Wednesday, April 5th, 2017

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6:44a	[Ichthyology • 2016] Leptobotia micra • A New Species of Loach (Teleostei: Botiidae) from Guilin, southern China Leptobotia micra Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2017 FIGURE 2. Leptobotia micra, PR China: Guangxi prov.; upper River Li; a)‒c) holotype, SNHM 10308, male, 45.6 mm SL, d)‒e) paratype ZRC 55399, female, 45.8 mm SL. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.1.7  Abstract Leptobotia micra, new species, is described from the upper Li River (Pearl River basin) around Guilin in Guangxi province, southern China. The new species is evidently the smallest species of Leptobotia, with females of 45‒46 mm SL bearing oocytes. It can be distinguished from all other species of Leptobotia by a combination of the following characters: no dark bars or dorsal saddles on body, a row of white dots along dorsal midline, 4+34 vertebrae, a predorsal distance of 58.1‒59.0% SL, eye diameter 1.8‒2.0 % SL, pelvic fins not reaching anus, an emarginated caudal fin (length of median rays 1.3‒1.4 times in length of lower lobe) and the anus positioned distinctly closer to anal-fin origin than to pelvic-fin base. Keywords: Pisces, Cypriniformes, Cobitoidea, taxonomy, Pearl River basin, River Li Etymology. From micros, greek for ‘small’. The name refers to the fact that the species is the smallest known species of the genus, with females as small as 45 mm SL developing oocytes. An adjective. Jörg Bohlen and Vendula Šlechtová. 2017. Leptobotia micra, A New Species of Loach (Teleostei: Botiidae) from Guilin, southern China. Zootaxa. 4250(1); 90–100.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.1.7 (Comment on this)
2:39p	[Crustacea • 2017] Kani maranjandun • A New Genus and New Species of A Fully Arboreal Crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Western Ghats, India, with Notes on the Ecology of Arboreal Crabs Kani maranjandun  Kumar,  Raj & Ng, 2017 DOI:  10.1093/jcbiol/rux012  Abstract A new genus and new species of tree crab is described from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in Kerala, southern India. Kani maranjandun gen., n. sp., is substantially different from all congeners in a suite of characters, notably the diagnostic carapace and male abdominal structure, as well as the conspicuously elongated ambulatory legs. The species is wholly arboreal, living in tree-hollows or the canopy. Keywords: freshwater crabs, Kerala, new taxa, systematics When approached by members of the Kani tribe, the crabs climb up the trunk of Cinnamomum verum, the tribesmen then cut a series of holes in trees to climb up after them. Appukuttannair Biju Kumar,  Smrithy Raj and Peter K. L. Ng. 2017. Description of A New Genus and New Species of A Fully Arboreal Crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Western Ghats, India, with Notes on the Ecology of Arboreal Crabs. J. Crustacean Biol. rux012. DOI:  10.1093/jcbiol/rux012   researchgate.net/profile/Biju_Kumar3/contributions New species of tree living crab found in Western Ghats  eurekalert.org/e/7lyX via @EurekAlert New species of tree living crab found in Western Ghats  sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170403091310.htm  New species of tree living crab found in Western Ghats  phy.so/410432941 @physorg_com (Comment on this)

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