muricy, guilherme lage, anaíra sandes, joana klautau, michelle pinheiro, ulisses laport, marinella silva rodrigues de oliveira, bruno francesco pequeno, carolline braga lopes, matheus vieira
Submarine caves are important biodiversity reservoirs, but there is little information about the biota of marine caves in the Southwestern Atlantic. Here, we describe three submarine cavities and their sponge communities on the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil. The underwater cavities were explored and collections were made through...
casillas, ramón ahijado, agustina nagy, géza demény, attila fernández, carlos
The origin of the carbonatites that appear on Earth is one of the most controversial current topics in the petrogenesis of igneous rocks. Situated in the northern sector of the Basal Complex of Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), the Miocene Esquinzo ultra-alkaline plutonic rock complex is composed of pyroxenites, melteigites-ijolites-urtites, malignit...
Breedy, Odalisca McFadden, Catherine S Cortés, Jorge
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ZooKeys
Alienaparvagen. et sp. nov. is described from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. The species was found at various islets and rocky outcrops north and northwest of the island, 20-30 m in depth. The genus is characterised by polyps, retracting into calyces, that form thin encrusting mats extending on dead or live substrates. Sclerites are mostly asymmetrical ...
Shimamoto, Shusuke Nagashima, Seidai Nagano, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tadashi
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A new flat bug species, Nesoproxius kishimotoi sp. nov. , from the Oceanian region (Ogasawara Islands, Japan) is described. It is the first brachypterous representative in the genus Nesoproxius . The sexual dimorphism, nymph, and habitat are also described for the first time in this genus. A key to the species of Nesoproxius is also provided.
Góis-Marques, Carlos Correia, Pedro Nel, André Madeira, José Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel
To be successfully established on oceanic islands, native ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have to migrate from the mainland or from nearby islands, crossing the ocean barriers, to find a suitable habitat. Despite the general interest on oceanic islands biotas, nothing is known about the deep-time migration and settling of native ants in these insula...
Juhasz, Claire-Cécile Avargues, Naïs Humeau, Laurence Ringler, David Pinet, Patrick Hollinger, Clémence Beaulieu, Richard Faulquier, Lucie Choeur, Arthur Bureau, Sophie
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Faunas of oceanic islands have a high proportion of endemic species which contribute to the uniqueness of island communities. Island species are particularly naïve and vulnerable to alien predators, such as cats (Felis catus). On large, inhabited islands, where the complete eradication of feral cat populations is not considered feasible, control re...
Rowsey, Dakota M Duya, Mariano Roy M Ibañez, Jayson C Jansa, Sharon A Rickart, Eric A Heaney, Lawrence R
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Journal of Mammalogy
The Philippine archipelago hosts an exceptional diversity of murid rodents that have diversified following several independent colonization events. Here, we report the discovery of a new species of rodent from Mt. Kampalili on eastern Mindanao Island. Molecular and craniodental analyses reveal this species as a member of a Philippine “New Endemic” ...
pimentel, caio ribeiro pinheiro, hudson t. giarrizzo, tommaso francini-filho, ronaldo b. reis-filho, josé amorim rocha, luiz a. l. ferreira, carlos eduardo barbosa, moysés cavichioli joyeux, jean-christophe
Geographic isolation, a relatively low species richness and high endemism make oceanic islands excellent natural laboratories for ecological and evolutionary studies. Here we used Baited Remote Underwater stereo-Video systems (stereo-BRUVS) to investigate the taxonomic, trophic and size structures of fish assemblages from pelagic and mesophotic ree...
weiser, frank baumann, esther jentsch, anke medina, félix manuel meng, lu nogales, manuel beierkuhnlein, carl
In autumn 2021, the largest volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma in historic records took place. The Canary Islands are of volcanic origin and eruptions have always constituted part of their natural disturbance regime. Until recently, their impacts could not be directly observed and studied. Influence of the emission of phytotoxic gases on b...
Kawai, Kiyosada Minagi, Kanji Nakamura, Tomomi Saiki, Shin-Taro Yazaki, Kenichi Ishida, Atsushi
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Tree physiology
Parenchyma is an important component of the secondary xylem. It has multiple functions and its fraction is known to vary substantially across angiosperm species. However, the physiological significance of this variation is not yet fully understood. Here, we examined how different types of parenchyma (ray parenchyma [RP], axial parenchyma [AP] and A...
