Latest Articles from Check List Latest 11 Articles from Check List https://checklist.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:03:35 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://checklist.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Check List https://checklist.pensoft.net/ First record of a potentially introduced leech, Helobdella aff. robusta Shankland, Bissen & Weisblat, 1992 (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae), in Japan https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/104908/ Check List 19(4): 473-477

DOI: 10.15560/19.4.473

Authors: Chiaki Kambayashi, Takafumi Nakano

Abstract: Helobdella aff. robusta Shankland, Bissen & Weisblat, 1992 is recorded for the first time from Japan. The haplotype of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequence of a specimen from Japan is identical to that of one collected in California, USA. The dorsal pigmentation pattern of the Japanese specimens is different from that of H. robusta inhabiting North America, but nonetheless, most of their morphological characteristics are con-sistent with the diagnostic features of this species. This species is considered to be of New World origin, and the Japanese population was likely established from a recent introduction.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Wed, 5 Jul 2023 18:27:00 +0300
First record of the terrestrial predatory leech, Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975 (Clitellata, Hirudinea, Erpobdelliformes), from Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/74195/ Check List 17(6): 1487-1491

DOI: 10.15560/17.6.1487

Authors: Larisa A. Prozorova, Takafumi Nakano

Abstract: The terrestrial predatory leech of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 is recorded for the first time from Moneron Island, which is located southwest of Sakhalin, Russia. Morphological characteristics of the Moneron Orobdella clarify its taxonomic identification as O. kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975, which is indigenous to Hokkaido Island in the Japanese Archipelago. The occurrence data extends the northernmost range of the genus Orobdella and shows that the leech fauna is shared between Moneron Island and Hokkaido.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Mon, 8 Nov 2021 16:53:00 +0200
Cognettia sphagnetorum (Vejdovský, 1878) (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) in North America, confirmed with molecular support https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/61975/ Check List 17(3): 979-983

DOI: 10.15560/17.3.979

Authors: Will K. Reeves, Jeremy R. Shaw, Mark J. Wetzel

Abstract: Cognettia sphagnetorum (Vejdovský, 1878), a common inhabitant of forest soils and bogs in northern Europe, is a model organism in soil biology. We report the first documented occurrence of C. sphagnetorum in North America, based on DNA sequencing from a Sphagnum bog in western Washington, USA. Sequences were identical to that of worms from Sweden and the Czech Republic.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:21:00 +0300
New record of Halla okudai Imajima, 1967 (Annelida, Eunicida, Oenonidae) from Fukue Island in the Goto Islands, Japan https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/54281/ Check List 16(5): 1199-1203

DOI: 10.15560/16.5.1199

Authors: Genki Kobayashi, Ryo Mukai, Hajime Itoh

Abstract: Halla okudai Imajima, 1967 is an oenonid annelid species that inhabits the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones in China, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. This species is harvested and used as fishing bait in Japan and Malaysia; however, it has been regarded as Near Threatened in Japan based on the categories of the Japanese Red List. Here, we reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of Oenonidae based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. This study provides a new record of H. okudai on Fukue Island, in the Goto Islands, Japan.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:00:00 +0300
First records of Brada kudenovi Salazar-Vallejo, 2017 (Annelida, Flabelligeridae) from Japan https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/48889/ Check List 16(1): 207-210

DOI: 10.15560/16.1.207

Authors: Naoto Jimi, Satoshi Imura

Abstract: We reassess two specimens, part of the late Dr Minoru Imajima’s collections, from Japan of the flabelligerid genus Brada Stimpson, 1853. We re-identify the specimens as B. kudenovi Salazar-Vallejo, 2017 and newly record this species from Japan, which represents the southernmost locality of the genus worldwide. The specimens were previously reported as B. inhabilis (Rathke, 1843), which has Molde, Norway as its type locality. However, the morphological features are identical to the original description of B. kudenovi in the following: the body is whitish in alcohol; there are one or two multiarticulate notochaetae per parapodium; the neuropodial lobes are low, not projecting; and the body papillae are short.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:00:03 +0200
New record of the hydrothermal vent-endemic polychaete Archinome jasoni Borda et al., 2013 (Annelida, Amphinomidae) from the Northwest Pacific https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/34067/ Check List 15(3): 523-526

DOI: 10.15560/15.3.523

Authors: Naoto Jimi, Chong Chen, Kajihara Hiroshi

Abstract: The hydrothermal vent-endemic polychaete Archinome jasoni Borda et al., 2013 is known from the Atlantic, Indian, and Southwest Pacific oceans. In this study, we report A. jasoni from Okinawa Trough, Japan, which represents the first record of this species and the genus from the Northwest Pacific. We determined 16S and 28S rRNA gene sequences from 1 of the 7 specimens collected. We compared our Northwest Pacific specimens to specimens from the Southwest Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, and our specimen was genetically most closely related to individuals from the Southwest Pacific.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:00:02 +0300
Ophelia roscoffensis Augener, 1910: a new polychaete record in Italian waters https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/34167/ Check List 15(3): 489-495

DOI: 10.15560/15.3.489

Authors: Emanuele Mancini, Francesco Tiralongo, Daniele Ventura, Andrea Bonifazi

Abstract: Ophelia roscoffensis Augener, 1910 is an opheliid worm identifiable by the number of anterior abranchiate chaetigers and the number of the gill pairs. Although it was already reported in the Mediterranean Sea, it has never been found in the Italian waters. This study represents the first record of Ophelia roscoffensis in the Italian waters. A total of 18 specimens were collected along the coast of Civitavecchia (Tyrrhenian Sea) in a Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile bed at a depth of 7 m.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:11:18 +0300
New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/31669/ Check List 15(2): 265-268

DOI: 10.15560/15.2.265

Authors: Clare A. Keating Daly, Danielle Orrell, Isabel M. da Silva, João P. F. Macuio, Tessa N. Hempson, Mark Ziembicki, Nigel E. Hussey, Ryan Daly

Abstract: This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found attached externally between the third and fourth gill slits of a shark captured off Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, northern Mozambique.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:59:01 +0200
Goniadella bobrezkii (Annenkova, 1929) (Annelida, Polychaeta): first record in the Italian waters https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/30188/ Check List 15(1): 125-130

DOI: 10.15560/15.1.125

Authors: Emanuele Mancini, Francesco Tiralongo, Daniele Ventura, Andrea Bonifazi

Abstract: Goniadella bobrezkii (Annenkova, 1929) is a small goniadid worm identifiable by the number of anterior uniramous parapodia and by the position of the posterior spine-like notochetae arising dorsal to dorsal cirri. Although it was already reported in the Mediterranean Sea, it has never been found in the Italian waters. This study represents the first generic and specific record of G. bobrezkii along Italian coasts. A total of 25 specimens were collected in a Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile bed, depth of 7 m, off Civitavecchia (Rome).

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 1 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0200
First record of the Woodland Blue Worm Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) (Lumbricina, Lumbricidae) in the Colombian Andes https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/25158/ Check List 14(2): 419-423

DOI: 10.15560/14.2.419

Authors: Esteban Tulande-M., Patricia Pinzón-Garcia, Alexander Feijoo-M., José Ignacio Barrera-Cataño

Abstract: In South America, the European epi-endogeic lumbricid Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) is known from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, and Ecuador. Here, we report this earthworm from Colombia for the first time. We found it in areas undergoing ecologic restoration in the Neusa Forest Reservoir, which is located in the department of Cundinamarca. Predominant vegetation in sampled areas is composed of Holcus lanatus, Hypochaeris radicata, and Anthoxanthum odorathum.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:00:18 +0200
First record of Phragmatopoma caudata Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 (Annelida, Sabellariidae) in the state of Piauí, northern Brazilian coast: westernmost record in Brazil https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/20156/ Check List 13(4): 343-348

DOI: 10.15560/13.4.343

Authors: José Gerardo Ferreira Gomes Filho, Marcus Vinícius Quixabeira Bezerra dos Santos, Rosana Aquino de Souza

Abstract: We report the first occurrence of Phragmatopoma caudata Krøyer in Mörch, 1863 in Piauí state, Brazil. This is the first record of this species in the APA Delta do Parnaíba, a national environmental protection area that comprises areas from 3 Brazilian states, Maranhão, Piauí and Ceará. This is also the northernmost and westernmost record of this species in Brazil to date, further extending by 415 km its known distribution in Brazil, and helping to fill a gap on the knowledge of its distribution in South America.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:35:33 +0300