Browsing Scholarly literature by Subject "taxonomy"
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A new genus and species of deep-sea glass sponge (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Aulocalycidae) from the Indian Ocean
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011)New hexactinellid sponges were collected from 2589 m depth on the Carlsberg Ridge in the Indian Ocean during deep-sea dredging. All fragments belong to a new genus and species, Indiella gen. n. ridgenensis sp. n., a ... -
A new genus and species of Heteromysini (Crustacea- Mysidacea) from the backwater of Kochi (Kerala, India)
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)Kochimysis pillaii, a new genus and species of Heteromysini collected from the backwater of Kochi (Kerala, India), is described. The new genus is closely related to the genus Deltamysis but is distinguishable from the ... -
A new record of Morula anaxares with a description of the radula of three other species from Goa, Central West Coast of India (Gastropoda: Muricidae)
(Central Fisheries Research Institute (CFRI) Trabzon, 2012)The present paper describes a new record of Morula anaxares (Kiener 1835) (Muricidae) from Goa, Central West coast of India aided by spiral cord ontogeny, aperture morphology of shell and SEM of radula. This species was ... -
A new species of Gastrosaccus (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from the South West Coast of Australia
(Cambridge University Press, 1989)A description of a new mysid Gastrosaccus robusta, is given. This species is distinguished from related species by possessing lobes on the carapace, a strong chitinous projection on the fifth abdominal segment, characters ... -
A new species of Litarachna Walter, 1925 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the West Indian Coast, with a discussion on the diversity of the family Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910
(Station Biologique de Roscoff, 2012)Litarachna indica, a new species of the marine water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) is described from the tropical West Indian coast. The total number of Pontarachnidae species worldwide tallies exactly ... -
A new species of the genus Acarothrix (Acari: Halacaridae) from Brunei Darussalam and India
(Station Biologique de Roscoff, 2012)Acarothrix grandocularis sp. nov. is described from specimens collected in Brunei Darussalam and India. The new species is characterized by the presence of dorsal seta 1 on the posterior part of anterior dorsal plate, a ... -
A note on the Pavonina flabelliformis D'Orbigny (benthic foraminifera) from the Arabian Sea
(Association of Korean Geoscience Societies, 1994)The detailed study of the inner shelf surface sediments off Karwar (India) revealed the occurrence of a benthic foraminiferal species Pavonina flabelliformis. This is the first report of this species in the Arabian Sea. ... -
Ammolagena clavata (Jones and Parker, 1860), an agglutinated benthic foraminiferal species - first report from the Recent sediments, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean region
(Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, 2004)The rare presence of the agglutinated foraminiferal species Ammolagena clavata is presented for the first time from the Recent sediments of the Indian Ocean region. This species has previously been reported in Recent ... -
An overview of Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae)
(Magnolia Press, 2008)Scant information is available regarding the prevalence and distribution of suctorian ciliates on halacarid mites. However, using this limited information and data from our laboratory on the systematics, biology, ecology ... -
An unusual giant pycnogonid (Pycnogonida-Colossendeidae) Decolopoda qasimi sp. nov. from Antarctic waters
(Current Science Association, Bangalore, India, 1993)Five specimens of benthic pycnogonids collected from the Southern Ocean are described. Of these, two are identified as Nymphon australis (Hodgson) and two as Ecleipsotherma spinosa (Hodgson). One specimen under the class ... -
Anisomysis Laccadivei, A new Mysid from Laccadives
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1981)Full description of Anisomysis laccadivei sp. nov. from Laccadives is given. During a taxonomic study of the mysidacea of the Laccadives a new species belonging to the genus Anisomysis Hansen was collected and is described ... -
Biology of corals and coral reefs
(Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, 2001)This chapter deals with biology of corals, coral reefs (in general) and coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. Biology of corals is lucidly dealt with, beginning from the clarification on hermatypic and ahermatypic forms. A ... -
bioSearch : A glimpse into marine biodiversity of Indian coastal waters
(CSIR-NISCAIR, 2013)bioSearch is a database application developed to digitize marine biodiversity of Indian coastal waters. A user can obtain information on organism’s binomial and common names, synonyms, taxonomy, morphology, ecology, economic ... -
Cecembia lonarensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a haloalkalitolerant bacterium of the family Cyclobacteriaceae, isolated from a haloalkaline lake and emended descriptions of the genera Indibacter, Nitritalea and Belliella
(Society for General Microbiology, 2012)A novel Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium, designated strain LW9T, was isolated from a water sample collected from Lonar Lake of Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India. Colonies and broth cultures ... -
Computer aided taxonomy (CAT): Approach for understanding systematics of marine biota
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1998)Computer aided taconomy (CAT) is gaining importance day by day. In order to familiarise the taxonomy and its continuing usage an attempt has made to develop a module for knowing the systematics of organisms and to generate ... -
Culturable bacterial phylogeny from a shallow water hydrothermal vent of Espalamaca (Faial, Azores) reveals a variety of novel taxa
(Current Science Association, 2014)Phylogenetic diversity of the 16S rRNA gene associ-ated with the domain bacteria was examined at the level of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) using the rarefaction analysis from a newly identified shallow water hydrothermal ... -
Descriptions of five new species of Haplostylus (Mysidaceae crustacea) from South West Australia
(Cambridge University Press, 1997)The genus Haplostylus Kossmann was separated from the genus Gastrosaccus Norman to accept those species in which the endopod of the third pleopod of the male is uniarticulate. Bacescu (1973), Hatzakis (1977), Fenton (1990) ... -
Descriptions of Indoerythrops typicus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pleureythrops inscita new record from Indian waters (Crustacea: Mysidacea)
(Cambridge University Press, 1998)Descriptions of Indoerythrops typicus, new genus and new species, and Pleurerythrops inscita, new record, from Indian waters are given. The new genus is distinguishable from the allied genera of the tribe Erythropini in ... -
First records of three Paraprionospio species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Indian waters
(Station Biologique de Roscoff, 2012)new records; geographical distribution; animal morphology; taxonomy; Paraprionospio cordifolia; Paraprionospio cristata; Paraprionospio patiens Abstract :The spionid polychaete Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) has ... -
Flavobacterium nitratireducens sp. nov., an amylolytic bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal surface seawater
(International Union of Microbiological Societies, 2013)A novel Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium, designated strain N1 sup(T), was isolated from a marine water sample collected from the sea shore, Bay of Bengal, Visakhapatnam, India. The strain was positive for ...