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ISSN 1313-2970 (online) ISSN 1313-2989 (print) Contents A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 996 A report of a new species and new record of Cadlina 1 (Nudibranchia, Cadlinidae) from South Korea Thinh Dinh Do, Dae-Wui Jung, Hyun-Jong Kil, Chang-Bae Kim 2020 A new species of Psammonitocrella Huys, 2009 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, 19 Ameiridae) from California (USA), with a discussion of the relationship Launched to accelerate biodiversity research between Psammonitocrella and Parastenocarididae Paulo Henrique Costa Corgosinho, Terue Cristina Kihara, Pedro Martínez Arbizu Descriptions of four new dextral land snails of the genus Camaena 37 (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Camaenidae) from south China Pei Wang, Mei-Ling Hu, Jun-Hong Lin, Hai-Fang Yang, Xiao-Jing Li, Wei-Chuan Zhou A new micropolydesmoid millipede of the genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 59 1910 from Cambodia, with a key to species in mainland Southeast Asia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae) Ruttapon Srisonchai, Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Chirasak Sutcharit, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Warut Siriwut, Phanara Thrach, Samol Chhuoy, Peng Bun Ngor, Somsak Panha Two new species and distribution records for the 93 genus Bohayella Belokobylskij, 1987 from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) Ilgoo Kang, Scott R. Shaw, Nathan P. Lord First record of the genus Trispinaria Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera, 107 Braconidae, Braconinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species Nguyen Thi Oanh, Khuat Dang Long, Pham Quynh Mai, Nguyen Van Dzuong Phyllocnistis furcata sp. nov.: a new species of leaf-miner associated with 121 Baccharis (Asteraceae) from Southern Peru (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) José Cerdeña, Jackie Farfán, Héctor A. Vargas, Rosângela Brito, Gislene L. Gonçalves, Ana Lazo, Gilson R. P. Moreira Description of a new Hiroshia species (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae) Hiroshia shennongjiaensis Ronkay, Ronkay & Han, sp. nov. 147 from Hubei Province, China Hong Zheng, Gábor Ronkay, László Ronkay, Hui-Lin Han 996 2020 http://zookeys.pensoft.net ! http://zookeys.pensoft.net AUTHOR GUIDELINES Accepted Papers: Same as above, Examples of such databases include, Authors are kindly requested to sub- but ‘’In press’’ appears instead the but are not limited to: mit their manuscript only through page numbers. • Zoobank (www.zoobank.org), the online submission module at Electronic Journal Articles: Mal- • Morphbank (www.morphbank.net), www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys. let J, Willmott K (2002) Tax- • Genbank (www.ncbi.nlm.nih. For those who want their work rapidly known to the World ! In case of difficulties with the sub- onomy: renaissance or Tower gov/Genbank), mission procedure, please contact of Babel? Trends in Ecology • BarCode (www.barcodinglife.org) [email protected]. 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  • Some Aspects of the Family Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with Description of a New Species

    Some Aspects of the Family Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with Description of a New Species

    SCIENTIA MARINA 70(4) December 2006, 621-634, Barcelona (Spain) ISSN: 0214-8358 Some aspects of the family Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with description of a new species MARTA DOMÍNGUEZ 1, FRANCISCO J. GARCÍA 2 and JESÚS S. TRONCOSO 1 1 Depto. Ecología y Biología Animal, Facultad Ciencias del Mar, Universidade de Vigo, Lagoas-Marcosende, E-36200 Vigo, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Depto. Fisiología y Zoología; Facultad Biología; Universidad Sevilla; Avda. Reina Mercedes, 6; Apdo. 1095, 41080 Sevilla, Spain. SUMMARY: This paper describes a study of the nudibranchs from the family Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891 that were sam- pled in several expeditions along the coast of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Fernando de Noronha (Brazil). A total of eight species of this family were studied and a new species, Chromodoris paulomarcioi n. sp., is described. The taxon Hypselodoris picta lajensis Troncoso, García and Urgorri, 1998, is proposed for consideration within the taxonomic catego- ry of species, and new records for some species are provided. Keywords: Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae, Brazil, Chromodoris paulomarcioi n. sp., Hypselodoris lajensis. RESUMEN: ALGUNOS ASPECTOS SOBRE LA FAMILIA CHROMODORIDIDAE (OPISTHOBRANCHIA: NUDIBRANCHIA) DE BRASIL, CON LA DESCRIPCIÓN DE UNA NUEVA ESPECIE. – En este trabajo se hace un estudio de los nudibranquios pertenecientes a la familia Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891 encontrados durante varias campañas de muestreo en el litoral de Río de Janeiro, São Paulo y Fernando de Noronha (Brasil); fue estudiado un total de ocho especies de esta familia con descripción de una nueva espe- cie, Chromodoris paulomarcioi n.sp. El taxón Hypselodoris picta lajensis Troncoso, García and Urgorri, 1998, es elevado a la categoría taxonómica de especie, y se proporcionan nuevas citas para algunas de las especies halladas.