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{"title":"<i>Synallactesmcdanieli</i> sp. nov., a new species of sea cucumber from British Columbia, Canada and the Gulf of Alaska, USA (Holothuroidea, Synallactida).","authors":"Francisco A Solís Marín, Andrea A Caballero Ochoa, Carlos A Conejeros-Vargas","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e124603","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e124603","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The family Synallactidae comprises mostly deep-sea forms and is the least-studied large taxon amongst deep-sea cucumbers. They are part of the abyssal megafauna and play an important role in modifying the sediment landscape and structuring the communities that live within it. The family embraces the genus <i>Synallactes</i>, which contains approximately twenty-five species from the Pacific, Atlantic (six species), Indian (seven species) and Antarctic Oceans (one species).</p><p><strong>New information: </strong><i>Synallactesmcdanieli</i> sp. nov. is described from the Northeast Pacific, Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada to Kodiak Island, Gulf of Alaska, USA, at depths from 21 to 438 m. This new species is unique amongst the species of the genus <i>Synallactes</i> because of the number and arrangement of dorsal papillae, number of Polian vesicles, together with the entire ossicle arrangement. In addition, this species has the shallowest bathymetric distribution ever recorded for this genus.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11222722/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141536045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prediction of the potential distribution of <i>Chimonobambusautilis</i> (Poaceae, Bambusoideae) in China, based on the MaxEnt model.","authors":"Guangneng Yang, Na Liu, Xu Zhang, Hua Zhou, Yiju Hou, Peng Wu, Xi Zhang","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e126620","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e126620","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Chimonobambusautilis</i> is a unique edible bamboo species valued for its economic and nutritional benefits. However, its existence in natural habitats is at risk due to environmental shifts and human interventions. This research utilised the maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) to predict potential habitats for <i>Ch.utilis</i> in China, identifying key environmental factors influencing its distribution and analysing changes in suitable habitats under future climate conditions. The results show that the results of the MaxEnt model have high prediction accuracy, with an AUC (Area Under the receiver operating characteristic Curve) value of 0.997. Precipitation in the driest month (Bio14), altitude (Alt) and isothermality (Bio03) emerged as the primary environmental factors influencing the <i>Ch.utilis</i> distribution. Currently, the suitable habitats area for <i>Ch.utilis</i> is 10.55 × 10⁴ km². Projections for the 2050s and 2090s indicate potential changes in suitable habitats ranging from -3.79% to 10.52%. In general, the most suitable habitat area will decrease and shrink towards higher latitude areas in the future. This study provides a scientific basis for the introduction, cultivation and conservation of <i>Ch.utilis</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11217648/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preliminary assessment of group composition and activity pattern of the critically endangered Bornean Banded Langur <i>Presbytischrysomelaschrysomelas</i> in Tanjung Datu National Park.","authors":"Tukiman Nur-Aizatul, Abd Rahman Mohd-Ridwan, Mohammad Noor-Faezah, Roberta Chaya Tawie Tingga, Mohamad Fhaizal Bukhori, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, Azroie Denel, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff, Badrul Munir Md-Zain","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e124196","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e124196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Bornean banded langur (<i>Presbytischrysomelaschrysomelas</i>) is critically endangered species primarily found in Sarawak, Malaysia. Albeit this species is in peril, the ecology knowledge of this endemic species of Borneo is still scarce. Thus, a rapid survey employing total count and scan sampling method was conducted between July to August 2023 at Tanjung Datu National Park (TDNP), Sarawak to observe the social interaction of species with the environment. The behaviour of langur was recorded by employing scanning sampling method at 10 minutes intervals. This study sought to provide preliminary data on behavioural ecology of the Bornean banded langur within the national park. During the survey, three groups (consisting two to seven individuals) and a solitary male Bornean banded langur were recorded. The langurs were observed in both dipterocarp forests and coastal forests within the park. The daily activities of the Bornean banded langurs in TDNP were predominantly resting (31%), moving (29%), feeding (26%), vocalizing (14%), but not engaging in other social activities such as grooming, playing and mating. Knowing the behavioural ecological status as well as understanding ecology by identifying the activity pattern of langur is essential to government authorities and pertinent stakeholders to implement conservation strategies for the Bornean banded langur and their habitats.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11217643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141494411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"eDNA-based survey of the marine vertebrate biodiversity off the west coast of Guadeloupe (French West Indies).","authors":"Rachel Haderlé, Laurent Bouveret, Jordane Chazal, Justine Girardet, Samuel Iglésias, Pascal-Jean Lopez, Cédric Millon, Alice Valentini, Visotheary Ung, Jean-Luc Jung","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125348","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the marine environment, knowledge of biodiversity remains incomplete for many taxa, requiring assessments to understand and monitor biodiversity loss. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a powerful tool for monitoring marine biodiversity, as it enables several taxa to be characterised simultaneously in a single sample. However, the data generated by environmental DNA metabarcoding are often not easily reusable. Implementing FAIR principles and standards for eDNA-derived data can facilitate data-sharing within the scientific community.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>This study focuses on the detection of marine vertebrate biodiversity using eDNA metabarcoding on the leeward coast of Guadeloupe, a known hotspot for marine biodiversity in the French West Indies. Occurrences and DNA-derived data are shared here using DarwinCore standards combined with MIMARKS standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11214010/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141473013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Expanding geographic distribution knowledge of <i>Galerinamarginata</i> (Batsch) Kühner (Agaricales, Hymenogastraceae) with a novel Antarctic record.","authors":"Fernando Augusto Bertazzo-Silva, Jair Putzke, Cassiane Furlan-Lopes, Maricia Fantinel D'ávila, Alice Lemos Costa, Evelise Leis Carvalho, Ana Flavia Zorzi, Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125727","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125727","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The investigation of Agaricales diversity in the Antarctica is limited, with only seven genera reported for the region. <i>Galerina</i> stands out as the genus with the highest species diversity, including 12 species in Antarctica. This research reports the presence of <i>G.marginata</i> in the region, providing the first complete morphological description for the specimen developing in Antarctica. Sampling was conducted during the Austral summer of 2022/2023 as part of the XLI Brazilian Antarctic Operation in Point Smellie, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctica. Phylogenetic relationships reconstructed by Maximum Likelihood demonstrate that <i>G.marginata</i> forms a monophyletic clade with over 60% bootstrap support in most branches. The isolate in this study was found to be internal to the main cluster. Evolutionary reconstructions using the Maximum Likelihood method indicate that the branches correspond to the Antarctic isolate being an internal clade within the <i>marginata</i> group. Recording fungal populations in polar regions offers information about their adaptation and survival in inhospitable environments. Understanding the species' distribution in Antarctica encourages future investigations into its ecology and interactions with other organisms. Here, data are presented to establish an initial foundation for monitoring the <i>G.marginata</i> population in Antarctica and assessing the potential impacts of climate change on its development and survival in the forthcoming years.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>We report the third occurrence of <i>Galerinamarginata</i> (Batsch) Kühner in Antarctica and provide, for the first time, a comprehensive morphological description of an individual of the species for the Antarctic continent, accompanied by phylogenetic analyses and comprehensive discussions regarding its diversity and global distribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11214013/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141473014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An update for <i>Halyomorphahalys</i> (Stål, 1855) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) distribution in Belgium.","authors":"Grégoire Noël, Arnaud Segers, Joachim Carpentier, Luca Rossini, Emanuele Garone, Frédéric Francis","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e125067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The brown marmorated stink bug, <i>Halyomorphahalys</i>, represents an important insect pest and subsequently an important agricultural threat due to its polyphagous feeding habits and adaptability to diverse climates. Native from East Asia, its recent establishment in various regions, including North America and Europe, has led to substantial yield losses and economic impacts, which highlight the need for comprehensive research efforts, based on data occurrence by combining those from expert entomologists and citizen scientists. We reported here 14 new occurrences of this insect pest in the three regions of Belgium. Then, these data were merged with data occurrences from other studies and GBIF datasets of Belgium. The combined dataset showed a peak of presence of <i>Halyomorphahalys</i> in October and a dominance of field observations from citizen scientists especially in the nothern part of Belgium, Flanders. Crowd-sourced data have provided valuable insights into the presence and distribution of <i>Halyomorphahalys</i> in Belgium. Given the importance of the generated dataset, it could be asserted that this pest is uniformly distributed across the entire country, which necessitates additional research to evaluate its impact on various crops.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11208771/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141473012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<i>Sinobdellalongitubulus</i>, a new species of spiny eel (Pisces, Mastacembelidae) from the Zhu-Jiang Basin, with a note on the type locality of <i>S.sinensis</i> (Bleeker, 1870).","authors":"Peng Shan, Guangyu Li, E Zhang","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e123990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e123990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The spiny eel genus <i>Sinobdella</i> belongs to the family Mastacembelidae of the order Synbranchiformes. Kottelat and Lim (1994) utilised <i>Rhynchobdellasinensis</i> as the type species to propose the genus. Currently, it contains a single species widespread in eastern and southern China and northern Vietnam.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong><i>Sinobdellalongitubulus</i>, a new species of spiny eel, is here described from the Xi-Jiang of the Zhu-Jiang Basin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China. It differs from the single congeneric species <i>S.sinensis</i> in having a more or less white-brown reticulated pattern on the flank, two tubular anterior nostrils longer than or equal to the rostral appendage, an anal fin heavily mottled with dark brown markings and white spots and bearing a narrow white distal margin; shorter pre-anal length; and fewer abdominal vertebrae. The validity of this new species is corroborated by its monophyly recovered in a COI gene-based phylogenetic analysis and its significant sequence divergence with <i>S.sinensis</i>. A note on the type locality of <i>S.sinensis</i> is also given; its type specimen is possibly from mountain streams of Jiangxi Province, in the lower Chang-Jiang Basin.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11208772/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141473011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives.","authors":"Farah Amjad, Mohamed Ahusan, Hana Amir, Nina M de Villiers, Erika Gress, Christopher L Mah, Shafiya Naeem, Nuria Rico-Seijo, Toufiek Samaai, Maryiam S Afzal, Lucy C Woodall, Paris V Stefanoudis","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>During the 2022 Nekton Maldives Mission, we deployed a variety of platforms (snorkelling, remotely-operated vehicles and manned submersibles) to conduct video surveys of the biodiversity and composition of shallow (< 30 m), mesophotic (30-150 m) and deep-sea (> 150 m) benthos found in the Maldives' central and southern atolls. In total, ~ 80 hrs of stereo-video footage were collected during the benthic transect surveys, which were subsequently processed using annotation software in order to evaluate benthic biodiversity and community composition. Here, we present a photographic guide for the visual, <i>in situ</i> identification of reef benthos encountered, including corals, sponges and other invertebrates that inhabit Maldives' nearshore habitats. We hope that this identification guide will aid future imagery-based surveys or observations of organisms during fieldwork.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>A total of 283 morphotypes were identified, including those belonging to Octocorallia (61), Scleractinia (57), Porifera (38), Asteroidea (22), Antipatharia (15), Decapoda (13), Hydrozoa (12), Holothuroidea (10), Actiniaria (9), Echinoidea (8), Annelida (6), Chlorophyta (5), Gastropoda (4), Bivalvia (4), Ascidiacea (3), Crinoidea (3), Bryozoa (2), Cyanobacteria (2), Zoantharia (2), Cephalopoda (1), Ceriantharia (1), Corallimorpharia (1), Ctenophora (1), Ophiuroidea (1), Rhodophyta (1) and to an unknown category (1). Out of these, we identified 40 to species level, 120 to genus, 47 to family, 14 to order and suborder, 58 to class and subclass, two to phylum and one was of unknown phylum. This represents the first attempt to catalogue the mesophotic and deep-sea benthic megafaunal diversity in the Maldives using underwater imagery.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11267481/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141762945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase subunit I primer sets to construct DNA barcoding library using next-generation sequencing.","authors":"Seikan Kurata, Shota Mano, Naoyuki Nakahama, Shun K Hirota, Yoshihisa Suyama, Motomi Ito","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e117014","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e117014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insects are one of the most diverse eukaryotic groups on the planet, with one million or more species present, including those yet undescribed. The DNA barcoding system has been developed, which has aided in the identification of cryptic species and undescribed species. The mitochondrial cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase I region (mtDNA COI) has been utilised for the barcoding analysis of insect taxa. Thereafter, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has been developed, allowing for rapid acquisition of massive amounts of sequence data for genetic analyses. Although NGS-based PCR primers designed to amplify the mtDNA COI region have been developed, their target regions were only a part of COI region and/or there were taxonomic bias for PCR amplification. As the mtDNA COI region is a traditional DNA marker for the DNA barcoding system, modified primers for this region would greatly contribute to taxonomic studies. In this study, we redesigned previously developed PCR primer sets that targetted the mtDNA COI barcoding region to improve amplification efficiency and to enable us to conduct sequencing analysis on NGS. As a result, the redesigned primer sets achieved a high success rate (> 85%) for species examined in this study, covering four insect orders (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera and Odonata). Thus, by combining the primers with developed primer sets for 12S or 16S rRNA regions, we can conduct more detailed taxonomic, phylogeographic and conservation genetic studies using NGS.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11199957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141460988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dung-beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae) feeding on faeces of steppe marmots <i>Marmotabobak</i> (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Middle Volga territory.","authors":"Lilia A Akhmetova, Andrei S Kurochkin, Andrey V Frolov","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125090","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e125090","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In open terrestrial biomes of Holarctic realm, ground squirrels are recognised as keystone species inhabiting steppes. They shape the plant species composition and diversity and support a fauna of species associated with their burrows. Ground squirrels and associated dung-beetles are important elements of the steppe food webs, yet the trophic associations between species are still poorly studied.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>The area in the northern outskirts of Obshchy Syrt plateau, on the border of Samara and Orenburg Provinces of Russia was surveyed and scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) feeding on steppe marmot (<i>Marmotabobak</i> (Müller, 1776)) faeces were collected from six localities. Twenty eight species of two subfamilies - Aphodiinae and Scarabaeinae, - were identified with the majority of species belonging the genus <i>Aphodius</i> Hellwig, 1798. Seven species are recorded as consumers of marmot faeces for the first time. Only two nidicolous specialist species were found which suggests that the studied population of steppe marmots is as result of the recent secondary colonisation and not all the associated scarab beetle faunas were re-established.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11199958/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141460989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}