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Integrative taxonomy reveals presence a new species West African mane jelly (Cyanea altafissura)

NEWS - A new species of Cyanea is described from samples collected in the Gulf of Guinea during 2017-2019. The species is a member of the nozakii group that has discontinuous radial septa and is characterized by, among other things, deeper rhopalial than velar marginal clefts, uniform papillose exumbrella, up to 200 tentacles per cluster and a dense network of anastomosing canals in a broad quadrate fold. West African mane jelly ( Cyanea altafissura ) can be genetically distinguished from relatives in the ITS1 and COI regions as confirmed by several phylogenies and other analyses. This is the first record of a member of the nozakii group in the Atlantic Ocean and the first description of a genus Cyanea from the west coast of Africa and the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Cyanea Péron & Lesueur (1810) currently includes 17 species and is the second largest number of valid and recognized species in the Semaeostomeae of Agassiz (1862), after Aurelia Lamarck (1816). Both genera are rarely re

Camel-spider (Karschia Walter, 1889) got two new species, Karschia shannan and Karschia trisetalis

NEWS - Two new species have been reported from Xizang, China, Karschia shannan and Karschia trisetalis which were added to the genus Karschia Walter (1889) which so far contains 32 species distributed in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia with 12 of them described from western China. Solifugae commonly known as camel spiders, sun spiders and wind scorpions are an order of mostly nocturnal, fast-moving and predatory arachnids characterized by their powerful two-segmented chelicerae and voracious appetite. Shannan camel-spider ( K. shannan ) is named after Shannan City where the specimen was collected and K. trisetalis is a combination of the Latin word "tri" meaning three, "seta" as a spiniform structure and the suffix "ālis" meaning āle which together mean "pertaining to three setae" referring to the flagella complex of the male chelicerae with three fcs. K. shannan differs in males from all Karschia species by the ventral coxae of

Global natural and planted forests mapping at fine spatial resolution of 30 meters

NEWS - Reforestation to combat climate change often encroaches on natural forests, wetlands and grasslands, destroying biodiversity, disrupting the natural environment and disrupting carbon and water cycles. Forest cover is increasing globally, but it is difficult to know whether this is natural forest regeneration and growth or whether it is new tree planting. Accurately mapping forests with remote sensing technology could help. Researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai and South Dakota State University in Brookings present an innovative approach that automatically maps natural forests and new plantations accurately at a spatial resolution of 30 meters. “Accurately mapping the global distribution of natural forests and plantations at such a fine spatial resolution is challenging, but it is critical to understanding and mitigating environmental issues such as carbon sequestration and biodiversity loss,” said Yuelong Xiao of Tongji University in Shanghai. “Traditional methods oft

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