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

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

SARs

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

Plants

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

Fungi

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

Cnidarians

Flatworms

Mollusks

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

Annelids

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

Nematodes

Arachnids

Myriapods

Crustaceans

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

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

Actinopterygians

Amphibians

Reptiles

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

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