LÓPEZ GONZÁLEZ , Pablo José

The Gammaridea fauna of Algeciras Bay, located on the Mediterranean side of the Strait of Gibraltar, was studied with regard to the species composition, distribution and ecology. Of the 116 species identified, 13 are recorded for the first time along the Iberian Peninsula coast, 30 for the Spanish coast and 78 for the Andalusian coast. Two...

Mesogligorgia scotiae gen. nov., sp. nov. is described and illustrated from a colony collected in the Scotia Sea, 2,201–2,213 m in depth, on the ANDEEP-I cruise. The new taxon is placed in the family Plexauridae because of: 1) the presence of a horny axis with a crosschambered central core and numerous loculi, 2) retractile polyps in calyces...

A previously described species and a new one belonging to the recently described sea pen genus Alloptilella Li, Zhan & Xu, 2021, are here described and illustrated based on a morphological and molecular study of materials collected in the Tasman Sea (SW Pacific) and at Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea), respectively. The species, Alloptilella...

Two new species of the genus Herpyllobius Steenstrup and Lütken, 1861, H. vanhoeffeni, and H. luetzeni are described associated with polynoid polychaetes collected during the EASIZ III cruise in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula. New records of Herpyllobius antarcticus Vanhöffen, 1913, and H. polarsterni López-González et al., 2000...

Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia PB87-0397

First record of Clavularia carpediem Weinberg, 1986 (Anthozoa, Stolonifera) since its original description: taxonomical, zoogeographical and bathymetrical data.- The stoloniferous octocoral Clavularia carpediem Weinberg, 1986 has been found in the european side of the Strait of Gibraltar. This especies is only known from the Alboran Sea. The...

A second species of the sea anemone genus Isosicyonis is described and illustrated from 16 specimens collected in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) on the Polarstern cruises ANT XVII/3, ANT XXI/2 and ANT XXIII/8. Isosicyonis striata n. sp. is easily distinguishable externally from the other species of the genus Isosicyonis alba by its pattern: white...

A new species of soft-bottom-dwelling sea anemone of the genus Halcampella is described and illustrated based on 47 specimens collected during the Polarstern cruises ANT XV/3 and ANT XVII/3 to the Antarctic Peninsula and the eastern Weddell Sea. The new Halcampella species is easily distinguishable from its congeners by the number of cycles of...

During the Antarctic Polarstern cruises ANT XIX/3 (ANDEEP-I), XIX/5 (LAMPOS), and XXI/2 (BENDEX) new material of symbiotic copepods associated with polynoid polychaetes was collected. Here the authors present results for the highly modified family Herpyllobiidae Hansen, 1892. New records of Herpyllobius antarcticus Vanhöffen, 1913 and...

The fauna of copepods associated with invertebrates is relatively unknown in the Iberian peninsula. Recently, the Laboratory of Marine Biology from the University of Sevilla and Cádiz (Spain) initiated a program to study these copepods from the coast of the Strait of Gibraltar and nearby areas. Lichomolgus canui G. O. Sars, 1917 is reported for...

Two new species of the genus Ammothea are described from Elephant Island and the South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica. The material was captured during the Polarstern cruise XXIII/8 to the Antarctic Peninsula area. The main features of Ammothea pseudospinosa n. sp. are a proboscis distinctly trilobulated distally with a constriction at 2/3 of...

Durante la campaña Fauna II del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Madrid, España), se obtuvieron dos ejemplares de Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Cnidaria:Scleractinia) frente a Ribadeo (Lugo, España), en el Golfo de Vizcaya, a 114-116 m de profundidad. Se trata de un coral poco común, del que hay un único hallazgo...

Two new species of the genus Thouarella from Antarctic waters are described and illustrated from material collected on the Polarstern cruises ANT XVII/3 (EASIZ III), ANT XIX/5 (LAMPOS) and ANT XXI/2 (BENDEX). On the one hand, Thouarella viridis sp. nov. is placed in the subgenus Epithouarella due to the characteristic ornamentation of its...

Sagartiogeton antarcticus Carlgren, 1928 is an Antarctic deep-sea species of sea anemone only known from its holotype. The species has been assigned to the genera Sagartiogeton and Kadosactis, and is currently placed within the family Kadosactidae Riemann-Zu¨rneck, 1991. Kadosactis antarctica is re-described based on 11 specimens collected...

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Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia PB89-0081, PB92-0121 y PB95-0235

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