{"title":"An Indian Ocean macroalga new to the Atlantic: Halimeda macroloba (Chlorophyta, Halimedaceae) discovered and now established in Biscayne Bay, Florida","authors":"D. Ballantine, Julian Sprung, J. N. Norris","doi":"10.5343/bms.2023.0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0036","url":null,"abstract":"Halimeda macroloba, a large green tropical and semitropical alga, widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans has been discovered in Biscayne Bay, Florida in the western Atlantic Ocean.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Uwe Zajonz, Sergey V Bogorodsky, Fouad N Saeed, Edouard Lavergne
{"title":"Goatfishes (Teleostei: Mullidae) of the Socotra Archipelago: Diversity and distributional biogeography, with a new record of <i>Parupeneus heptacantha</i> (Lacépède, 1802)","authors":"Uwe Zajonz, Sergey V Bogorodsky, Fouad N Saeed, Edouard Lavergne","doi":"10.5343/bms.2023.0035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0035","url":null,"abstract":"The diversity of goatfishes from the Socotra Archipelago is documented for the first time. The distributional biogeography of the family in the Arabian region is analyzed and thoroughly discussed in the context of the western Indian Ocean. Twelve species of two genera, Mulloidichthys and Parupeneus , are positively recorded, including a new record for Parupeneus heptacantha . Upeneus heemstra is visually recorded, pending further documentation. The Socotra Archipelago thus hosts 13 of the 31 species found in Arabia. This degree of species richness is comparable to other Arabian ecoregions. With a single species the richness of Upeneus stands out as very low. Biogeographically, three main Arabian units are identified: a “Red Sea unit”, a “Gulf unit”, and a “Socotra unit”. The former two units are strongly characterized by endemics, notably within Upeneus , while there are no species endemic to the latter. The “Socotra unit”, comprising the Socotra Archipelago, eastern Gulf of Aden, and southern Oman, resembles more strongly all sites of the western Indian Ocean than the Arabian sites. The “Gulf unit” is the most distant to all other sites. These units do not cluster to a discrete “pan-Arabian” region within the wider western Indian Ocean. The Mullidae thus strongly contrast overall biogeographic patterns of coastal fishes and reef-building corals, which cumulatively suggest that Arabia forms a discrete biogeographic unit within the Indian Ocean. The study serves further analyses of contrasting biogeographies of major coastal fish families in Arabia, with a focus on the role of the southern Arabian upwelling areas.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135758454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reproduction of Carijoa riisei (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in the Panamanian tropical eastern Pacific","authors":"Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Catalina G. Gomez","doi":"10.5343/bms.2022.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0011","url":null,"abstract":"Octocorals are the main component of rocky walls in the Panamanian tropical eastern Pacific (TEP), providing shelter and substrate for diverse marine invertebrates and demersal fishes. Despite their ecological importance, many essential biological traits of these corals remain undescribed. Like some cnidarians, octocorals may be related to bioinvasion. One emerging risk is the rise of the Indo-Pacific invasive octocoral Carijoa riisei, which overgrows other soft corals, competing for food and space and promoting the emergence of diseases. Considering the potential risk to native octocorals, we investigated the reproductive seasonality of C. riisei at 15 m depth every month for one year in the Gulf of Panama (Las Perlas Archipelago), an octocoral diversity hotspot with seasonal upwelling. Carijoa riisei showed an average fecundity (percentage of polyps with eggs sampled throughout the year from only female colonies) of 53% (SE 0.03%) with no seasonality. Carijoa riisei produced eggs continuously with overlapping generations, with an average of 23 (1–107; SE 0.75) eggs per fertile polyp and an average egg diameter of 0.12 (0.10–0.64; SE 0.0008) mm. The number of eggs inside the gastrovascular cavity was higher during the upwelling. However, the size and proportion of large eggs were greater towards the end of the upwelling season, with a drastic decrease from 30% to 2% at its end. Our results over a one-year sampling period show that in the Panamanian TEP, C. riisei reproduces continuously, seemingly energized by higher nutrient levels present during upwelling. This, along with its rapid growth rate, makes this species a formidable competitor for native species. Thus, we encourage future monitoring of these populations.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70884174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A short history of Terpios hoshinota in Maldives","authors":"W. Allison","doi":"10.5343/bms.2023.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0012","url":null,"abstract":"The cyanobacteria sponge Terpios hoshinota has been present in Maldives since at least 1990. It has been observed on 44 reefs, from Baa Atoll in the North to Huvadhu Atoll in the south. Patches of the sponge were ephemeral on a timescale of several years and were generally small.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiffany A. Weidner, C. Cotton, Jessica J Schieber, Caroline Collatos, D. Kerstetter
{"title":"Short-term habitat use and vertical movements of the pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea in the western North Atlantic Ocean determined by pop-up archival satellite tags","authors":"Tiffany A. Weidner, C. Cotton, Jessica J Schieber, Caroline Collatos, D. Kerstetter","doi":"10.5343/bms.2023.0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0026","url":null,"abstract":"The pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, is commonly encountered as bycatch in pelagic longline fisheries targeting Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, and tunas; however, very little is known about its habitat use. To better assess the utility of the technology and attachment method, four pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) with short, 13-day durations were deployed on pelagic stingrays in 2010 and 2011 in the South Atlantic Bight (n = 2) and the northern Gulf of Mexico (n = 2). Analysis of the minimum straight-line distances from the first transmission locations compared to release locations showed that pelagic stingrays moved from 151.0 to 258.0 km [mean (SD) = 190.8 (46.6) km] or between 11.6 to 19.8 km day−1. Data also indicates pelagic stingrays undergo small diel vertical migrations with stingrays inhabiting slightly warmer [20.95 (3.4) °C], shallower [128.6 (99.8) m] waters at night, compared to cooler [19.7 (3.0) °C], deeper [167.0 (112.4) m] waters during the day. Understanding habitat use and behavior of less economically important species, particularly those that compose a substantial portion of bycatch like pelagic stingrays, will help fisheries managers account for these interactions with more economically valuable target species, as well as advance the overall understanding of pelagic ecosystems and aid in conservation efforts.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Viehman, S. Groves, L. Grove, Steven G. Smith, Laura Mudge, C. Donovan, K. Edwards, Erica K. Towle
{"title":"A quantitative assessment of the status of benthic communities on US Atlantic coral reefs using a novel standardized approach","authors":"T. Viehman, S. Groves, L. Grove, Steven G. Smith, Laura Mudge, C. Donovan, K. Edwards, Erica K. Towle","doi":"10.5343/bms.2022.0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0025","url":null,"abstract":"As coral reefs decline globally, the need for an objective approach to quantify the status and trends of corals has become increasingly important. Empirical data on predisturbance conditions are rare, and integrating data from multiple and disparate survey designs and methods can be analytically challenging. Our goal was to conduct a holistic, data-driven evaluation of the status of corals and benthic communities in US Atlantic coral reef jurisdictions: Florida, Flower Garden Banks, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. A quantitative approach based upon standardized data was used to compare the change in multiple indicators of coral condition (hard coral, macroalgae, and crustose coralline algae cover, coral density, and old mortality) from historic to current conditions in each geographic region. For each indicator, historic, reference baseline conditions from long-term monitoring data or literature data were first identified, reviewed, and classified on a categorical scale from Very Good to Critical by regional experts to account for condition changes that pre-dated current monitoring data. A reference-centering approach then allowed for categorization of statistical changes from historic to current conditions on the same scale to produce results that could be communicated to a broad audience. Our findings show continued declines for multiple indicators in all regions except Flower Garden Banks, illustrate particularly dire declines from regions that had been impacted by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease at the most recent monitoring included in this study, and demonstrate the increasingly critical need for effective coral reef conservation.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70884679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The genus Aspidosiphon Diesing, 1851 (Sipuncula: Aspidosiphonidae): description of a new shell dwelling species, notes on Aspidosiphon (Paraspidosiphon) laevis de Quatrefages, 1866 and current status from India","authors":"S. Dixit, Itzahí Silva-Morales, N. Saravanane","doi":"10.5343/bms.2022.0055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0055","url":null,"abstract":"Sipuncula is one of the most taxonomically neglected groups of marine invertebrates in Indian waters. Research on these worms has been stagnant for the last three decades as there are no sipunculan taxonomists in India. The current work is an attempt to resurrect taxonomic research on Indian Sipuncula fauna by describing the first new Sipuncula species from Indian seas. A new molluscan shell dwelling species, Aspidosiphon (Akrikos) carnicobarensis sp. nov., is described from Car Nicobar Island, India collected from 205 m depth. The new species is characterized by the presence of scattered unidentate hooks, a thick and well-developed anal shield with deep grooves, flattened papillae on the trunk, and warts on the posterior trunk. Aspidosiphon (Paraspidosiphon) laevis de Quatrefages, 1866 is reported along with the first colored photographs from India and notes about its taxonomic status. The paper additionally reviews the present status of all the species in the genus Aspidosiphon from India, revising them in accordance with the current classification.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First record of coralline lethal orange disease on the reefs of Belize","authors":"G. Aeby, Scott Jones, J. Houk, V. Paul","doi":"10.5343/bms.2022.0065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0065","url":null,"abstract":"Coralline lethal orange disease (CLOD) is a bacterial disease of reef-building crustose coralline algae that has been found in the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean. It has been reported from a few areas within the Caribbean, but little is known about CCA diseases in this region. Here, we report the first observations of what looks like typical CLOD signs at four out of nine sites surveyed at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fish diversity declines with loss of sessile benthic invertebrate density on nearshore hardbottom communities in the Florida Keys, United States","authors":"Ellery Lennon, Kathleen Sullivan Sealey","doi":"10.5343/bms.2022.0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2022.0071","url":null,"abstract":"Nearshore hardbottom communities are characterized by their invertebrate benthos, which provide food, habitat, and refuge for fish. Structural complexity supports greater species richness and abundance; thus, habitat degradation can reduce fish diversity and lead to a shift in community composition. Nearshore hardbottom communities in the Florida Keys, United States, have lost sessile benthic invertebrate diversity since the 1970s and the communities examined here have shifted from coral- and sponge-dominated to sponge- and algae-dominated. Two nearshore hardbottom communities (one oceanside site and one bayside) were surveyed from 1991 through 1996, and then were resurveyed in 2021 and 2022. Both communities experienced declines in fish richness, biodiversity, and trophic structure. Present-day fish species richness is approximately 30%–40% of what it was when surveying began in 1991. Sessile benthic invertebrate richness and density were correlated with fish richness and composition; the degradation of benthic communities appears to have negatively influenced fish assemblages. Diverse and abundant fish assemblages are key to healthy and productive coastal ecosystems; this loss of biodiversity will reduce the ecological functionality of nearshore hardbottom communities.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The identity of the deep-sea caridean shrimp Glyphocrangon stenolepis and description of Glyphocrangon latens sp. nov. from Taiwan and Japan","authors":"T. Komai, Su-Ching Chang, T. Chan","doi":"10.5343/bms.2023.0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0029","url":null,"abstract":"The availability of many topotypic specimens of the deepsea shrimp Glyphocrangon stenolepis Chace, 1984 (Caridea: Glyphocrangonidae) recently collected off of Pratas Island (Dongsha), northern South China Sea, enabled us to establish the true identity of this species. Material previously identified as Glyphocrangon stenolepis from Taiwan and Japan is found to actually represent a species new to science. The new species, Glyphocrangon latens sp. nov., differs from G. stenolepis by the more clearly divided first (submedian) carinae on the carapace in females, better developed carinae on the pleon tergites, and high degree of genetic divergence inferred from the barcode segment of the mitochondrial COI gene.","PeriodicalId":55312,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Marine Science","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70885965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}