakaran, (2006), Mysidacea (Crustacea) from the Minicoy lagoon (Lakshadweep, India) with description of a new species of Anisomysis: Marine Biology Research, v. 2, p. 291-295. | ||||
Acanthomysis microps, n. sp. | Biju, A., and S. U. Panampunnayil, (2009), Mysids (Crustacea) from the shallow waters off Maharashtra and south Gujarat, India, with description of a new species.: Marine Biology Research, v. 5, p. 345-362. | ||||
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Panampunnayil, S. U., and A. Biju, (2006), Four new species of the genus Rhopalophthalmus (Mysidacea: Crustacea) from the northwest coast of India: Journal of Natural History, v. 40, p. 1389-1406. | ||||
Kochimysis pillaii new genus, new sp. |
Panampunnayil, S. U., and A. Biju, (2007), A new genus and species of Heteromysini (Crustacea-Mysidacea) from the backwater of Kochi (Kerala, India): Journal of Natural History, v. 41, p. 1955-1963. Abstract: Kochimysis pillaii, a new genus and species of Heteromysini collected from the backwater of Kochi, is described. The new genus is closely related to the genus Deltamysis but is distinguishable from the latter by the following characters: antennules of male have a small setiferous lobe; antennal scale is without distal suture; second segment of mandibular palp broad; endopodite segments of maxilla subequal in length; in male carpus and propodus of second thoracic endopod with notches on outer margin; outer pair of apical spines on telson longer than the inner pair. |
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Rhopalophthalmus tartessicus, n. sp. |
Cesar Vilas-Fernandez, Pilar Drake, and Jean Claude Sorbe. "Rhopalophthalmus tartessicus sp. nov. (Crustacea: Mysidacea), a new mysid species from the Guadalquivir estuary (SW Spain)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7, no. 4 (January 23, 2008): 292.e1-292.e13. (pdf) Video of unusual, upside-down, swimming behavior. |
Crustacea: Decapod Shrimp | |
This deep-sea benthopelagic shrimp from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge was discovered and described by MAR-ECO scientists, partners in the Census of Marine Life. Altelatipes falkenhaugae n. gen., n. sp.
Crosnier, A. & A. Vereshchaka. 2008. Altelatipes falkenhaugae n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Benthesicymidae) de la ride médio-atlantique nord. Zoosystema 30(2): 399-411. (pdf, in French) |
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Crustacea: Copepods | |
Hyperbionyx athesphatos
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Methanocalanus gabonicus new genus, new species Ivanenko, V.N., D. Defaye & C. Cuoc. 2007. A new calanoid copepod (Spinocalanidae) swarming at a cold seep site on the Gabon continental margin (Southeast Atlantic). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 48(1): 37-54. (pdf) |
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Caudacalanus vicinus n.gen, nsp. |
Ohtsuka, S., G. A. Boxshall, and M. Shimomura, (2005), Three new species of deep-sea hyperbenthic aetideid copepods (Crustacea) collected from Nansei Islands, southwestern Japan: National Science Museum Monographs, v. 29, p. 225-247. (pdf) 3 new species:
Bradyetes pacificus |
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Lutamator paradiseus |
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Paracomantenna goi |
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first records of Bradyetes from Southern hemisphere Bradyetes weddellanus n. sp |
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Bradyetes curvicornis n. sp. |
Xantharus cryeri
Bradford-Grieve, J. M., (2005), New species of benthopelagic copepod Xantharus (Calanoida: Scolecitrichidae) from the upper slope, eastern central New Zealand: New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, v. 39, p. 941-949. (pdf) |
Pseudodiaptomus sulawesiemis
Nishida, S., and I. F. M. Rumengan, (2005), A new species of Pseudodiaptomus (Copepoda: Calanoida: Pseudodiaptomidae) from the coastal water of Sulawesi, Indonesia: Plankton Biology and Ecology, v. 52. (pdf) |
Pseudodiaptomus terazakii Walter, T. C., and L.V. Castillo, (2006), A new species of Pseudodiaptomus (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Philippines, with a key to pseudodiaptomids from the Philippines and comments on the status of the genus Schmackeria.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., v. 119, p. 202-221. (pdf) |
Acartia (Odontacartia) ohtsukai
Ueda, H., and A. Bucklin, (2006), Acartia (Odontacartia) ohtsukai, a new brackish-water calanoid copepod from Ariake Bay, Japan, with a redescription of the closely related A. pacifica from the Seto Inland Sea: Hydrobiologia, v. 500, p. 77-91. (pdf) |
Tortanus (Atortus) vietnamicus, new species, female (A, B, D-H, holotype; C, paratype). A, habitus, dorsal view; B, habitus, lateral view; C, genital complex with spermatophore and coupler, dorsal view; D, pediger 5 and genital complex, ventral view, showing leg 5 and genital operculum; E, antennule; F, antenna; G, mandibular palp; H, mandible, gnathobase.
Nishida, S., and N. Cho, (2005), A new species of Tortanus (Atortus) (Copepoda: Calanoida: Tortanidae) from the coastal water of Nha Trang, Vietnam: Crustaceana, v. 78, p. 223-235. (pdf) |
Harpacticoid Copepods | |
Alteutha potter
Veit-Köhler, G., and V. Fuentes, (2007), A new pelagic Alteutha (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica - description, ecology and information on its year round distribution: Hydrobiologia, v. 583, p. 141-163. (pdf) |
Dactylopusioides malleus <- Dactylopusioides malleus, new species, female. (A) whole animal, dorsal view; (B) rostrum; (C) antennule; (D) antenna; (E) genital field and P. 6, ventral view; (F) anal somite and caudal rami, ventral view; (G) mandible; (H) maxillule; (I) coxa of maxillule; (J) maxilla; (K) maxilliped. Scales: A, 0.01 mm; B–E; G–J, 0.02 mm; F, 0.05 mm. Shimono, T., N. Iwasaki, and H. Kawai, (2007), A new species of Dactylopusioides (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Thalestridae) infesting brown algae, and its life history: Zootaxa, v. 1582, p. 59-68. (pdf) Collected in the intertidal and subtidal zones at Imagoura, Kasumi (35°39’N, 134°38’E) on 17 June 2003; Maiko, Kobe (34°37’N, 135°2’E) on 13 May and 10 August 1999; Oiso, Awaji Island (34°33’N, 134°59’E) on 10 June 2002; and Yura, Awaji Island (34°16’N, 134°57’E) on 13 July 2000 in Hyogo Prefecture. |
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Dactylopusioides malleus, new species. An adult female with a hatched nauplius |
Monstrilloid Copepods | |
Neomormonilla extremata new genus, new species Ivanenko, V.N. & D. Defaye. 2006. Planktonic deep-water copepods of the family Mormonillidae Giesbrecht, 1893 from the East Pacific Rise (13°N), the Northeastern Atlantic, and near the North Pole (Copepoda, Mormonilloida). Crustaceana 79(6): 707-726. (pdf) |
Monstrilloid copepods - new genus, 5 new species Maemonstrilla hyottoko sp. nov. (type species)
Grygier, M. J., and S. Ohtsuka, (2008), A new genus of monstrilloid copepods (Crustacea) with anteriorly pointing ovigerous spines and related adapatations for subthoracic brooding: Zool J Linnean Soc, v. 152, p. 459-506. (pdf) Collected from coral reef plankton in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan |
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