New Species: October 2023

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

Winogradskyella bathintestinalis is a new bacteroidote isolated from the intestine of the deep-sea loosejaw dragonfish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Archaens

Kaonashia inesperata is a new stramenopile from a new lineage found in the USA.

SARs

Primula xilingensis is a new primula from China.

Plants

Panax siamensis is a new ginseng from Thailand.
Saccharomycopsis praedatoria is a new predatory yeast from the Amazon rainforest.

Fungi

Ophiocordyceps tortuosa is a new zombie-ant fungus from China.

Cnidarians

Echinoderms

Turcinoemacheilus ekmekciae is a new loach from Turkey.

Actinopterygians

Xenophrys pangdaensis is a new frog from Southern Tibet.

Amphibians

Mammals

Oecomys jamari is a new rodent from Brazil.

Reptiles

Paroedura manongavato is a new gecko from Magadascar.

Rotiferans

Flatworms

Nemerteans

Cayo margarita is a new gastropod from the Caribbean.

Mollusks

Annelids

Bryozoans

Tetranemertes bifrost is a beautiful new nemertean from the Caribbean Sea.

Nematodes

Onychophorans

Epiperipatus puri is a new velvet worm from Brazil.

Arachnids

Passiena duani is a new spider from China.

Myriapods

Crustaceans

Songpotamon malipoense is a new freshwater crab from China.

Hexapods

Proutia cornucervae is a new moth from South Korea.

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