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Zoology
Tomoyuki Komai, Rafael Lemaitre
Summary: This study compared materials from different localities in the North Pacific and North Atlantic and reinstated Hippolyte St. Pauli as a valid species of the thorid genus Lebbeus. It identified distinct differences between Lebbeus sanctipauli and Lebbeus polaris. Although L. polaris is believed to have a circumpolar distribution, its occurrence in the North Pacific Ocean needs further verification.
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Douglas Fernandes Rodrigues Alves, Samara de Paiva Barros-Alves, Silvio Santana Dolabella, Ariadine Cristine de Almeida, Pablo Ariel Martinez
Summary: An integrative taxonomic approach was used to confirm the introduction of shrimp Cinetorhynchus erythrostictus into the Western Atlantic Ocean, where it is being sold in Brazil's marine aquarium trade misidentified as C. rigens. Ecological niche overlap of 26% between the invasive and native species indicates potential competitive interactions across environmental gradients. Efforts should be increased to accurately identify marine species in trade to reduce the risk of invasive species spread and ecological damage to native biodiversity.
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
(2021)
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Zoology
Robert A. Wasmer
Summary: A new species of Hymenodora, collected from the abyssopelagic waters of the central North Pacific Ocean, is described in this study. The new species is distinguished from previously known species by its reduction in corneas and lack of pigmentation. The article also provides a key to identify known species of Hymenodora and reports two specimens that cannot be determined to species. Additionally, recent studies on the molecular phylogeny of oplophorid shrimps are briefly discussed.
Article
Zoology
Krupal Patel, Vinay Padate, Masayuki Osawa, Shivam Tiwari, Kauresh Vachitrajani, Jigneshkumar Trivedi
Summary: This article compiles an annotated checklist of anomuran crustaceans recorded from Indian waters, listing a total of 231 species belonging to 58 genera, 15 families, and five superfamilies. The highest number of species was found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Ecoregion, with 114 species.
Article
Zoology
Shuo Feng, Qing-Hua Chen, Zhao-Liang Guo
Summary: Studying cave-dwelling shrimp is crucial for conserving biodiversity in fragile cave ecosystems. The newly discovered Caridina incolor sp. nov. has unique characteristics in morphology and DNA analysis, suggesting it should be classified as Critically Endangered.
Article
Zoology
Hossein Ashrafi, Arthur Anker, Zdenek Duris
Summary: A new alpheid shrimp species, Salmoneus shojaei sp. nov., was discovered during a survey of mangrove infauna in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The new species shares morphological similarities with other members of the S. gracilipes species group but possesses unique combinations of characteristics that distinguish it from others. Genetic analysis using DNA barcoding and gene fragments provides further confirmation of the new taxon.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Yuman Sun, Jian Chen, Yingying Ye, Kaida Xu, Jiji Li
Summary: To explore the origin and evolution of Palaemonidae, the mitochondrial genome sequences of Palaemon macrodactylus and Palaemon tenuidactylus were analyzed. Comparative analysis revealed gene rearrangements and provided evidence for the phylogenetic relationships within Caridea, with Alpheidae and Palaemonidae forming sister groups.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Alexander Vereshchaka, Dmitry Kulagin, Anastasiia Lunina
Summary: This study describes and diagnoses a new genus and species of marine organism, highlighting a unique anatomical structure that may be linked to cleaning function. By analyzing morphological and molecular data, the evolutionary relationship is elucidated, and an amended key to related taxa is provided.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Naoto Jimi, Hiroki Nakajima, Taigi Sato, Brett C. Gonzalez, Sau Pinn Woo, Greg W. Rouse, Temir Britayev
Summary: Two new species of Hesionidae, Parahesione pulvinata sp. nov. and Parahesione apiculata sp. nov., were described in this study. They possess unique characteristics and were found exclusively in specific ghost shrimp burrows, suggesting they are obligate symbionts. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the symbiotic lifestyle has evolved multiple times in Hesionidae.
Article
Zoology
Tomoyuki Komai, Isao Hirabayashi
Summary: A new species of the processid shrimp genus Nikoides has been described and compared with known congeners, showing unique characteristics in dentition and antennular stylocerite shape. Genetic divergence among species was analyzed, and an identification key to 11 species of Nikoides, including the new species, was provided.
Article
Zoology
Marcos Tavares, Joel Braga de Mendonca, Jessica Colavite
Summary: This paper reports new records of Lissosabinea tridentata and Lissosabinea christofferseni sp. nov. from Brazil's Espirito Santo coast and describes their distinctive features compared to other related species.
Article
Zoology
Arthur Anker, Sammy De Grave
Summary: A new shrimp genus, Opaepupu gen. nov., has been established for a bivalve-associated shrimp species, Opaepupu huna sp. nov., discovered in Hawaii. The characteristics of this new genus include specific features of the rostrum, carapace, pleonite, telson, antennular peduncle, mandible, maxillular palp, maxilliped, maxilliped, pereiopods, and uropodal exopod. Phylogenetically, the position of Opaepupu gen. nov. remains unclear and it does not seem closely related to other bivalve-associated palaemonid genera.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Finn Ole Heukamp, Peter Brandt, Marcus Dengler, Franz Philip Tuchen, Michael J. McPhaden, James N. Moum
Summary: Based on velocity data from a long-term moored observatory located at 0 degrees N, 23 degrees W, an asymmetry in northward and southward upper-ocean flow in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean during intraseasonal maxima is observed. The meridional velocity maximum close to the surface characterizes northward flow periods, while subsurface velocity maximum at about 40 m is observed during southward flow phases. The observed asymmetry is caused by the local winds, driving a wind-driven overturning cell known as the Equatorial Roll. The Equatorial Roll shows a distinct seasonal cycle linked to the south-easterly trade winds' meridional component.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Arthur Anker, J. Antonio Baeza
Summary: The newly discovered cryptic species Thor dicaprio sp. nov. is a distinct member of the Thor amboinensis complex found in the tropical western Atlantic, with significant differences in color pattern and a genetically unique clade compared to other members.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kareen E. Schnabel, Qi Kou, Peng Xu
Summary: This study reviewed the fauna of coral and sponge shrimps in New Zealand using classical taxonomic and molecular tools, reporting a new species and describing three new species. It also proposed synonymy of two species and reviewed the distribution range of another species. The study revealed the southernmost record of stenopodidean shrimp known to date.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Arthur R. Bos, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ivona Horka, Sammy De Grave, Charles H. J. M. Fransen, Adam Petrusek, Zdenek Duris
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2018)
Article
Zoology
Gabriel Olthof, Leontine E. Becking, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
Article
Zoology
Charles H. J. M. Fransen, K. Van Damme
Article
Zoology
Gerrit Potkamp, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Cessa Rauch, Bert W. Hoeksema, Bambang Hermanto, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Arthur Anker, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
Article
Ecology
Werner de Gier, Charles H. J. M. Fransen, Alev Ozten Low, Bert W. Hoeksema
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Charles H. J. M. Fransen
Article
Zoology
Jin-Ho Park, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
Summary: The study redescribes and illustrates the deep-sea palaemonid shrimp Paraclimenes gorgonicola, demonstrating that it is conspecific with Paraclimenes franklini and thus the latter is considered a junior synonym of the former.
Article
Zoology
Charles H. J. M. Fransen, Mike Groenhof, Werner De Gier
Summary: A new species of bivalve mollusk dwelling palaemonid shrimp of the genus Odontonia is described from the Berau Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. This unique species is the only one known to be a symbiont of a bivalve mollusk, while others in the same genus are known to associate with solitary ascidians.
Article
Zoology
Werner de Gier, Mike Groenhof, Charles H. J. M. Fransen
Summary: This study analyzes a symbiotic shrimp using morphological and molecular data, and identifies host-switching events and ancestral ranges. The research suggests that similar internal environments of shrimp hosts from different phyla may function as hot spots for interphylum host switching in shrimp symbiotic systems.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Charles H. J. M. Fransen, Eva van der Veer, Pavlina Frolova
Summary: A new species of Palaemonella, named P. rubrolineata sp. nov., has been described based on specimens collected from coral habitats in Indonesia and Vanuatu. This new species is closely related to P. orientalis, but can be distinguished by several morphological differences.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Charles H. J. M. Fransen, Christoph D. Schubart, Leopoldo Moro
Summary: A new species of Cuapetes, named Tenerife Cuapetes canariensis, is described in this article. It is the first record of the genus Cuapetes in the eastern Atlantic and shows morphological similarities with a group of Indo-West Pacific species. Molecular analysis indicates a close affinity between this species and Cuapetes amymone.
