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A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 is described from Mount Manengouba Reserve and Bakossi National Park in the tropical rainforests of southwestern Cameroon, Central Africa. Potamonemus man sp. nov. is recognized by characters of the carapace and chelipeds. In addition, a phylogenetic analysis based ...
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The genus Laemostenus is recorded from China for the first time, and two new species are described: L. ( Pristonychus ) zhentangensis sp. nov. (type locality: Dinggyê County, Xizang), and L. ( P. ) zhamensis sp. nov. (type locality: Nyalam County, Xizang). The relationships of these new species are briefly discussed.
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The family Serranidae is represented by 92 genera and 579 valid species, with the genus Serranus Cuvier, 1816, containing 30 species. In this study, specimens of Butterfly-winged Comber, Serranus papilionaceus Valenciennes, 1832, were collected from the Canary Islands and compared morphologically and genetically to Painted Comber, Serranus scriba (...
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Three new sea fan species of Leptogorgia were discovered during multiple scuba diving expeditions along the Gulf of California coast and islands. Leptogorgia iridis sp. nov. is distributed in the southern region of the gulf (Mexican Province), inhabiting tropical rocky reefs of the Islas Marías Archipelago (Nayarit) and Bahía Banderas (Jalisco). Th...
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The knowledge about tiger beetle fauna of the Northern Mindanao region (Philippines) is summarized based on literature data and new records. Thirty species classified in ten genera ( Tricondyla , Neocollyris , Protocollyris , Therates , Prothyma , Heptodonta , Thopeutica , Lophyra , Calomera , and Cylindera ) were documented from the area (56% of t...
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Four new species of Closterocerus Westwood, C. rectisulcus sp. nov. , C. shaanxiensis sp. nov. , C. separatus sp. nov. and C. unifasciatus sp. nov. are described from China, each with a distinct pattern on the fore wings, and belonging to subgenus Closterocerus . A key to all species of the genus Closterocerus in China is provided.
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Leptobotia citrauratea (Nichols, 1925), a loach species, originally described from Dongting Lake, was recently rehabilitated, based on the examination of the holotype and non-topotypical specimens. Several field surveys conducted from 2016 to 2019 in Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces, P.R. China, yielded many specimens of Leptobotia which were ...
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Frogs of the genus Ptychadena that inhabit the Ethiopian highlands serve as a model system to understand biogeography, diversification, and adaptations to high elevations. Despite recent studies focusing on the systematics of this group, the taxonomy of the Ptychadena neumanni species complex remains only partially resolved, owing largely to the mo...
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Living representatives of the Neotropical genus Choeradoplana Graff, 1896 ( Geoplaninae , Tricladida , Platyhelminthes ) are easily recognized by the typical shape of the head which is laterally expanded, rolled-up, and ventrally provided with two glandular cushions. In this study, the morphology and phylogeny (cytochrome C oxidase subunit I gene) ...
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As part of a study on holothurians from the southern Gulf of Mexico, some Holothuria mexicana Ludwig, 1875 were obtained for gut analysis. In two of them, a couple of eulimids were located inside the main tube of the respiratory tree. They were identified as Megadenus holothuricola Rosén, 1910, described from the Bahamas Islands, based on five spec...
