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[Ichthyology • 2015] Chrysiptera caesifrons • A New Species of Damselfish...

Chrysiptera caesifronsAllen, Erdmann & Dailami, 2015Figure 2. Chrysiptera caesifrons, underwater photographs. A. Ayau Atoll, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia, approximately 45 mm SL; C....

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[Crustacea • 2015] Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher • A New Species of...

Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher sp. n. A adult male from Aquarium Dietzenbach B immature male from Hoa Creek, West Papua C female from aquarium import (not listed in material examined) from...

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[Herpetology • 2013] Stenocercus chinchaoensis • A New Species of Arboreal...

AbstractWe describe a new species of Stenocercus from an interandean valley of the upper Río Huallaga on the Amazonian slope of central Peru (Región Huánuco), at an elevation of 1700–1900 m. The new...

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[Paleontology • 2015] Saurornitholestes sullivani • A New Dromaeosaurid...

Saurornitholestes sullivani Jasinski, 2015FIGURE 6. Life reconstruction of Saurornitholestes sullivani depicting a possible scene from the late Campanian (approximately 73 Ma) in the San Juan Basin New...

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[Botany • 2014] Notes on Singapore native Zingiberales I: Zingiber...

Fig. 1. Zingiber singapurenseŠkorničk. A. Habit. B. Inflorescence. C. Rooting plantlet arising from the apical part of the leafy shoot. D. Detail of ligule. From type SNG-178. (Photos: Jana...

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[Botany • 2015] Chayamaritia, A New Genus (Gesneriaceae: Didymocarpoideae)...

Fig. 3: Chayamaritia banksiae D.J.Middleton.b Close-up of flower showing strongly imbricate sepals; c Close-up of corolla throat and stigma. Chayamaritia smitinandii (B.L.Burtt) D.J.Middleton. d...

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[Botany • 2014] Orchidantha lengguanii • A New Species (Lowiaceae) from...

Orchidantha lengguanii Škorničk.ABSTRACT A new Orchidantha species from Endau-Rompin National Park (Johor, Peninsular Malaysia), Orchidantha lengguaniiŠkorničk., is described and illustrated. It is...

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[Botany • 2014] Taxonomic Status, Phylogenetic Affinities and Genetic...

AbstractBackgroundThe karst regions in South China have an abundance of endemic plants that face high extinction risks. The Chinese Gesneriaceae endemic Paraisometrum mileense ( = Oreocharis...

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[PaleoAnthropology • 2015] Perupithecus ucayalensis • Eocene Primates of...

The platyrrhine primates, or New World monkeys, are immigrant mammals whose fossil record comes from Tertiary and Quaternary sediments of South America and the Caribbean Greater Antilles. The time and...

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[PaleoMammalogy • 2015] Thylacinus yorkellus • Thylacinus (Marsupialia:...

Figure 1: Thylacinus yorkellus, holotype SAM P29807, incomplete left dentary. Photographs of the specimen. (A) Lateral view (B) medial view (C) dorsal view. Scale bar = 50 mm. Photographs by Steven...

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[Ichthyology • 2015] Whole-Body Endothermy in A Mesopelagic Fish, the Opah,...

An opah Lampris guttatus photographed near San Clemente Island off the southern California coast. photograph: Ralph Pace | natgeo.comABSTRACT Endothermy (the metabolic production and retention of heat...

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[PaleoMammalogy • 2015] Middle Miocene Bovidae from Mae Moh Basin, Northern...

Eotragus lampangensisKantapon, Chaimanee, Chavasseau & Jaeger, 2015Illustration: T. Krutchuen [1]We describe the first bovid fossils from the late Middle Miocene (13.4-13.2 Ma) of the Mae Moh Basin...

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[PaleoIchthyology • 2015] A Specimen of Paralycoptera Chang & Chou 1977...

Paralycoptera sp. || Hong Kong’s first dinosaur-era fish - a specimen of the Chinese osteoglossoid osteoglossomorph fish AbstractWe describe a Mesozoic fish Paralycoptera sp. (Teleostei:...

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[Herpetology • 2015] The Gerrhonotine genus Coloptychon (Sauria: Anguidae)

An adult male Isthmian Alligator Lizard, Coloptychon rhombifer, from Cerro San Juan de Rincón, Cantón de Osa, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, elev. 500 m. For a century, this enigmatic anguid...

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[Herpetology • 2015] Chalarodon steinkampi • A likely microendemic New...

Chalarodon steinkampiMiralles, Glaw, Ratsoavina & Vences, 2015AbstractA new species of the hitherto monotypic genus Chalarodon is described from southern Madagascar and a lectotype (ZMB 4360) is...

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[Fungi • 2015] Auricularia thailandica • A widely distributed Species...

เห็ดหูหนู |  Auricularia thailandica Bandara & K.D. HydeFigure 2. Auricularia thailandica(MFLU 130410, holotype). a. Basidiocarps. b. Cross-section of the fruitbody. c. Abhymenial hairs. d....

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[Paleontology • 2015] The Origin of Snakes: revealing the Ecology, Behavior,...

Reconstruction of the ancestral crown-group snake, based on the new study. Artwork by Julius Csotonyi.AbstractBackgroundThe highly derived morphology and astounding diversity of snakes has long...

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[Invertebrate • 2014] Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian...

Figure 1. Dendrogramma gen. nov., paratypes of D. enigmatica and (with *) D. discoides.Figure 3. Dendrogramma enigmatica sp. nov., holotype. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102976.g003AbstractA new genus,...

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[Botany • 2014] Tillandsia religiosa • A New Species (Bromeliaceae) from the...

Tillandsia religiosa Hern.-Cárdenas, González-Rocha, Espejo, López-Ferr., Cerros & EhlersDOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.184.1.7Abstract Tillandsia religiosa Hern.-Cárdenas, González-Rocha, Espejo,...

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[Mollusca • 2014] Additions to the Genus Phyllodesmium; Phyllodesmium...

Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum AbstractThe facelinid genus Phyllodesmium (Ehrenberg, 1831) consists of approximately 24 described species that prey upon soft-bodied corals. At least five additional...

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