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by Piter Keo | May 2, 2020 · 1:26 am

New Species: April 2020

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

13 new actinobacteria: Cellulomonas endophytica; Glycomyces albidus; Amycolatopsis nivea; Auraticoccus cholistanensis; Saccharopolyspora coralli; Streptomyces montanus; Streptomyces mimosae; Serinicoccus hydrothermalis; Acidiferrimicrobium australe; Leekyejoonella antrihumi; Rhodococcus oryzae; Catellatospora sichuanensis;
6 new bacteroids: Aequorivita lutea; Aequorivita sinensis; Duncaniella dubosii, Duncaniella freteri; Aquirufa rosea; Lutibacter citreus; Capnocytophaga felis;
2 new cyanobacteria: Stenomitos kolaenensis, S. hiloensis;
5 new firmicutes: Lactobacillus argentoratensis, Lactobacillus zhaodongensis; Lysinibacillus antri; Jeotgalibaca ciconiae; Zhaonella formicivorans;
1 new planctomycete: Alienimonas chondri;
20 new proteobacteria: Pseudomonas hydrolytica; Pseudomonas fildesensis; Roseovarius bejariae; Desulfobotulus mexicanus; Eikenella halliae, Eikenella longinqua; Luteimonas chenhongjianii; Nocardiopsis deserti; Sphingorhabdus lacus, Sphingorhabdus profundilacus; Marinobacter changyiensis; Klebsiella indica; Francisella salimarina; Citrobacter cronae; Denitrobaculum tricleocarpae; Rugamonas aquatica Rugamonas rivuli; Pseudoalteromonas rhizosphaerae; Nocardioides dongxiaopingii; Devosia marina; Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis;

*Rhodococcus oryzae* is a new actinobacterium isolated from the rhizosphere soil of rice. Credits to Li et al. (2020).*

Archaeans

1 new euryarchaeote: Haloplanus rubicundus;

*Phycophthorum isakeiti* is a new parasite of diatoms. Credits to Hassett (2020).*

SARs

2 new apicomplexans: Isospora gmelini; Isospora dipperia;
3 new dinoflagellates: Freudenthalidium heronense, F. endolithicum, Halluxium pauxillum;
9 new ochrophytes: Eunotia itacueretabaensis; Navicula daochengensis; Lindavia nepalensis; Proschkinia luticola, P. staurospeciosa, P. impar, P. modesta, P. fistulispectabilis, P. rosowskii;
1 new labyrinthulomycete: Phycophthorum isakeiti;

*Poa magellensis* is a new grass from Italy. Credits to Conti et al. (2020).*

Plants

5 new rhodophytes: Ramicrusta fujiiana, Ramicrusta paradoxa, Incendia yoneshigueana; Aphanta asiatica; Eucheumatopsis sanibelensis;
1 new charophyte: Nitella singaporensis;
1 new pteridophyte: Crepidomanes shenzhenense;
15 new monocots: Peliosanthes ligniradicis; Clinanthus longissimus; Crocus asymmetricus; Andinia barbata; Juncus hondurensis; Hohenbergia ituberaensis; Aspidistra xichouensis; Epidendrum deditae; Schoenus inconspicuus; Anthurium atrovinosum, A. brigadeiroense; Dendrobium butinii, Dendrobium letocartiorum; Poa magellensis; Calanthe sieboldopsis;
36 new eudicots: Impatiens tirbinensis, I. shiyomiensis; Helicteres pegueroi; Sisyranthus sekhukhuniensis, Sisyranthus vryheidensis; Stenocephalum sp.; Biophytum agasthyamalayanum; Mixtecalia teitaensis; Hedyotis shoolamudianus; Microlicia pacificoi; Rubus oklejewiczii; Ancistrothyrsus scopae; Vincetoxicum strigosum; Ophiorrhiza hoanglienensis; Isoglossa darbyshirei; Lasianthus puffii, L. sithammaratensis; Dianthus hamzaoglui; Begonia fimbritepala; Begonia sidolensis, Begonia rolandfadlii; Begonia caramoanensis; Aquilegia bashahrica; Passiflora nana; Tiganophyton karasense; Capparidastrum dugandii; Chrysolaena glandulosa; Ruehssia sumiderensis; Salacia frutiplatensis; Aconitum haridasanii; Pilostyles maya; Phlebiopsis lacerata; Carpinus gigabracteatus; Hanceola suffruticosa; Ardisia argentiana, A. nagaensis;

Flowers of *Hanceola suffruticosa*, a new species of the family Lamiaceae from China and Vietnam. Credits to Chen et al. (2020).*

Amoebozoans

1 new discosean: Korotnevella mutabilis;

Fungi

*Sarcodon coactus* is a new mushroom from China. Credits to Mu et al. (2020)..*

Poriferans

13 new demosponges: Abyssocladia kanaconi, A. microstrongylata, A. mucronata; Neoschrammeniella inaequalis, N. piserai, N. pomponiae, Discodermia arbor, D. kellyae, Macandrewia schusterae, M. minima, Exsuperantia levii, Leiodermatium tuba, Siphonidium elongatus;

Cnidaria

Rotifers

1 new acanthocephalan: Pallisentis thapari;

Flatworms

1 new monogenean: Gyrodactylus triglopsi;
1 new trematode: Maritrema kostadinovae;
6 new cestodes: Acanthobothrium ppdeleoni, Acanthobothrium hypanus, A. sinaloaensis; Hobergia irazuensis, Hymenolepis cratogeomyos; Gyrocotyle haffii, G. discoveryi;

Mollusks

27 new gastropods: Scissurella nesbittae; Alvania pizzinii; Bythinella eleousae, B. kastaliae, B. taygetensis, B. kambosensis, B. alexpeteri, B. ellinikae, B. amira, B. kithiraensis, B. corrosa; Ifrania zerroukansis, Fessia aouintii; Afrodonta geminodonta, Af. mystica, Af. pentodon, Amatholedonta fordycei, Biomphalodonta forticostata, Costulodonta bidens, C. pluridens, Iterodonta ammonita, Phialodonta agulhasae, P. atromontana, P. aviana, P. rivalalea; Erhaia jannei, E. pelkiae;

Annelids

3 new polychaetes: Euchonoides moeone; Leiocapitella sensibilis; Exogone rocas; Syllis malaquini;
1 new clitellate: Trocheta blanchardi;

Kinorhynchs

1 new species: Setaphyes elenae;

Nematodes

12 new chromadoreans: Prodontorhabditis robustus, P. grandistoma; Pseudosteineria longisetis; Physaloptera nordestina; Cosmocerca multipapillata; Rhabdochona adentata; Ascarophisnema hoiae; Macropostrongyloies spearei, Ma. mawsonae, Ma. woodi; Cosmocerca simile; Pulchrascaris australis;
1 new enoplean: Enoploides koreanus;

Tardigrades

6 new species: Pseuechiniscus angelusalas, Pse. dastychi, Pse. ehrenbergi, Pse. indistinctus, Pse. lacyformis; Minibiotus ioculator;

Onychophorans

5 new species: Peripatopsis ferox, P. mellaria, P. edenensis, P. mira, P. tulbaghensis;

Arachnids

Myriapods

*Trachyjulus magnus* is a new millipede from Thailand. Credits to Likhitrakarn et al. (2020).*

Crustaceans

9 new ostracods: Cypris pretusi; Strandesia thomazi, S. galeati, S. nakatanii; Pseudocypretta lineata; Strandesia mehesi; Cyprettadopsis sutura; Ekpontocypris coreana, Schedopontocypris raehyuki;
1 new cladoceran: Alona sibirica;
8 new copepods: Aphotopontius kiost, A. muricatus, Benthoxynus constrictus, Stygiopontius spinifer, S. horridus, S. geminus, S. quadripaxillifer; Diosaccus koreanus;
1 new mysid: Petalophthalmus cristatus;
1 new cumaceans: Iphinoe daphne; Platytyphlops sarahae;
10 new amphipods: Microlysias rectangulatus, M. triangulus; Ptilohyale corinne; Pseudharpinia bonhami, P. jonesyi, P. pagei, P. planti; Eulimnogammarus etingovae, Eulimnogammarus tchernykhi; Luisacaprella eliae;
5 new decapods: Macrobrachium tenuipes; Biffarius botterae; Scallasis inermis; Calcipotamon puglabrum; Caridina tetrazona;

*Jujiroa inexpectata* is a new cave beetle from China. Credits to Fang et al. (2020).*

Hexapods

*Stamnodes fergusoni* is a new geometrid moth from the USA, Credits to Matson & Wagner (2020).*

Head of *Telothyria alexanderi*, a new fly from Costa Rica. Credits to. Fleming et al. (2020)*

Echinoderms

2 new asteroids: Evoplosoma nizinskiae, Sibogaster bathyheuretor;

Agnathans

1 new hagfish: Eptatretus wandoensis;

*Eptatretus wandoensis* is a new hagfish from Korea. Credits to Song & Kim (2020).*

Actinopterygians

1 new anguilliform: Gymnothorax elaineheemstrae;
3 new aulopiforms: Lestidium longilucifer, Lestidium australis, Lestidium rofeni;
1 new cypriniform: Alburnoides turani;
1 new perciform: Antigonia emanuela;
1 new salmoniform: Salmo fahrettini;

Amphibians

7 new anurans: Physalaemus claptoni; Leptobrachella suiyangensis; Raorchestes rezakhani; Oreolalax longmenmontis; Megophrys awuh, M. dzukou, M. numhbumaeng;

*Leptobrachella suiyangensis* is a new frog from China. Credits to Luo et al. (2020).*

Reptiles

13 new squamates: Dixonius lao; Marisora lineola, M. aquilonaria, M. syntoma, M. urtica; Cyrtodactylus culaochamensis; Cyrtodactylus phnomchiensis; Liopeltis tiomanica; Eryx sistanensis; Trimeresurus caudornatus; Iguana melanoderma; Trimeresurus salazar; Persiophis fahimii;

*Iguana melanoderma* is a new iguana from the Lesser Antilles. Credits to Breuil et al. (2020).*

*Trimeresurus salazar*, a new snake from India. Credits to Mirza et al. (2020).*

Mammals

1 new rodent: Peromyscus purepechus;

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by Piter Keo | April 18, 2020 · 4:58 pm

From headache to migraine: is Xenacoelomorpha a basal bilaterian clade or a group of weird deuterostomes?

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Seven years ago I discussed the phylogenetic position of Acoelomorpha and their close relative, Xenoturbella, which together form the clade Xenacoelomorpha. Being very simple bilaterian animals, lacking almost every major structure common to most other bilaterians, their exact position is usually considered to be basal inside Bilateria but the idea that they are deuterostomes was raised after some molecular studies grouped them with the clade Ambulacraria, which includes echinoderms and hemichordates.

Being deuterostomes would mean that Xenacoelomorpha suffered a huge simplification of their anatomy. Back in 2013, when I wrote the other article, this was causing a lot of controversy but, a time after that, new molecular studies confirmed the basal position of Xenacoelomorpha and it became kind of well accepted that they are, indeed, the basalmost clade in Bilateria.

A simplified version of the animal tree of life showing the uncertain position of Xenacoelomorpha. The position of Placozoa and Ctenophora is not very clear too.

But once a trouble, always a trouble.

By 2019, a new study that tried to anticipate effects of systematic errors during molecular phylogeny studies, such as long-branch attraction, concluded that the basal position of Xenacoelomorpha is an artifact and that, when one tries to minimize the errors, their position as sister-group of Ambulacraria becomes clear. However, their tree also suggests that Deuterostomia is not monophyletic, as Chordates appear as sister-group to Protostomia and Xenacoelomorpha+Ambulacraria is the basalmost group, i.e., the sister group of the rest of the Bilateria. However, the idea of Deuterostomia not being monophyletic is very unexpected.

As I mentioned in my old post, the main problem in Xenacoelomorpha appearing inside Deuterostomia is related to their oversimplification. They lack almost everything that any typical bilaterian has. What would have forced them to become that simple?

Another recent study suggested that, in the case of Xenoturbella at least, this may be the result of their soft-substrate burrowing habits. They compare Xenoturbella to nudibranchs, among which some species have similar lifestyles. One of these nudibranchs, Xenocratena, was actually discovered at about the same time as Xenoturbella living in the same environment. They have a paedomorphic (more simplified, “baby-like”) anatomy compared to other nudibranchs. However, it is not at all as simple as Xenoturbella.

The burrowing nudibranch *Xenocratena suecica*. Credits to Martynov et al. (2020).*

On the other hand, there is another genus of nudibranchs that is indeed oversimplified, Pseudovermis, and it lives burrowed in soft substrate as well. Molecular analyses revealed that Pseudovermis is not closely related to Xenocratena but to Cumanotus, another burrowing nudibranch, which suggests that this simplification occurred twice among nudibranchs.

Phylogenetic relationships among nudibranchs. See Pseudovermis and Cumanotus at about 2 o’clock and Xenocratena at about 7 o’clock. Credits to Martynov et al. (2020).*

This is not an evidence that Xenoturbella is a simplified deuterostome, but it is a good argument. But what about the simplifications of Acoelomorpha? I think that if Xenoturbella was not closely related to Acoelomorpha I would be more willing to accept this hypothesis. My heart leans toward the hypothesis of basal Xenacoelomorpha, though. However, as any cientist should do, I will accept Xenacoelomorpha as deuterostomes if enough evidence is presented.

Xenoturbella is always the main problem in this equation, The nervous system of Acoelomorpha, for example, although simplified, has kind of the basic pattern found in all bilaterians and could have evolved from the oral ring in a cnidarian-like ancestor according to some hypotheses. In Xenoturbella, though, the nervous system is much weirder, being formed by a simple network of difuse neurons below their skin. I guess addressing the organization of the nervous system in all these groups is a good topic for another post.

If there is one thing, in my opinion, that makes the position of Xenacoelomorpha within Deuterostomia somewhat convincing is the fact that many features of Deuterostomia seem to be more primitive inside Bilateria when compared to those in Protostomia, so the position of Xenacoelomorpha among Deuterostomia is more plausible than their position among Protostomia(although this is not even considered possible anymore) for sure. We tend to think that deuterostomes are more “derived” simply because humans are deuterostomes. But this discussion is also a subject for another post.

What do you think? Are you team basal or team deuterostome?

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What is a coronavirus? A brief introduction to viruses, RNA-viruses and coronaviruses

by Piter Kehoma Boll

So we are going through a kind of apocalypse as everyone knows. An aggressive and contagious virus has spread all over the world and is causing a major impact in our society, killing thousands of people and crashing the economy.

But I’m not here to talk about how to protect against the virus and who is more vulnerable to it. You can find such information virtually everywhere (but don’t trust the bullshit that Karen the anti-vaxxer or your uncle Donald the boomer is spreading through Whatsapp. That is worse than the virus). Likewise, I will not point out how this pandemic is a direct outcome of our flawed capitalist society and how the fucking rich should be beheaded once and for all. No. I will make a more biological approach and explain a little bit of what this virus is from a structural, functional and taxonomic point of view.

So let’s start with what is a virus.

A virus is basically a parasitic piece of sh… genetic material that infects cells in order to reproduce. Viruses are not quite living beings as they neither have cells nor metabolism. However, they need cells to reproduce. All viruses consists of a strand of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) and a capsid, a “box” that protects the nucleic acid. The capsid is usually formed by many copies of one or two proteins that are encoded in the virus’ genetic material. Each individual protein molecule of the capsid is called a capsomere.

The *Tobacco mosaic virus*, that infects tobacco plants and others, has a typical helical capsid.

Most viruses have either a helical or an icosahedral capsid. In a helical capsid, the capsomeres are helically arranged and form an elongate and hollow tube inside of which the genetical material is located. In icosahedral capsids, the capsomeres are arranged to form a icosahedron, i.e., a polyhedron with 20 faces that surrounds the genetic material.

Many viruses have an additional coat, the envelope, that surrounds the capsid. The envelope is a bi-lipid layer crossed by glycoproteins, like the cell membrane of living organisms, and is formed by the cell membrane or an internal membrane of the cell in which the virus was born. It is, therefore, very similar to the cell membrane of the virus’ host.

Regarding the type of nucleic acid found in viruses, they can be classified into three main groups: DNA viruses, RNA viruses and retroviruses.

DNA viruses have DNA as their nucleic acid. When they infect a cell, they are delivered into the cell’s nucleus, where they depend entirely on the cell’s machinery to reproduce, i.e., they use the hosts DNA-polymerase to produce new DNA strands and the host’s RNA-polymerase to build a viral RNA that will, in turn, be converted into the capsid proteins using the cell’s ribosomes. DNA viruses suffer little mutation because DNA-polymerase enzymes have a proofreading ability, i.e., they can detect errors during replication and fix them. Viruses such as Herpesvirus (which cause herpes and chicken pox), Poxvirus (which include the now extinct Variola virus that caused smallpox) and Adenovirus are all DNA viruses.

The *Human alphaherpesvirus 3* (HHV-3) is an enveloped icosahedral DNA virus that causes chickenpox and shingles in humans.

RNA viruses, also called riboviruses, on the other hand, have RNA as their nucleic acid. When they infect a cell, they usually remain in the cell’s cytoplasm. Different from DNA viruses, RNA viruses often have their own RNA-polymerase enzyme and use it to produce new copies but still depend on the host’s ribosomes to translate their RNA into proteins to build the capsid and make new copies of their RNA polymerase. Since RNA-polymerase enzymes lack the proofreading ability of DNA-polymerase, RNA viruses mutate rapidly. A lot of human diseases are caused by RNA viruses, incluing the common cold, influenza, ebola, yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika fever, hepatitis C, rabies, polio, measles, as well as COVID-19, caused by the current apocalypse-driving coronavirus.

Retroviruses, the last virus type, also have RNA as their nucleic acid. However, different from RNA viruses, retroviruses do not produce new copies directly from their RNA using a RNA-polymerase. Instead of that, they have another type of enzyme, called reverse transcriptase, that builds a DNA strain from their RNA. This viral DNA is then incorporated into the DNA of the host cell by an integrase enzyme. Retroviruses, therefore, change the host’s genome, i.e., they create a “hybrid” of themselves and the host. The infected cell then transcribes the viral DNA back into RNA, making several copies that allow to virus to reproduce. The most famous retroviruses to infect humans are Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B virus.

*Human Imunodeficiency Virus 1* is an enveloped icosahedral retrovirus that causes AIDS in humans.

But now let’s focus on our current celebrity, SARS-CoV-2, colloquially known as the coronavirus. This virus, which is causing the current apocalypse, is a new strain, discovered in late 2019, of the Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV). The previous SARS outbreak between 2002-2004 was caused by another strain of this same species, SARS-CoV, or now often referred to as SARS-CoV-1. This virus belongs to the genus Betacoronavirus and the family Coronaviridae. All members of the family Coronaviridae are often called “coronavirus” and the currently known species infect birds and mammals.

SARS-CoV-2 with artificial colors showing the “corona” (in orange) formed by the club-shaped glycoproteins of its envelope.

Coronaviruses are RNA-viruses, as mentioned above, and have a helical capsid, as well as an envelope. This envelope contains large club-shaped proteins that appear as projections on the virus surface and, in electron micrographs, resemble the solar corona, hence the name coronavirus. The envelope is built from the membrane of the host’s endoplasmic reticulum but includes glycoproteins of viral origin, including the club-shaped glycoproteins that characterize these viruses.

The presence of this envelope around the capsid has some advantages and some disadvantages to coronaviruses and any other enveloped virus. Since this envelope is basically a piece of the host’s cell, enveloped viruses can sneak into new hosts more easily because the immune system takes some time to recognize them as invaders since they are wearing a host’s “clothing”. On the other hand, this envelope is very fragile when exposed to the outer environment and degrades very quickly, so that the virus needs close contact of an infect host with a new host in order to spread. This is also why washing your hands with soap kills the virus so easily. If the virus were not enveloped, i.e., had only its capsid, it would be much more resistant.

The club-like glycoproteins of the viral envelope are also the responsible for the virus ability to infect. These glycoproteins connect to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), an enzyme that is found on the surface of many human cells. ACE2 is especially abundant in the lungs, which is the reason why this is the organ that suffers the most during SARS-CoV infections.

The main genera inside the family Coronaviridae are Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus. Most known species of Alpha- and Betacoronavirus infect bats, so it is likely that the ancestor of these genera was originally a bat-specific virus that later mutated and acquired the ability to infect other species. All coronaviruses that infect humans belong to this two genera and include, besides SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV (which causes the Midle East Respiratory Syndrome) and several viruses that cause mild cold-like symptoms, such as HCoV-HKU1, HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-229E. Species of Gammacoronavirus infect mainly birds, although at least one species, Coronavirus HKU15, causes diarrhea in pigs. The genus Deltacoronavirus includes the Avian coronavirus (IBV), which causes infectious bronchitis in birds, and the Beluga whale coronavirus SW1, the only coronavirus known to infect a marine mammal.

The genome of coronaviruses has about 30 thousand nucleotides, being some of the largest genomes among RNA viruses. The only known RNA virus with a larger genome, with about 41 thousand nucleotides, was discovered in 2018 and infects, guess what, planarians! Named Planarian secretory cell nidovirus (PSCNV), it belongs to the order Nidovirales, which includes coronaviruses and many other RNA-viruses, but seems to have diverged from most members of Nidovirales a long long time ago. Maybe I’ll talk more about this particular virus and the implications of its discovery in a future post.

Let’s conclude this post with a quick review of what we have learned about SARS-CoV-2, the “coronavirus”:

It is an RNA-virus, meaning that it has a great mutation potential and is able to create copies of itself in the host’s cytoplasm, being an almost self-suficient virus;
It has a helical capsid surrounding its RNA;
It has an envelope derived from the membrane of the host’s endoplasmic reticulum, which is the reason why it can be so easily killed by water and soap;
This envelope includes large clube-like glycoproteins that make it appear as a solar corona in electron micrographs, hence the name coronavirus;
It is a member of the genus Betacoronavirus, which includes a lot of species known to infect bats and that’s the reason why its origin in a Chinese bat soup is very likely.

I hope that this post helped you see more about this new virus than its ability to collapse human societies.

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References and further reading:

Saberi A, Gulyaeva AA, Brubacher JL, Newmark PA, Gorbalenya AE (2018) A planarian nidovirus expands the limits of RNA genome size. PLoS Pathogens 14(11):e1007314. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007314

Wikipedia. DNA virus. Available at < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_virus >. Access on 4 April 2020.

Wikipedia. Retrovirus. Available at < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrovirus >. Access on 4 April 2020.

Wikipedia. RNA virus. Available at < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_virus >. Access on 4 April 2020.

Wikipedia. Virus. Available at < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus >. Access on 4 April 2020.

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by Piter Keo | March 31, 2020 · 12:15 pm

New Species: March 2020

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

6 new actinobacteria: Arthrobacter bussei; Micromonospora pelagivivens; Georgenia wutianyii, Georgenia yuyongxinii; Streptomyces tailanensis; Streptomyces cahuitamycinicus;
11 new bacteroids: Antarcticibacterium arcticum; Pedobacter cryotolerans, Pedobacter cryophilus, Pedobacter frigiditerrae, Pedobacter psychroterrae, Pedobacter hiemivivus, Pedobacter frigidisoli, Pedobacter frigoris, Pedobacter psychrodurus, Pedobacter polaris; Hymenobacter lutimineralis;
1 new cyanobacterium: Nostoc neudorfense;
5 new firmicutes: Bacillus salinus; Bacillus fungorum; Vagococcus xieshaowenii; Cohnella fermenti; Streptococcus caledonicus; Lactobacillus enshiensis;
2 new fusobacteria: Oceanivirga miroungae; Streptobacillus canis;
2 new planctomycetes: Roseimaritima sediminicola; Aureliella helgolandensis;
31 new proteobacteria: Novosphingobium silvae; Pseudomonas piscis; Aquabacterium lacunae; Marinobacter denitrificans; Roseibium aestuarii; Methylobacterium nonmethylotrophicum; Chitinasiproducens palmae; Halomonas montanilacus; Halomonas piezotolerans; Ruegeria sediminis; Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum, Janthinobacterium aquaticum, Janthinobacterium rivuli; Methylotenera oryzisoli; Arenimonas fontis; Haemophilus seminalis; Yersinia canariae; Chimaeribacter arupi, Chimaeribacter coloradensis, Chimaeribacter californicus; Nocardioides euryhalodurans, Nocardioides seonyuensis; Vitreimonas flagellata; Antarcticimicrobium sediminis; Sulfurimonas xiamenensis, Sulfurimonas lithotrophica; Microbulbifer harenosus; Lysobacter lacus; Roseovarius arcticus; Azoarcus nasutitermitis, Azoarcus rhizosphaerae; Mesorhizobium alexandrii;

Archaeans

1 new euryarchaeote: Salinibaculum litoreum;

SARs

6 new ciliates: Clevelandella lynni, Nyctotherus galerus; Cyrtohymena seorakensis; Tetrahymena acanthophora, T. dugesiae, and T. nigricans;
3 new dinoflagellates: Pachena leibnizii, P. abriliae, P. meriddae;
1 new apicomplexan: Eimeria riparii;
6 new ochrophytes: Pinnularia baetica; Gomphonema chemeron; Sellaphora mayrii; Sellaphora wangii; Cymbella stigmacentralis, C. compactiformis;

*Phoebe hekouensis* is a new magnoliid from China. Credits to Liu et al. (2020).*

Plants

2 new rhodophytes: Sirodotia assamica; Calidia pseudolobata;
4 new chlorophytes: Chlorocladiella cochlea, C. erecta, C. medogensis, C. pisformis;
1 new pteridophyte: Lepisorus youxingii;
3 new magnoliids: Myristica trobogarii; Phoebe hekouensis; Cryptocarya kaengkrachanensis;
13 new monocots: Allium nerimaniae; Epidendrum machinense; Chascolytrum serranum; Liparis mai; Pseudoliparis sp.; Gastrodia gunatillekeorum; Platanthera jiuwanshanensis; Chamaedorea vanninii; Bulbophyllum trongsaense; Alocasia lihengiae; Sciaphila kozushimensis; Cheirostylis barbata; Monstera guzmanjacobiae; Aspidistra jiangjinensis;
35 new eudicots: Salvia rhizomatosa; Melastoma malabituin; Rinorea gemmulata; Lampranthus alboroseus; Stellaria pentastyla; Sonerila sulpheyi; Acridocarpus taitensis; Stellaria procumbens; Myrceugenia joinvillensis; Myrcia lucasae; Bauhinia corifolia; Hieracium richianum; Wahlenbergia itatiaiensis; Euphorbia pisima, E. steelpoortensis; Centaurea akroteriensis; Lythrum netofa; Hydrocotyle simulans; Begonia enoplocampa; Argostemma separatum; Begonia vasconselosiana; Eranthis tanhoensis; Pinguicula rosmarieae; Capsicum carassense; Ipomoea nivea, I. apodiensis, I. calcicola, I. pochutlensis, I. zacatecana, I. ramulosa; Sorbus gongshanensis; Onosma fuyunensis; Dischidia phuphanensis; Fothergilla milleri; Miconia lucenae;

*Pinguicula rosmariae* is a new butterwort from Peru. Credits to Casper et al. (2020).*

Fungi

*Ochraceocephala foeniculi* is a new fungus that attacks fennel plants in Italy. Credits to Aiello et al. (2020).*

*Lyomyces cremeus* is a new wood-inhabiting fungus from China. Credits to Chen & Zhao (2020).*

Sponges

5 new calcareans: Clathrina fakaravae, Clathrina huahineae, Ernstia variabilis, Leucascus digitiformis, Leucandra tahuatae;
3 new demosponges: Acantorna tahoma; Stellettinopsis capixaba, Stellettinopsis baiana;
1 new hexactinellid: Farrea cordelli;

*Chrysogorgia gracilis* is a new coral from the Pacific. Credits to Xu et al. (2020).*

Cnidarians

8 new hydrozoans: Cladocarpus asymmetricus, C. partitus, C. pennatus, Lytocarpia fragilis, L. pilosa, L. pseudoctenata, L. subtilis, Macrorhynchia spiralis;
3 new anthozoans: Chrysogorgia dendritica, Chrysogorgia fragilis, Chrysogorgia gracilis;
1 new myxozoan: Myxobolus adrianoi;

Flatworms

1 new rhabdocoel: Temnocephala ivandarioi;
5 new trematodes: Cryptocotyle dominicana; Gaharitrema droneni; Brachylaima succini; Allocreadium khankaiensis; Skrjabinopsolus nudidorsalis;
9 new cestodes: Emberizotaenia aeschlii, Anonchotaenia kornyushini, Biuterina jensenae, Raillietina hymenolepidoides, R. mahnerti; Phoreiobothrium sorrahcola; Scyphophyllidium timvickiorum, Clistobothrium amyae, Clistobothrium gabywalterorum;

*Temnocephala ivandarioi* is a new temnocephalan from the freshwater crab *Valdivia serrata* from Colombia. Credits to Lenis et al. (2020).*

Gastrotrichs

1 new species: Acanthodasys australis;

Rotiferans

1 new acanthocephalan: Moniliformis necromys;

Mollusks

Annelids

18 new polychaetes: Eunice conchinna, E. confusus, E. cultrifera, E. upoloae, Leodice diversidentata, L. jimedwardsi, L. tasmaniae; Spirobranchus sinuspersicus; Manayunkia occidentalis; Enchiridium daidai; Parougia spp.;
2 new clitellates: Aberrantidrius mihaljevici, Stylodrilus tofaceus;

Bryozoans

13 new species: Parasmittina acondylata, Metroperiella cotoensis, Microporella tonkinensis, Rhynchozoon setiavicularium, R. latiavicularium, Disporella phaohoa; Hippothoa catophilia, Plesiothoa densa, P. gerroa, Neothoa bilderbacki, Jessethoa ausubeli, Antarctothoa pansa, A. ballia;

Nematodes

12 new chromadoreans: Cloacina woworae, C. beveridgei, Cervonemella kaimanaensis; Sphaerolaimus callisto, Sphaerolaimus ganymede, Sphaerolaimus io; Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) spinicauda, Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) fasciati, Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) nudicauda, Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) euani, Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) elopsis; Acrostichus ziaelasi;

Tardigrades

6 new species: Moebjergarctus clarionclippertonensis; Macrobiotus wandae; Macrobiotus engbergi, Tenuibiotus zandrae; Cyaegharctus kitamurai; Echiniscus masculinus;

*Echiniscus masculinus* is a new water bear from Borneo. Credits to Gąsiorek et al. (2020).*

Chelicerates

*Parobisium* *motianense* is a new pseudoscorpion from China. Credits to Feng et al. (2020).*

Myriapods

38 new diplopodans: Catharosoma pedritense, Catharosoma promatense, Catharosoma ibirapuitense; Taiyutyla tillamook, Taiyutyla acuphora, Taiyutyla amicitia, Bollmanella bombus, Bollmanella washingtonensis, Bollmanella leonardi, Brunsonia pulchra, Brunsonia digitata, Brunsonia wenatchee, Brunsonia chelanoparva, Brunsonia chelanomagna, Brunsonia selwayana, Brunsonia benewah, Calityla siskiyou, Calityla ubicki, Calityla trinitaria, Calityla essigi, Calityla humboldtensis, Ovaskella ovaskae, Ovaskella sinuosa, Karagama ladybird, Complicatella pectenifera, Complicatella neili, Bifurcatella olympiana, Bifurcatella hoh, Bifurcatella angulata, Bifurcatella pacifica, Bifurcatella germania, Bifurcatella uniclada, Bifurcatella inflata, Bifurcatella hobo, Loomisiella evergreen, Loomisiella pylei; Trisaria rex, T. olympia, T. washingtonensis;

*Epimeria liui* is a new amphipod from the Pacific. Credits to Wang et al. (2020).*

Crustaceans

1 new cladoceran: Alpinalona fornshelli;
2 new tanaids: Unispinosus sp., Portaratrum sp.;
11 new amphipods: Eurythenes plasticus; Gondwanorchestia tristanensis; Rhachotropis reiwa; Eusirus bonnieri; Sigalopella ammophila, S. nigrofemoralis, S. armeniaca, S. rufifemoralis; Paraproto murrayae; Liljeborgia associata; Epimeria liui;
2 new decapods: Alpheus samudra; Fragillianassa joeli;

*Chlidopnoptera roxanae* is a new mantis from the Central African Republic. Credits to Moulin (2020).*

*Rustitermes boteroi* is a new termite from South America. Credits to Castro et al. (2020).*

Hexapods

*Didymocorypha* *libaii* is a new mantis from China. Credits to Wu & Liu (2020).*

Echinoderms

5 new asteroids: Lophaster cactorum, Paralophaster gomo, Hyalinothrix diversus, Hyaliothrix enoki, Hyalinothrix virtrispinum;
2 new holothuroids: Thyone brasiliana, Havelockia nietae;

*Cirripectes matatakaro* is a new blenny from the Central Pacific. Credits to Hoban & Williams (2020).*

Actinopterygians

1 new anguilliform: Ophichthus olivaceus;
1 new blenniiform: Cirripectes matatakaro;
4 new characiforms: Knodus cupariensis; Hemiodus tucupi; Creagrutus sp.; Hyphessobrycon chiribiquete;
1 new clupeiform: Encrasicholina sigma;
4 new cypriniforms: Garra barreimiae, Garra gallagheri; Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis; Psilorhynchus kamengensis;
2 new gadiforms: Euclichthys microdorsalis, E. robertsi;
1 new gobiiform: Silhouettea ghazalae;
2 new perciforms: Plectranthias cruentus; Verilus costai;

*Phrynobatrachus arcanus* is a new critically endangered frog from Cameroon. Credits to Gvoždík et al. (2020).*

Amphibians

*Smaug swazicus* is a new lizard from southern Africa. Credits to Bates & Stantley (2020).*

Reptiles

12 new squamates: Panaspis mocamedensis; Acanthodactylus lacrymae, A. montanus; Dryocalamus chithrasekarai; Cyrtodactylus evanquahi; Xylophis mosaicus; Hemiphyllodactylus ngwelwini, H. kyaiktiyoensis, H. pinlaungensis, H. zwegabinensis; Emydocephalus orarius; Smaug swazicus;

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by Piter Keo | March 4, 2020 · 1:05 am

New Species: February 2020

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

10 new actinobacteria: Cellulomonas shaoxiangyii; Brevilactibacter flavus; Microbacterium protaetiae; Bifidobacterium cebidarum, Bifidobacterium leontopitheci; Cutibacterium modestum; Cryobacterium ruanii, Cryobacterium breve; Agromyces badenianii; Micromonospora craterilacus;
11 new bacteroids: Flavobacterium sandaracinum, Flavobacterium caseinilyticum, Flavobacterium hiemivividum; Dyadobacter bucti; Niastella caeni; Sphingobacterium cavernae; Paramesonia marina; Ancylomarina longa; Filimonas effusa; Arthrospiribacter ruber; Tenacibaculum singaporense;
1 new chlamydia: Candidatus Chlamydia testudinis;
1 new cyanobacterium: Nostoc oromo;
16 new firmicutes: Exiguobacterium flavidum; Mycoplasma anserisalpingitidis; Blautia faecicola; Weissella sagaensis; Lactobacillus hegangensis, Lactobacillus suibinensis, Lactobacillus daqingensis , Lactobacillus yichunensis, Lactobacillus mulanensis, Lactobacillus achengensis, Lactobacillus wuchangensis, Lactobacillus gannanensis, Lactobacillus binensis, Lactobacillus angrenensis; Bacillus caeni; Planococcus lenghuensis;
28 new proteobacteria: Pseudolysobacter antarcticus; Paraburkholderia madseniana; Paraburkholderia flava; Elioraea rosea; Paracoccus alkanivorans; Paracoccus aurantiacus; Tabrizicola piscis; Halomonas urmiana; Pseudomonas haemolytica; Pseudomonas kirkiae; Rhabdaerophilum calidifontis; Aestuariirhabdus litorea; Sphingobium estronivorans, Sphingobium bisphenolivorans; Helicobacter labacensis, Helicobacter mehlei, Helicobacter vulpis; Methylicorpusculum oleiharenae; Massilia arenae; Pectobacterium parvum; Teredinibacter waterburyi; Seongchinamella unica; Methylobacterium terricola; Mumia zhuanghuii; Ochrobactrum teleogrylli; Bartonella kosoyi, Bartonella krasnovii; Erythrobacter insulae;
1 new verrucomicrobe: Phragmitibacter flavus;

*Teredinibacter waterburyi* is a new endosymbiotic bacterium from the gills of the mollusk *Bankia setacea*. Extracted from Altamia et al. (2020).

SARs

2 new ciliates: Uronema apomarinum, Homalogastra parasetosa;
1 new apicomplexan: Acroeimeria wiegmanni;
3 new ochrophytes: Neidium convolutum; Navicula watveae; Chaetoceros galeatus;
2 new oomycetes: Pythium subinflatum, P. xuzhouense;
1 new labyrinthulid: Labyrinthula diatomea;

*Dilochia deleoniae* is a new orchid from the Philippines. Credits to Tandang et al. (2020).*

Plants

Flower of *Solanum hydroides* a new solanum species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Credits to Gouvêa et al. (2020).*

Fungi

*Curvularia nanningensis* is a new pathogenic fungus from the lemon grass in China. Credits to Zhang et al. (2020).*

Cnidarians

2 new anthozoans: Iridogorgia densispicula, Iridogorgia squarrosa;

Rotiferans

8 new monogononts: Colurella asymmetrica, Lepadella hanneloreae, L. jingruae, L. weijiai, L.wilungulai, L. yangambi, Squatinella curviseta, S. longipila;

Flatworms

1 new prolecithophoran: Enterostomula densissimabursa;
7 new monogeneans: Atopogyrodactylus praecipuus; Dactylogyrus pisolabrae; Narcinecotyle longifilamentus; Markewitschiana agdazensis; Gobioecetes longibasis; Trinigyrus anthus, Trinigyrus carvalhoi;
4 new trematodes: Glossidiella peruensis; Allobacciger polynesiensis, Allobacciger brevicirrus, Allobacciger annulatus;
8 new cestodes: Mathevotaenia chamicalensis, Mathevotaenia yepesi; Paraorygmatobothrium bullardi, Paraorygmatobothrium campbelli, Paraorygmatobothrium deburonae, Paraorygmatobothrium mattisi; Reimeriella varioacantha, R. mexicoensis;

Annelids

35 new polychaetes: Leitoscoloplos cliffordi, L. gordaensis, L. lunulus, L. sahlingi, L. williamsae, Berkeleyia lelievre, Scoloplos californiensis, S. sparsaciculus, Leodamas bathyalis, Orbiniella abyssalis, O. eugeneruffi, O. grasslei, O. longilobata, O. rugosa, O. tumida; Lamprophaea cornuta, L. ockeri, L. paulayi, L. pettiboneae, L. pleijeli, L. poupini, Leocrates ahlfeldae, L. harrisae, L. mooreae, L. reishi, L. rizzoae, L. rousei, L. seidae, Leocratides jimii, Paralamprophaea bemisae, P. crosnieri, P. leslieae, P. meyeri; Syllis qamhiyn; Streblospio eridani;

*Craspedotropis gretathunbergae* is a new snail from Brunei. Credits to Schilthuizen et al. (2020).*

Mollusks

*Haliella seisuimaruae* is a new snail that lives as a parasite on sea urchins in Japan. Credits to Takano et al. (2020).*

Bryozoans

3 new species: Amathia brevisilva, Amathia reptopinnata, Amathia fimbria;

Nematodes

3 new chromadoreans: Microlaimus capitatus; Pratylenchoides ojcowensis; Triumphalisnema zuuei;
2 new enopleans: Cephalanticoma rugatusa; Paracapillaria (Paracapillaria) gastrica;

Tardigrades

1 new species: Styraconyx robertoi;

Male (left) and female (right) of *Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni*, a new spider from China. Credits to Lin et al. (2020).*

Arachnids

*Eocuma orbiculatum* is a new cumacean from the South Sea of Korea. Credits to Kim et al. (2020).*

Crustaceans

10 new copepods: Bradyetes paramatthei; Lernanthropus alepicolus, L. elegans, L. gnathanodontus, L. paracruciatus, L. pemphericola, L. selenotoca; Phyllodiaptomus (Phyllodiaptomus) roietensis; Acusicola margulisae; Sarsamphiascus hawaiiensis;
3 new cumaceans: Bodotria paraspinifera; Iphinoe indenticulata; Eocuma orbiculatum;
5 new mysids: Parvimysis pricei, P. laminata, P. brattegardi, P. ornata, P. nuda;
6 new amphipods: Pseudocrangonyx joolaei; Talorchestia lakshadweepensis; Leucothoe oxumae, Stenothoe ogumi; Maera sagamiensis; Niphargus keeleri;
6 new isopods: Alboscia jotajota, Androdeloscia akuanduba, Amazoniscus spica, Metaprosekia igatuensis; Crinoniscus stroembergi; Macrostylis metallicola;
8 new decapods: Pachelpheus pachyacanthus; Unesconia coibensis; Alpheus gallicus; Guinope tiara; Macrobrachium veredensis; Pugnatrypaea emanata; Munida alba; Lebbeus sokhobio;

*Lebbeus sokhobio* is a new abyssal shrimp from the Sea of Okhotsk, between Russia and Japan. Credits to Marin (2020).*

*Phyllium nisus* (left) and *Phyllium gardabagusi* (right) are two new leaf insects from Indonesia. Credits to Cumming et al. (2020).*

Hexapods

*Sporades jaechi* is a new beetle from New Caledonia. Credits to Liebherr (2020).*

*Oenopia shirkuhensis* is a new lady beetle from Iran. Credits to Khormizi & Nedvěd (2020)*.

Echinoderms

1 new crinoid: Atopocrinus ojii;
3 new ophiuroids: Ophioderma zibrowii, O. hybrida, O. africana;

Actinopterygians

2 new anguiliforms: Atractodenchelys brevitrunca; Heteroconger guttatus;
1 new characiform: Hemigrammus xaveriellus;
1 new clupeiform: Stolephorus tamilensis;
1 new perciform: Novaculops compressus;
3 new siluriforms: Bunocephalus hertzi; Corydoras rikbaktsa; Ammoglanis obliquus;

*Ammoglanis obliquus* is a new catfish from northern Brazil. Credits to Henschel et al. (2020).*

Amphibians

4 new anurans: Sarcohyla floresi; Nidirana guangdongensis, Nidirana mangveni, Nidirana xiangica;

Female (left) and male (right) of *Nidirana guangdongensis*, a new frog from China. Credits to Lyu et al. (2020).*

Reptiles

5 new squamates: Cyrtodactylus urbanus; Hemidactylus nzingae, Hemidactylus paivae; Dendrelaphis vogeli; Opisthotropis hungtai;

*Opisthotropis hungtai* is a new snake from China. Credits to Wang et al. (2020).*

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by Piter Keo | January 31, 2020 · 11:46 pm

New Species: January 2020

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

18 new actinobacteria: Senegalimassilia faecalis; Ornithinimicrobium cerasi; Embleya hyalina; Streptomyces qinzhouensis; Segeticoccus rhizosphaerae; Ornithinicoccus soli; Streptomyces aquilus; Saccharothrix deserti; Nesterenkonia muleiensis; Corynebacterium suranareeae; Xylanimonas allomyrinae; Arthrobacter ulcerisalmonis; Lysinimonas yzui; Jiangella asiatica, Jiangella aurantiaca, Jiangella ureilytica; Gordonia insulae; Marmoricola caldifontis;
14 new bacteroids: Dokdonia sinensis; Kaistella daneshvariae, Epilithonimonas vandammei; Muricauda alvinocaridis; Leeuwenhoekiella aestuarii; Urechidicola croceus; Algoriphagus kandeliae; Chitinophaga vietnamensis; Hymenobacter sediminis; Puteibacter caeruleilacunae; Sphingobacterium olei; Mangrovimonas spongiae; Robertkochia solimangrovi; Formosa sediminum;
1 new chloroflex: Dictyobacter vulcani;
11 new firmicutes: Leuconostoc litchii; Weissella muntiaci; Hydrogeniiclostidium mannosilyticum; Bacillus miscanthi; Lactobacillus mulieris; Paenibacillus ottowii; Paenibacillus paridis; Paenibacillus tepidiphilus; Psychrobacillus glaciei; Calorimonas adulescens; Vagococcus silagei;
1 new hadobacterium: Thermus thermamylovorans;
26 new proteobacteria: Tepidimonas charontis; Vulcaniibacterium gelatinicum; Bradyrhizobium ivorense; Fluviispira multicolorata, Silvanigrella paludirubra; Skermanella pratensis; Sphingorhabdus soli; Aidingimonas lacisalsi; Paracoccus aeridis; Pseudomonas carnis; Alteromonas portus; Carideicomes alvinocaridis; Devosia ginsengisoli; Sphingomonas solaris; Hypericibacter terrae, Hypericibacter adhaerens; Halioglobus maricola; Methylobacterium crusticola; Acetobacter oryzoeni; Shewanella polaris; Gemmobacter caeruleus; Ferrovibrio terrae; Saezia sanguinis; Serratia nevei, Serratia bockelmannii; Campylobacter portucalensis;
1 new verrucomicrobe: Rariglobus hedericola;
1 new species from a new phylum: Candidatus Mcinerneyibacterium aminivorans;

*Campylobacter portucalensis* is a new proteobacterium isolated from the preputial mucosa of a bull in Portugal. Credits to Silva et al. (2020).*

Archaeans

1 new crenarchaeote: Sulfuracidifex tepidarius;
3 new euryarchaeotes: Salinigranum halophilum; Natrialba swarupiae; Halostella litorea;
The very first lokiarchaeote: Candidatus Prometheoarchaeum syntrophicum;

SARs

1 new ciliate: Paraurostyla wuhanensis;
1 new apicomplexan: Eimeria sp.;
4 new ochrophytes: Navicula gogorevii; Humidophila eldfjallii; Frankophila dalevittii; Nupela brevistriata;

*Alseodaphnopsis maguanensis* is a new lauracean tree from China. Credits to Li et al. (2020).*

*Colocasia kachinensis* is a new aroid from Myanmar. Credits to Zhou et al. (2020).*

Plants

*Bulbophyllum papuaense* is a new orchid from Papua. Credits to Lin et al. (2020).*

*Begonia chenii* is a new begonia from Myanmar. Credits to Maw et al. (2020).*

Fungi

Poriferans

4 new demosponges: Clathria (Axosuberites) retamalesi; Potamolepis bhangazi, Acanthotylotra xingu; Swartschewskia khanaevi;
1 new homoscleromorph: Plakina doudou;
1 new calcarean: Leucosolenia qingdaoensis;

Cnidarians

1 new myxozoan: Kudoa ajurutellus;

Rotiferans

2 new acanthocephalan: Tenuisoma tarapungi; Pseudoacanthocephalus goodmani;

Flatworms

4 new rhabdcoels: Proschizorhynchus algarvensis, P. arnautsae, P. troglodytus, Schizochilus coninxae;
8 new monogeneans: Cosmetocleithrum berecae, Cosmetocleithrum nunani, Demidospermus tocantinensis; Dactylogyrus pisolabrae; Pseudorhabdosynochus kasetsartensis; Pronotogrammella boegeri, Pr. scholzi, Pr. multifasciatus;
1 new trematode: Ithyoclinostomum yamagutii;
1 new cestode: Armadolepis genovi;

Annelids

4 new polychaetes: Marphysa gaditana, Marphysa chirigota; Composetia kumensis, C. tokashikiensis;

Mollusks

7 new gastropods: Enigmaticolus inflatus; Diplommatina boessnecki; Cratena poshitraensis, Cratena pawarshindeorum; Berthella nebula, Berthella vialactea, Berthella andromeda;
1 new bivalvian: Trapezidens yeti;

Bryozoans

4 new species: Hippomonavella charrua; Setosella cyclopensis, S. rossanae, S. alfioi;

Nematodes

Tardigrades

1 new species: Diphascon wuyingensis;

Arachnids

Myriapods

10 new diplopodans: Dolistenus garciaparisi; Epanerchodus campus, Epanerchodus bishou; Nepalmatoiulus sichuanensis, N. chinensis, N. muli, N. tianbaoshanensis, N. pallidus, N. weixi, N. immaturus;

Crustaceans

3 new ostracods: Copytus cuspidata, C. wuerdigae; Semicytherura obitsuensis;
5 new copepods: Boholina laorsriae; Rhinergasilus digitus; Mastigodiaptomus alexei, M. ha, M. cihuatlan;
1 new cumacean: Marmacuma samimei;
3 new amphipods: Heterophoxus shoemakeri; Limnoporeia infirmichelata; Protodulichia scandens;
3 new decapods: Anisopagurus asteriscus, Pagurus alarius; Diogenes minimus;

*Deuteraphorura muranensis* is a new cave-dwelling springtail from Slovakia. Credits to Parimuchová et al. (2020).*

*Vates phenix* is a new mantis from Brazil. Credits to Rivera et al. (2020).*

Hexapods

*Pseudolebinthus lunipterus* is a new cricket from Malawi. Credits to Salazar et al. (2020).*

Actinopterygians

1 new anguilliform: Ophichthus kailashchandrai;
1 new characiform: Varicharax nigrolineatus;
2 new cichliforms: Palaeoplex palimpsest, Lufubuchromis relictus;
1 new clupeiform: Stolephorus babarani;
3 new cypriniforms: Osteobrama tikarpadaensis; Enteromius yardiensis; Psilorhynchus nahlongthai;
1 new siluriform: Microcambeva filamentosa;

*Enteromius yardiensis* is a new fish from Ethiopia. Credits to Englmaier et al. (2020).*

Amphibians

4 new anurans: Megophrys caobangensis; Megophrys xianjuensis; Walkerana muduga; Nidirana yeae;

*Nidirana yeae* is a new Music frog from China. Credits to Wei et al. (2020).*

Reptiles

21 new squamates: Cyrtodactylus dattkyaikensis, C. taungwineensis; Cyrtodactylus crustulus; Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus; Asthenodipsas borneensis; Gonatodes sp.; Gonatodes machelae; Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis, H. peninsularis; Crotalus spp.; Gehyra gemina, G. arnhemica, G. lauta, G. lapistola, G. calcitectus, G. chimera; Riolama grandis, R. stellata; Alopoglossus avilapiresae, A. collii;

*Gehyra arnhemica* (left) and *Gehyra gemina* (right) are two new geckos from Australia. Credits to Oliver et al. (2020).*

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by Piter Keo | January 1, 2020 · 2:16 am

New Species: December 2019

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

13 new actinobacteria: Flexivirga caeni; Cumulibacter soli; Glycomyces buryatensis; Herbidospora galbida; Microbacterium wangchenii; Frankia soli; Amycolatopsis acidicola; Agromyces protaetiae; Bifidobacterium tibiigranuli; Tessaracoccus antarcticus; Modestobacter excelsi; Kribbella capetownensis, Kribbella speibonae;
2 new bacteroids: Lacibacter luteus; Hymenobacter jejuensis;
1 new cyanobacteria: Reptodigitus chapmanii;
3 new firmicutes: Anaerosphaera multitolerans; Psychrobacillus vulpis; Halalkalibacillus sediminis;
14 new planctomycetes: Limnoglobus roseus; Anaerohalosphaera lusitana, Limihaloglobus sulfuriphilus; Lacipirellula parvula; Novipirellula artificiosorum, Novipirellula aureliae, Novipirellula galeiformis; Rubripirellula amarantea, Rubripirellula tenax, Rubripirellula reticaptiva; Rhodopirellula heiligendammensis, Rhodopirellula pilleata, Rhodopirellula solitaria; Alienimonas californiensis;
21 new proteobacteria: Thalassocella blandensis; Rheinheimera sediminis; Segnochrobactrum spirostomi; Elioraea thermophila; Rhodobacter sediminicola; Rhodobacter flagellatus; Novosphingobium umbonatum; Phytobacter palmae; Luteimonas yindakuii; Nioella ostreopsis; Algoriphagus aquimaris; Pararobbsia silviterrae; Lysobacter alkalisoli; Polymorphobacter arshaanensis; Pseudocitrobacter vendiensis; Roseomonas vastitatis; Francisella opportunistica; Salinibius halmophilus; Vibrio taketomensis; Corallincola spongiicola; Candidatus Methylobacter oryzae;
1 new spirochaete: Borrelia maritima;
2 new tenericutes: Mycoplasma nasistruthionis, Mycoplasma struthionis;

*Rhodopirellula* *heiligendammensis* (Poly21), *Rhodopirellula pilleata* (Pla100), and *Rhodopirellula solitaria* (CA85) are three new plancomycetes. Credits to Kallscheuer et al. (2019).

SARs

2 new ciliates: Apolitonotus lynni, Protolitonotus clampi;
1 new apicomplexan: Theileria lupei;
3 new ochrophytes: Planothidium kaetherobertianum; Lobophora caboverdeana, L. dagamae;

*Linum* *aksehirense* is a new flax species from Turkey. Credits to Tugay & Ulukuş (2019).*

Plants

5 new rhodophytes: Gayliella ardissonei, G. iemanja, G. tamoiensis, G. jolyana; Schizymenia jonssonii;
1 new chlorophyte: Droopiella limnetica;
1 new marchantiophyte: Leptolejeunea nigra;
3 new lycophytes: Phlegmariurus cocuyensis, P. idroboi, and P. josesantae;
2 new pteridophytes: Hymenophyllum exquisitum; Stegnogramma australis;
3 new magnoliids: Magnolia archilana, Magnolia tribouillierana; Magnolia napoensis;
12 new monocots: Chusquea limensis; Bulbophyllum rinkei; Sarcoglottis neillii; Geschollia spp.; Chlorophytum tillariense; Habenaria gracilisegmenta; Dichorisandra striatula; Araeococcus lageniformis;
39 new eudicots: Eugenia quiriri, Myrceugenia basicordata; Eugenia andiraana, E. libens, Myrcia iranduba, M. javariana, M. piptocalyx, Plinia rufiflora; Bredia malipoensis; Zeravschania khorasanica, Z. podlechii; Peucedanum akaliniae; Begonia depressinerva; Youngia jiulongshanensis; Ceropegia chuakulii; Begonia dinhdui, B. bacmeensis; Amana baohuaensis; Cynoglossum dalianum; Syzygium guamense, Syzygium mesekerrak; Crassothonna agaatbergensis; Rindera cetineri; Cousinia agridaghensis; Alysicarpus bhuibavadensis; Salacia pueblana; Silene sunhangii; Zahora ait-atta; Tryssophyton quadrifolius; Linum aksehirense; Phyllanthus huamotensis, P. chantaranothaii; Aeschynomene chicocesariana; Bernardia allemii; Dalechampia margarethiae; Turnera acangatinga, T. ibateguara; Fritzschia atropurpurea; Monteiroa rubra; Besleria discreta; Solanum adamantium;

*Zahora ait-atta* is a new cabbage cousin from Morocco. Credits to Koch & Lemmel (2019).*

Fungi

1 new mucoromycete: Gongronella zunyiensis;
10 new ascomycetes: Phyllachora dendrocalami-membranacei, P. dendrocalami-hamiltonii; Kamalia indica; Diaporthe sinensis; Strelitziana sarbhoyi; Ochroconis helicteris; Geopora sinensis; Longihyalospora ampeli; Wickerhamomyces psychrolipolyticus; Beltrania sinensis;
15 new basidiomycetes: Calocybe erminea; Entoloma conchatum, E. flabellatum, E. gregarium, E. pleurotoides, E. reductum; Aroramyces guanajuatensis; Fuscoporia ramulicola, Fuscoporia acutimarginata; Aureoboletus glutinosus, A. griseorufescens, A. raphanaceus, A. sinobadius, A. solus, A. velutipes;

*Aureoboletus glutinosus* is a new mushroom from China. Credits to Zhang et al. (2019).*

Cnidarians

6 new anthozoans: Speirogorgia robertbollandi; Trichogorgia spp.; Epizoanthus xenomorphoideus, E. australis, E. gorgonus;

Flatworms

3 new macrostomids: Macrostomum janickei, Macrostomum mirumnovem, Macrostomum cliftonensis;
1 new rhabdocoel: Collastoma esotericum;
1 new trematode: Caudotestis dobrovolski;

Mollusks

5 new gastropods: Sinorachis baihu; Muangnua arborea; Antrorbis tennesseensis; Atrimitra isolata; Radix dgebuadzei;
3 new bivalvians: Pusillolucina arabica, P. africana, P. biritika;
1 new cephalopod: Euprymna brenneri;

*Sinorachis baihu* is a new snail from China. Credits to Wu et al. (2019).*

Annelids

4 new polychaetes: Sigambra hernandezi, S. diazi, S. ligneroi, S. olivai;

*Sigambra olivai* is a new polychaete from the Caribbean. Credits to Salazar-Vallejo et al. (2019).*

Nematodes

1 new species: Aoruroides chubudaigaku;

Arachnids

Myriapods

2 new diplopods: Orthomorpha caramel, O. vietnamica;
5 new chilopods: Rhysida ikhalama, Rhysida konda, Rhysida lewisi, Rhysida pazhuthara, Rhysida sada;

Crustaceans

4 new copepods: Bicorniphontodes clarae; Acartia nadiensis; Caligus chinglonglini, C. kajii;
1 new leptostracan: Nebalia tagiri;
5 new amphipods: Cephalophoxoides fortisetus, Cephalophoxoides obtusimanus; Seba longimera; Acutocoxae ogilvieae; Cerrorchestia taboukeli;
10 new decapods: Conchoecetes atlas, C avikele, C. chanty, C. investigator, C. pembawa; Periclimenella agattii; Pilumnus mantelattoi; Australatya hawkei; Pagurus pseudoalbus; Aegla nebeccana;

*Nebalia tagiri* is a new leptostracan from Japan. Credits to Hirata et al. (2019).*

Hexapods

Head of *Amblycheila katzi*, a new tiger beetle from the USA. Credits to Duran & Roman (2019).*

Echinoderms

2 new asteroids: Limnasterias oinops, L. estradivariae;
1 new holoturoid: Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) viridiaurantia;

*Holothuria viridiaurantia* is a new sea cucumber from the Pacific. Credits to Borrero-Pérez & Vanegas-González (2019).*

Actinopterygians

4 new anguilliforms: Muraenichthys longirostris; Ophichthus semilunatus, Ophichthus brevidorsalis; Gymnothorax pharaonis;
4 new aulopiforms: Lestrolepis nigroventralis, Lestidium orientale; Stemonosudis multifasciatus, Stemonosudis retrodorsalis;
1 new characiform: Hyphessobrycon rheophilus;
1 new clupeiform: Sardinella alcyone;
4 new cypriniforms: Homatula anteridorsalis, Homatula cryptoclathrata, Homatula nigra; Phoxinus krkae;
1 new gadiiform: Pterophycis spatium;
1 new gobiiform: Lebetus patzneri;
3 new lophiiforms: Oneirodes formosanus, Gigantactis cheni; Malthopsis formosa;
1 new ophidiiform: Onuxodon albometeori;
1 new perciform: Ichthyscopus pollicaris;
2 new scorpaeniforms: Pterygotrigla (Otohime) madagascarensis; Scorpaena regina;
6 new siluriforms: Imparfinis munduruku; Sturisomatichthys reinae, Sturisomatichthys guaitipan, Sturisomatichthys varii; Spinipterus moijiri; Cambeva horacioi;
4 new stomiiforms: Eustomias (Dinematochirus) dendrobium, Eustomias (Haploclonus) stamen, Eustomias (Nominostomias) tritentaculatus; Diplophos vicinia;

Amphibians

5 new anurans: Ischnocnema bocaina; Zhangixalus pachyproctus; Ameerega panguana, Ameerega imasmari; Sarcohyla toyota;
1 new caudate: Aneides caryaensis;

Reptiles

5 new squamates: Sibon ayerbeorum; Panaspis tsavoensis; Amphisbaena spp.; Liolaemus tajzara;

*Liolaemus tajzara* is a new lizard from Bolivia. Credits to Abdala et al. (2019).*

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by Piter Keo | November 30, 2019 · 6:18 pm

New Species: November 2019

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

21 new actinobacteria: Streptomyces paludis; Streptomyces otsuchiensis; Streptomyces roseicoloratus; Gryllotalpicola protaetiae; Nonomuraea deserti, Nonomuraea diastatica, Nonomuraea longispora, Nonomuraea mesophila; Paraconexibacter algicola; Nakamurella flava; Nesterenkonia salmonea, Nesterenkonia sphaerica; Cryptosporangium phraense; Microbispora catharanthi; Serinibacter arcticus; Naasia lichenicola; Tsukamurella asaccharolytica, Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis, Tsukamurella sputi; Desertihabitans brevis; Corynebacterium sanguinis;
13 new bacterioids: Faecalibacter macacae; Maribacter algicola; Pleomorphovibrio marinus; Flavobacterium psychrotolerans; Flavobacterium microcysteis; Gramella sabulilitoris; Seonamhaeicola maritimus; Flavicella sediminum; Formosa maritima; Arenibacter aquaticus; Dyadobacter flavalbus; Tamlana fucoidanivorans; Thermaurantimonas aggregans;
2 new chloroflexes: Ktedonosporobacter rubrisoli; Tepidiforma bonchosmolovskayae;
2 new cyanobacteria: Neowollea manoromense; Nodosilinea signiensis;
7 new firmicutes: Erysipelothrix piscisicarius; Paenibacillus protaetiae; Paenibacillus antri, Paenibacillus mesophilus; Absicoccus porci; Sediminibacillus terrae; Gudongella oleilytica;
30 new proteobacteria: Asticcacaulis tiandongensis; Sphingobium fluviale; Glycocaulis profundi; Mixta tenebrionis; Altererythrobacter rhizovicinus; Paracoccus liaowanqingii; Croceicoccus sediminis; Photobacterium salinisoli; Eikenella exigua; Vogesella urethralis; Luteimonas lumbrici; Pseudidiomarina gelatinasegens; Vibrio sinensis, Vibrio viridaestus; Enterobacter wuhouensis, Enterobacter quasihormaechei; Roseovarius spongiae; Campylobacter armoricus; Pseudomonas saxonica; Rubrivivax albus; Haliea alexandrii; Nitrincola tapanii; Pseudomonas rhizoryzae; Pseudorivibacter rhizosphaerae; Shewanella maritima; Pseudooceanicola onchidii; Marinobacter fonticola; Sphingomonas populi; Mesorhizobium intechi; Halomonas borealis, Halomonas niordiana;

SARs

2 new oomycetes: Halophytophthora souzae, H. insularis;
9 new ochrophytes: Neidiomorpha dianshaniana; Gomphosinica selincuoensis; Cymbella hechiensis; Mallomonas lamii; Phaeoschizochlamys santosii, Phaeoschizochlamys siveri, Phaeothamnion wetherbeei, Stichogloea dopii, Stichogloea fawleyi;
2 new apicomplexans: Haemoproteus obainae, Haemoproteus deharoi;

*Eudorina compacta* is a new green alga from Lake Victoria. Credits to Kawachi et al. (2019).*

Plants

2 new rhodophytes: Sporolithon amadoi; Hildenbrandia japananense;
1 new chlorophyte: Eudorina compacta;
1 new pteridophyte: Stegnogramma australis;
11 new monocots: Cymbidium atrolabium; Phragmipedium sp.; Cyrtopodium vestitum; Festuca devesae; Chascolytrum neobulbosum; Chlorospatha minima, Chlorospatha silverstonei; Piresia tenella; Habenaria gracilisegmenta; Dichorisandra striatula; Araeococcus lageniformis;
34 new eudicots: Euphorbia minuscula; Begonia medeiroii; Begonia handibadaganathensis; Begonia bachulkarii; Begonia itaipeensis; Tetrathylacium longirachis, T. sarayakuorum; Thesium aspermontanum, T. dmmagiae, T. neoprostratum, T. nigroperianthum, T. rhizomatum, T. stirtonii; Pinguicula simulans; Ombrophytum villamariensis; Neobartsia matuy; Aeschynomene eridesii; Lantana caudata; Atriplex turcica; Ainsliaea simplicissima; Siphocranion flavidum; Silene orientoalborzensis, S. circumcarmanica; Chrysosplenium macrospermum; Camellia debaoensis; Aeschynomene chicocesariana; Bernardia allemii; Dalechampia margarethiae; Turnera acangatinga, T. ibateguara; Fritzschia atropurpurea; Monteiroa rubra; Besleria discreta; Solanum adamantium;

*Chrysosplenium* *macrospermum* is a new eudicot from China. Credits to Kim et al. (2019).*

Fungi

2 new glomeromycetes: Diversispora peloponnesiaca; Nanoglomus plukenetiae;
15 new ascomycetes: Pseudoplagiostoma myracrodruonis; Keissleriella bambusicola; Tubeufia sahyadriensis; Strigula oleistrata; Simplicillium formicae; Leptographium breviuscapum, L. conplurium, L. pseudoalbum, L. rhizoidum, L. sylvestris, L. xiningense; Saturnispora mangrovi; Saccharomycopsis oxydans; Torulaspora nypae; Aspergillus yunnanensis;
11 new basidiomycetes: Fomitopsis ginkgonis; Fulvifomes yoroui; Ganoderma weixiensis; Phragmidium altaicum; Trechispora yunnanensis; Amylosporus annosus; Heterocephalacria sinensis, Phaeotremella lacus, Solicoccozyma aquatica; Mycosarcoma aegyptiacum; Ochropsora staphyleae;

*Simplicillium formicae* is a new fungus that parasitizes ants in Thailand. Credits to Wei et al. (2019).*

Sponges

4 new demosponges: Lissodendoryx (L.) barkleyensis, L. (L.) littoralis, L. (L.) toxaraphida, Myxilla (Myxilla) austini;

Cnidarians

1 new anthozoan: Trissopathes grasshoffi;

Flatworms

2 new polyclads: Bisacculosuteri marcelae, Paraplanocera oligoglenoides;
2 new rhabdocoelans: Alcha sinensis, Trigonostomum sinensis;
1 new triclad: Winsoria bipatria;
3 new monogeneans: Rhinoxenus cachorra; Biotodomella mirospinata; Calicotyle hydrolagi;
1 new trematode: Atriophallophorus winterbourni;

Mollusks

1 new bivalvian: Contradens novoselovi;
3 new gastropod: Onchidium melakense; Chromodoris celinae, Chromodoris helium;

*Onchidium* *melakense* is a new slug from Southeast Asia. Credits to Dayrat et al. (2019).*

Annelids

1 new clitellate: Graliophilus zeilensis;

Nemerteans

1 new species: Dushia wijnhoffae;

Nematomorphs

1 new species: Gordius terrestris;

Nematodes

5 new species: Cribronema sturhani; Perspiria boucheri; Spinitectus (Paraspinitectus) palmyraensis; Mesacanthion jejuensis; Falcaustra samarensis;

Tardigrades

2 new species: Milnesium cassandrae; Neoechiniscoides aski;

Arachnids

*Heptathela sumiyo* is a new spider from Japan. Credits to Xu et al. (2019).*

Myiapods

Crustaceans

1 new cirripede: Pyrgoma spurtruncata;
11 new amphipods: Crangonyx ephemerus, Crangonyx pseudoephemerus; Hyalella cheyennis; Galeatylus coripes; Exiliphotis petila, Latigammaropsis careocavata, Photis bronca, Photis posterolobus, Photis longicarpus, Podoceropsis insinuomanus, Podoceropsis pseudoclavapes;
2 new isopods: Bambalocra intwala; Gnathia bermudensis;
5 new decapods: Iridopagurus martinvaz, Nematopagurus micheleae, Pagurus carmineus; Caridina biyiga; Munidopsis spinifrons;

Hexapods

*Croscherichia armass* is a new beetle from Morocco. Credits to Ruiz et al. (2019).*

Chondrichthyans

1 new carcharhiniform: Akheilos suwartanai;

Actinopterygians

2 new atheriniforms: Melanotaenia wilsoni, M. sahulensis;
7 new characiforms: Rhinopetitia paucirastra, R. oligolepis, R. melanohumeralis, R. nigrofasciata; Moenkhausia restricta; Hyphessobrycon veredus; Characidium chicoi;
1 new cichliform: Thysochromis emili;
2 new cypriniforms: Garra magnacavus; Oreonectes guilinensis;
4 new siluriforms: Parotocinclus adamanteus; Pareuchiloglanus arcuatum, P. longicauda, P. posteranalis;
1 new zoarcoid: Melanostigma thalassium;

Amphibians

2 new anurans: Polypedates bengalensis; Megophrys shunhuangensis;

Reptiles

4 new squamates: Cyrtodactylus sp.; Cyrtodactylus muangfuangensis; Acanthosaura tongbiguanensis; Psammophylax kellyi;

*Acanthosaura tongbiguanensis* is a new lizard from China. Credits to Liu & Rao (2019).*

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by Piter Keo | September 30, 2019 · 12:42 pm

New Species: September 2019

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

8 new actinobacteria: Haloactinobacterium glacieicola; Nocardioides yefusunii; Nocardioides guangzhouensis; Nocardioides vastitatis; Antribacter gilvus; Rhodoluna limnophila; Microlunatus speluncae; Nocardia panacis;
6 new bacteroids: Flavobacterium ranwuense; Flavobacterium cellulosilyticum; Mucilaginibacter gilvus; Sphingobacterium puteale; Bacteroides faecalis; Chryseobacterium candidae;
8 new firmicutes: Paenibacillus xylanivorans; Paenibacillus thalictri; Paenibacillus pinistramenti; Schaedlerella arabinosiphila; Biomaibacter acetigenes; Bacillus cabrialesii; Bacillus lacisalsi; Lactobacillus xujianguonis;
15 new proteobacteria: Pseudomonas tructae; Methylobacterium oryzihabitans; Methylobacterium durans; Bradyrhizobium frederickii; Leucothrix sargassi; Salaquimonas pukyongi; Halobacteriovorax vibrionivorans; Rhodoferax bucti; Rhodoligotrophos defluvii; Lampropedia aestuarii; Halomonas radicis; Marinomonas agarivorans; Lichenihabitans psoromatis; Entomomonas moraniae; Rhizobium glycinendophyticum; Lacisediminimonas profundi;

Archaeans

1 new species: Halobellus captivus;

SARs

2 new ciliates: Chlamydodon pararoseus; Oxytricha seokmoensis;
1 new oomycete: Aphanomyces brasiliensis;
1 new diatom: Nediomorpha gusevii;

*Bolbitis lianhuachihensis* is a new fern from Taiwan. Credits to Chao et al. (2019).*

Plants

*Codonoboea* *norakhirrudiniana* is a new flowering plant from Malaysia. Credits to Kiew and Lim (2019).*

*Swertia hon*gquanii is a new flowering plant from China. Credits to Li et al. (2019).*

Amoebozoans

1 new mycetozoan: Echinostelium microsporum;
1 new discosean: Vannella samoroda;

Fungi

1 new mucoromycete: Gongronella sichuanensis;
15 new ascomycetes: Murispora aquatica; Cordyceps qingchengensis; Tremateia murispora; Neopestalotiopsis hadrolaeliae; Thyrostroma ephedricola; Colletotrichum artocarpicola; Seiridium chinense; Paraisaria orthopterorum, P. phuwiangensis, P. yodhathaii; Beauveria peruviensis; Simplicillium cicadellidae, S. formicidae, S. lepidopterorum; Metarhizium brachyspermum;
15 new basidiomycetes: Heimioporus sinensis; Marasmiellus griseobrunneus; Lactarius brunneocinnamomeus; Infundibulicybe kotanensis; Protomerulius commotus, Protomerulius hebes, Protomerulius madidus, Protomerulius pertusus, Psilochaete multifora; Inocybe botaurina, I. bombina, I. undinea; Clavulina mahiscolorata, C. parvispora; Clitopilus lampangensis;

*Clitopilus lampangensis* is a new mushroom from Thailand. Credits to Kumla et al. (2019).*

Sponges

*Tsitsikamma michaeli* is a new sponge from South Africa. Credits to Parker-Nance et al. (2019).*

Cnidarians

4 new anthozoans: Swiftia sahlingi; Ceriantheomorphe adelita; Porites farasani, Porites hadramauti;

Flatworms

2 new planarians: Cratera obsidiana, Luteostriata subtilis;
2 new monogeneans: Gyrodactylus decemmaculati, Gyrodactylus breviradix;
4 new trematodes: Asaccotrema vietnamiense; Galactosomum otepotiense; Brachylaima lignieuhadrae; Notocotylus primulus;

Bryozoans

1 new species: Pleurocodonellina jeparaensis;

Annelids

Mollusks

1 new gastropod: Satsuma guandi;

Nematodes

1 new species: Labrys khuzestanensis;

Tardigrades

3 new species: Cryoconicus antiarktos, Ramazzottius sabatiniae; Macrobiotus caelestis;

Arachnids

3 new mites: Leptus (Leptus) haitlingeri; Diptilomiopus indogangeticus, Diptilomiopus mohanasundarami;
7 new spiders: Otacilia fansipan; Apopyllus kanguery; Extraordinarius andrematosi, E. brucedickinsoni, E. klausmeinei, E. rickalleni; Teyl heuretes;
2 new pseudoscorpions: Neochelanops unsaac; Spelaeochernes popeye;
5 new harvestmen: Panzosus comayagua, Panzosus cusuco, Panzosus giribeti, Panzosus marginalis, Panzosus roeweri;

Myriapods

2 new diplopods: Taiyutyla caseophila, Opiona catorycha;

*Petrolisthes virgilius* is a new crab from the Caribbean. Credits to Hiller and Werding (2019).*

*Tanaella quintanai* is a new tanaid crustacean from Colombia. Credits to Morales-Núñez and Ardila (2019).*

Crustaceans

2 new copepods: Monstrilla chetumalensis; Dermoergasilus cichlidus;
1 new ascothoracid: Synagoga arabesque;
1 new tanaid: Tanaella quintanai;
1 new amphipod: Polycheria spongoteras;
3 new isopods: Alpioniscus busljetai; Xiphoarcturus kussakini, Xiphoarcturus carinatus;
9 new decapods: Cinetorhynchus gabonensis; Macrobrachium chainatense; Strengeriana quindiensis; Pugettia ferox; Arcithelphusa tumpikkai; Petrolisthes virgilius; Caridina enbilului, Caridina enkii, Caridina shahrazadae;

*Acerentulus bulgaricus* is a new proturan from Bulgaria. Credits to Shrubovych et al. (2019).*

Hexapods

*Panorpa jinhuaensis* is a new scorpionfly from China. Credits to Wang et al. (2019).*

Tunicates

1 new species: Botrylloides conchyliatus;

Actinopterygians

5 new siluriforms: Cetopsis aspis; Pimelodella yaharo; Batrochoglanis castaneus; Baryancistrus micropunctatus, Baryancistrus hadrostomus;
4 new cypriniforms: Paraschistura makranensis; Pseudophoxinus cilicicus; Garra roseae; Enteromius thespesios;
1 new gadiform: Physiculus cirm;
2 new perciforms: Centropomus irae; Epinephelus fuscomarginatus;

Amphibians

1 new anuran: Microhyla eos;

*Lycodon pictus* is a new snake from Vietnam. Credits to Janssen et al. (2019).*

Reptiles

11 new squamates: Cyrtodactylus dayangbuntingensis; Cyrtodactylus manos; Cordylus phonolithos; Hebius sangzhiensis; Saurodactylus splendidus, S. harrisii, S. slimanii, S. elmoudenii; Achalinus yunkaiensis; Lycodon pictus; Liopeltis pallidonuchalis;
1 new crocodile: Crocodylus halli;

*Crododylus halli* is a new species of crocodile from New Guinea. Photo extracted from Murray et al. (2019).

Mammals

1 new rodent: Chaetodipu s durangae;

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by Piter Keo | August 31, 2019 · 3:39 pm

New Species: August 2019

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria