The first record of Spiricoelotes zonatus (Peng & Wang 1997) (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Japan

The first record of bobtail squid, Euprymna hyllebergi Nateewathana, 1997 (Cephalopoda:Sepiolidae) from the Persian Gulf, Iran

The first record of bobtail squid, Euprymna hyllebergi Nateewathana, 1997 (Cephalopoda:Sepiolidae) from the Persian Gulf, Iran

first record of the mediterranean recluse spider loxosceles rufescens (araneae: sicariidae) from iran.

loxosceles rufescens , commonly known as the mediterranean recluse or mediterranean fiddle-back spider is recorded from iran for the first time. the genus loxosceles contains 103 accepted species, two of them (including l. rufescens ) are cosmopolitan. all loxosceles species tested so far possess necrotic venoms, which is a unique characteristic among the order araneae. considering this charact...

First description of the male of Draconarius jiangyongensis (Peng et al., 1996) (Araneae, Agelenidae)

The male of Draconarius jiangyongensis (Peng, Gong & Kim, 1996) is described for the first time from Xinning County, Hunan Province, China. Morphological descriptions and illustrations of both sexes of this species are given in this study. The placement of this species in Draconarius is doubted.

The first record of microalga Amorphochlora amoebiformis from Iran

A microalgafrom Chlorarachniaceae was found in the shallow runoffs of south Tehran. Morphological and intracellular structures were studied which in accordance with the identification key (Hirakawa et al. 2011), it is found to be a new species for Iran called Amorphochlora amoebiformis (Ishida & Y. Hara) Ishida, Yabuki & S. Ota. This algahas been derived and ...