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Juan José Bacallado

Juan José Bacallado
Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife · Yes, I am Asesor Emérito

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From the study of the specimens of the genus Onchidella M.E. Gray, 1850 collected in various islands of the Cape Verde archipelago, compared with those of other Atlantic regions, Onchidella incisa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) is reported for the first time in said archipelago.
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Tyrinna burnayi (Ortea, 1988) and Doris hayeki Ortea, 1999, originally described in the Cape Verde Islands with analogic photography and field drawings, are rediscovered from images made with digital photography techniques, which allow you to illustrate in detail all its external anatomical characters with taxonomic value
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Por vez primera se presenta al mundo científico y a todas las personas con inquietudes hacia el conocimiento de la valiosa biodiversidad insular los ciclos de vida completos de los Ropalóceros de Canarias, nuestras queridas mariposas diurnas, con una puesta en valor de su clasificación taxonómica y un tratamiento pormenorizado de los detalles morfo...
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Gennaria diphylla (Link) Parl. is a terrestrial, inconspicuous green orchid. Its distribution includes the central and western Mediterranean region as well as the Canary Islands and Madeira. Investigations on its pollination biology are scarce. In literature, there are mentions of autogamy and of allogamy. Pollination and pollen import and export w...
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Se aportan datos puntuales sobre la biología y distribución de 33 especies de lepidópteros de las familias Choreutidae, Cosmopterigidae, Crambidae, Erebidae, Geometridae, Gracillaridae, Meessiidae, Noctuidae, Plutellidae, Pterophoridae, Pyralidae, Scythrididae y Sphingidae que se citan por primera vez para algunas de las islas del archipiélago cana...
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A new species of the genus Rissoella J. E. Gray, 1847 collected in the north coast off Tenerife, Canary Island, is described, providing data on the colour of the living animal , the architecture of its Shell and internal anatomy.
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A new species of the genus Rissoella J. E. Gray, 1847 collected in the nord coast of Fuerteventura, Canary Island, is described, providing data on the colour of the living animal, the architecture of its shell and internal anatomy.
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From specimens collected on rocky bottoms between 0-5 m depth in the islands of Sal and Sao Vicente, Taringa fanabensis Ortea & Martínez, 1992 is cited for the first time in the islands of Cape Verde, providing data on its external anatomy and interna, discussing its synonymy with Doris millegrana Alder & Hancock, 1945. The controversial synonyms o...
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Fourteen species of marine invertebrates are recorded for the first time for the the Canary and Cabo Verde archipelagos: four jellyfish, a nemertean, an equiurid, four mollusks, a crustacean, a mite, an echinoderm and a salpa. All of them include illustrations of the live specimens and information on the localities where they have been observed.
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From the study of the specimens collected in the islands of Cape Verde and the Canary Islands from 1985 to the present, which had been provisionally determined as Cylindrobulla and / or Ascobulla spp., It is concluded that the only species present in both archipelagos is Ascobulla ulla ( Marcus, 1970), which is recorded for the first time in the ea...
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A new species of the genus Runcina Forbes & Hanley, 1895, from the Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, is described.
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Janolus faustoi Llera & Ortea, 1988, originally described in the Canary Islands, and Antiopella mucloc Marcus, 1958, from Brazil, are recorded for the first time in the Cabo Verde Islands. In addition, the rhinophores of three Atlantic species of Janolus Bergh, 1898 are illustrated and it is proposed to reestablish Janolus costacubensis Ortea & Esp...
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If there is a characteristic and shared trace among the marine benthos of the West African archipelagos, this is undoubtedly the species of black coral Antipathella wollastoni. The geographical distribution of A. wollastoni is of great interest since its area of prevalence is related to the evolution of the genus and the Atlantic Ocean itself. Anti...
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From live specimens collected in the Bay of Murdeira, Sal (Cape Verde Islands), type locality of Gibberula rolani, photographs of their live animals and their variability are published for the first time, new data are provided about their shell and his radula are described. The possibility of its synonymy with Gibberula secreta Monterosato, 1889 is...
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punctual data about the biology and distribution of 17 species of Lepidoptera of the families Tineidae, Coleophoridae, Tortricidae, Geometridae, Noctuidae, Crambidae and Pyralidae are provided, recording them for the first time in La Palma (Canary Islands).
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We investigated the pollination of Habenaria tridactylites, an endemic orchid of the Canary Islands. The entirely green, widely open flowers have a long spur containing nectar. In this study, we carried out fieldwork, a molecular clock analysis, herbarium surveys and measured the length of orchid floral spurs and insect tongues using a combination...
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Thirteen species of marine invertebrates are recorded in the Canary archipelago for the first time: two hydrozoans, three isopods, two bryozoans, four sea squirts, one pyro-so mid and one salp. In addition, new data from other invertebrate species for which there is little information in the Canaries are provided. All of them include illustrations...
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New anatomical data about two species of the genus Elysia Risso, 1818 are provided, collected live during a small trip carried out in January 2015 on the island of Sal, Cabo Verde Islands; one of them, Elysia cauze Marcus, 1957, previously cited in the archipelago.
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Fourteen species of marine invertebrates are recorded in the Canary archipelago for the first time: three scyphozoa, three polychaetes, two copepods, one decapod and five ascidians. All of them include illustrations of the live specimens and information about the collection locations.
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Avicennia | Volumen 21| 2017 35 Sobre algunas babosas marinas (Sacoglossa y Cephalaspidea) colectadas en las expediciones del proyecto Galápagos, Patrimonio de la Humanidad (1990-91). Resumen: A partir del material colectado en las islas Galápagos durante las expediciones organizadas en 1990 y 1991 por el Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife, se...
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An article on the biodiversity of Sal island, in the Cape Verde archipelago, covering from coastal and marine life to terrestrial flora and vegetation, birds and reptiles, with an introduction to local landscape, scenery, geography and geology. Published in Makaronesia (bulletin).
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Two nudibranchs, Corambe testudinaria H. Fischer, 1889 and Flabellina rubromaxilla Edmunds, 2015, and one sacoglossan, Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804), are recorded for first time in theAtlantic coasts of Morocco and Sahara. In addition, a list of the species of slugs collected south of Temara is provided.
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Coastal lagoons are environments that are expected to be simple and homogeneous. However, by the contrary, they show a high habitat heterogeneity and develop complex and well-structured communities.An example is the biocoenosis constituted by the biogenic species Valonia aegagropila C. Agardh which conforms balls or “pellets” colonized by a high nu...
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Una parada en la Macaronesia (I) 65 64 PREÁMBULO Y BOSQUEJO HISTÓRICO ues sí, permítasenos comenzar con un regalo marino, una oferta infi nita del océano Atlántico que los insulares co-nocemos muy bien y que siempre ha estado y estará disponible, formando parte de nues-tra historia y la de toda la humanidad: la sal. Este oro blanco, o rosado, prese...
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23 species of sea slugs are cited for the first time at the Canary Islands (8 Cephalaspidea, 1 Anaspidea, 13 Nudibranchia and 1 Sacoglossa) Also two at Cabo Verde (1 Runcinacea and 1 Nudibranchia).Moreover new anatomical data has been provided and 23 taxa erroneously cited in the Canary Islands are disowned.
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Eighteen species of marine invertebrates of four different phyla are registered for the first time in the Canary Islands. All species include illustrations and information on collection sites.
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The freshwater leech Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 1987 and the freshwater planarian Schmidtea lugubris Schmidt, 1861 are recorded for first time in the Canary Islands, providing images and collecting locations of these and other related species presents in this islands.
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Description of a side-gilled sea slugs without radula found in the Canary Islands, for which a new family and new genus and species is proposed.
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Punctual data about the biology and distribution of 17 species of Lepidoptera of the families Gelechiidae, Oecophoridae, Geometridae, Gracillariidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, Lycaenidae, Crambidae, Pyralidae and Choreutidae are provided, recording them for the first time in La Palma (Canary Islands).
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First record of Laughing Dove for the Cape Verde archipelago, indicating a possible expansion of the species to the extreme south of the Macaronesian region, following the same process occurred in Northwest Africa and other nearby regions.
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CITATIONS 0 READS 218 6 authors, including: Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Corals study in the wide sense View project MIMAR. Seguimiento, control y mitigación de proliferaciones de organismos marinos asociadas a perturbaciones humanas y cambio climático en la Región Macaronésica View project
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Several species of Actiniaria and Scleractinia have been searched and collected along theWesternAfrican coast and some of its archipelagos. This paper constitutes the first part of an extensive paper and it is focused nMorocco and Cape Verde, although some material and images from other spots (Canary Islands, Madeira, Gabon or even Mauritania) are...
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Two new species of sea slugs are described in this paper, a nudibranch from Algeciras harbour, Spain, and a sacoglosan from the coasts of Tulun, Mexico. They are named to honor the guitarist Paco de Lucía and his most renowned work. Detailed anatomical data are given for both taxa, which are discussed with their respective Atlantic congeners.
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Key aspects of the biology of the Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus) from La Palma Island are reviewed, with special emphasis on specific details of their feeding behavior. Unpublished pictures are provided.
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As additional results of marine wildlife checklists carried out within different research projects in Canary Islands, an updated systematic list of the 132 species of decapods and 5 stomatopods observed is provided, all illustrated with specimens fotographed alive. Among the species listed, 11 are new records from the archipelago (9 decapods: Penae...
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The study of the opisthobranch fauna from the Canary Islands had an inflection point in the 80’s, when a regular work with this group started. As a result, the number of species recorded or described in the Canaries has increased progressively, from the former inventory of 10 species, to the 287 that we know today. As a continuation of the global i...
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Estudios morfológicos previos establecen para Canarias tres especies de algas verdes del género Valonia (V. aegagropila, V. macrophysa y V. utricularis). La caracterización de V. aega gropila aunque, por su inconfundible hábito gregario-esférico (“ball-like” “algalballs o “egagrópilas”) es diferenciable de V. utricularis, la superposición de caract...
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Melanochlamys wildpreti Ortea, Bacallado & Moro, 2003 is proposed to include in the genus Spinoaglaja Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007 as the fourth Atlantic species of this genus. Se propone incluir Melanochlamys wildpreti Ortea, Bacallado & Moro, 2003 en el gé-nero Spinoaglaja Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007, como la cuarta especie atlántica del género...
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En el presente trabajo se cita por primera vez para las islas Canarias a Ocyropsis crystallina (Rang, 1828), un ctenóforo lobado de amplia distribución en el Atlántico tropical y templado, a partir de abundante material observado en aguas costeras de la isla de El Hierro. Además, se incluye una lista sistemática actualizada de las especies conocida...
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Five species of Runcina Forbes & Hanley, 1853 from Canary Islands are described, four of them related with Mediterranean formae of Runcina adriatica Thompson, 1980 and Runcina banyulensis Schmekel & Cappellato, 2001 and the fifth related to Runcina ferruginea Kress, 1977 group, with reddish hues in the body; of these, data of coloration, body plan,...
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The work presented here summarizes the studies on echinoderms in the Canary Islands, Spain. The geographical and geological contexts of the islands, as well as oceanographic and general characteristics of ecosystems and communities of the archipelago are discussed to better understand the composition of echinoderm species in the islands. A research...
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We investigated the current patterns of diversity by country and by class of echinoderms, and analyzed their biogeographical, depth, and habitat or substratum affinities, using the database of the appendix of this book. Traditionally, the area has been divided into five biogeographical Regions and nine Provinces that cover a wide climate range. Cur...
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Muy acertadamente se ha etiquetado a la ciudad de Ceuta y a todo el territorio ceutí (unos 20 km²) como la puerta de África, el "pórtico de la gloria" para muchos vecinos marroquíes que la frecuentan y el nexo de unión entre la Europa comunitaria y el continente africano, particularmente con el Reino de Marruecos. Téngase en cuenta que Ceuta, situa...
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The use of the internal shell of the Cephalaspidea belonging to the Family Aglajidae is proposed as critical systematic character to distinguish taxa. The shell of 11 Atlantic species is herein illustrated.
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Los ejemplares de Nanozostera noltii (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluszny presentes en el islote del Castillo o del Quemado (Marina de Arrecife, Lanzarote) representan hasta el momento ejemplares clónicos, lo cual refuerza el diagnóstico sobre el estado crítico en que se encontraba la población natural de esta planta marina catalogada, en Canarias, en...
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A partir de la revisión de la descripción original de Facelina variegata De Oliveira, 1895 y del estudio de ejemplares colectados en las costas de Portugal, incluida su localidad tipo, se sinonimiza esta especie con Berghia verrucicornis (Costa, 1867).
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The plathelminth acoel Hofstenia miamia Corrêa, 1960 is first recorded in the East Atlantic Ocean. Canarian specimens were collected under stones in an intertidal pool and subtidal seabeds (10 m deep). Color variation is studied and compared between canarian specimens and individuals from other geographical areas.
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The evolve of the chromatic pattern in the mantle of Chro-modoris rodomaculata Ortea & Valdés, 1992 is described and studied based on samples from eastern Canary islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote). Juveniles and adults of C. rodomaculata in Canary Islands have been misidentified with C. luteorosea and C. luteopunctata respectively;...
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Como 'babosas marinas' se conocen a los representantes de varios órdenes de moluscos, que normalmente tienen la concha reducida o ausente. La carencia de esta estructura protectora ha sido suplida con singulares estrategias de vida que, sin duda, se han visto reflejadas en los variados diseños que exhiben estos singulares invertebrados. A lo largo...
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RESUMEN Se estudian cinco especies del género Doto Oken, 1815, recolectadas en el litoral de Ceuta, entre 2 y 35 m de profundidad, dos de ellas ya eran conocidas en dicha localidad D. floridicola y D. furva, una tercera, D. koenneckery, se cita por vez primera en Ceuta y las dos restantes se describen como nuevas para la ciencia: D. alidrisi, con g...
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With the aim of finalizing the publication of a book about sea slugs from Canary Islands, three new species of opistobranchs are described. Five opistobranchs and two sacoglossans are recorded for first time.
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RESUMEN Se realiza un catálogo comentado y actualizado de los moluscos terrestres de Guana-hacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba, describiendo sus conchas y estableciendo su distribución. ABSTRACT A commented and updated catalog of terrestrial molluscs from Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Río, Cuba, is carried out in the present work, describing shells and esta...
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RESUMEN Se relacionan diecisiete especies del orden Polycladida Lang, 1884, recolectadas en estaciones localizadas en el archipiélago canario (océano Atlántico oriental). Se aportan datos de distribución y abundancia, así como detalles morfológicos, taxonómicos y ecológicos. ABSTRACT A checklist of seventeen species of the order Polycladida Lang, 1...
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A general review of terrestrial and marine environments of Guanahacabibes’ peninsula (Reserve of the Biosphere), in west of Cuba, is carried out. At the same time, biodiversity data is updated.
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The analysis of spatial variability in distribution and abundance of echinoderms may help in identifying the range of processes that can explain the observed patterns of this important component of benthic communities. The distribution and abundance of the echinoderm assemblage inhabiting the shallow rocky reefs at the Cabo Verde archipelago ( wher...
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Marine biodiversity in oceanic archipelagos: specific richness patterns and faunistic affinities. VIERAEA 33: 455-475. ABSTRACT: Species richness in islands depends on the area and the distance to the closest continent which affects colonization rates. However, in marine species such patterns are not well known. In this work we analyze species rich...
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This paper provides new information of the lepidoptera fauna from La Graciosa. Twenty one species collected in this small island are cited for the first time, including some remarkable finds as Vanessa atalanta, Cerocala rothschildi machadoi, Idaea abnorma, and Glossotrophia asellaria.
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Se describe una nueva especie de Melanochlamys Cheesman, 1881 a partir de 3 ejemplares colectados en el litoral de Gran Canaria, islas Canarias.
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Las especiales características oceanográficas de las aguas del archipiélago canario han condicionado el establecimiento de una gran variedad de ecosistemas y la presencia de una importante diversidad de especies organizadas en comunidades singulares. Hasta el momento se han reconocido 5.232 especies pertenecientes a 1.117 familias y a un total de t...
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Based on live material collected in shallow-waters of Tenerife Island , Granulina guancha (d 'Orbigny, 1839) is rcdcscribed, contributing as well with its internal anatomy description and giving new data on live specimens coloration.