{"title":"A new species of Palaemonella (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae)","authors":"A. Bruce","doi":"10.5962/p.286294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286294","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of pontoniine shrimp, Palaemonella maziwi sp. nov., from East Africa, is designated, having been previously misidentified with P. spinulata Yokoya, 1936. Further morphological details are noted and illustrated. Literature records of Palaemonella spinulata from the western Indian Ocean are erroneous.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125507138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ascidiacea (Thnicata) from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia","authors":"Patricia Koti","doi":"10.5962/p.286295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286295","url":null,"abstract":"Forty species of ascidians from the Northern Territory (mostly from Darwin Harbour) are discussed. These include three new species (Clave/ina amplexa sp. nov .. Distaplia cuspidis sp. nov. and Leptoclinides complexus sp. nov.). All the species discussed below are colonial and over one half are in the family Didemnidae, suggesting that the prolific replication resulting in exponential rates of colony growth, flexibility in form and viviparous habit displayed by these organisms may be a selective advantage in the tropics. These also may be factors contributing to the tropical diversity reflected in this collection from the northern coast of Australia which, separated from Indonesia and the islands to the north only by the Timor Sea, is in the centre of the Indo-west Pacific tropical region.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123976899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new genus of small coral-reef goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Indo-west Pacific, with discussion of its relationships","authors":"H. Larson","doi":"10.5962/p.286296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286296","url":null,"abstract":"A new genus and species, Minysicya caudimaculata, is created for a small coral reef gobiine known so far from the Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan; Scott Reef off northern Western Australia; Lizard Island, Queensland; and the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Minysicya n. gen. forms a monophyletic group with five other genera including Bryaninops and Pleurosicya (commensal on various invertebrates and plants), but has fewer of the specialisations exhibited by the other genera.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126433433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two new records of Parascolopsis (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the west coast of India, with a redescription of Parascolopsis boesemani (Rao and Rao)","authors":"S. Naik, D. Uikey, B. Russell, A. Shanbhag","doi":"10.5962/p.286297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286297","url":null,"abstract":"The occurrence of the dwarf monocle breams Parascolopsis eriomma (Jordan and Richardson) and P. boesemani (Rao and Rao) (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the west coast of India is reported for the first time based on specimens collected from off Goa. Parascolopsis boesemani is redescribed and compared with other congeners. A key to the western Indian Ocean species of Parascolopsis is provided.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128845951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Corbett, R. Batterham, S. Sewell, Michael Welch, Greg Richards, H. Larson
{"title":"The Angalarri, Scortum neili Allen, Larson, and Midgley (Teleostei: Terapontidae): description of adults and their habitat","authors":"L. Corbett, R. Batterham, S. Sewell, Michael Welch, Greg Richards, H. Larson","doi":"10.5962/p.320163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.320163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"178 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125813089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lectotype designation for Gobius sarasinorum Boulenger (Pisces, Gobioidei, Gobiiade, Gobionellinae)","authors":"H. Larson","doi":"10.5962/p.320162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.320162","url":null,"abstract":"The gobionelline fishes of the genus Mugilogobius were recently revised by Larson (2001). The specimen intended to be the lectotype of Gobius sarasinorum Boulenger 1897, was illustrated (Larson 2001) and it was referred to as the lectotype in the text. However, in an oversight, the specimen was not formally designated as lectotype, nor were the remaining syntypes designated as paralectotypes. This short note is intended to rectify this, so that the six lake-dwelling Mugilogobius species of Sulawesi cannot be confused.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121877163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bait-taking Fireworms (Amphinomidae: Polychaeta) and Other Polychaetes","authors":"C. Glasby, J. Bailey–Brock","doi":"10.5962/p.286288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286288","url":null,"abstract":"Catching polychaete worms on baited hooks while fishing or luring them to take bait in an aquarium is noteworthy because it represents evidence for carrion feeding, a feeding mode relatively uncommon amongst polychaetes. Polychaetes that are able to quickly detect and actively locate carrion are true scavengers, which fortuitously locate and consume animal remains.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116564791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Species of Pentapodus (Teleostei: Nemipteridae) from the Western Pacific","authors":"B. Russell","doi":"10.5962/p.286290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286290","url":null,"abstract":"Pentapodus aureofasciatus is described as a new species of whiptail bream (family Nemipteridae) based on specimens collected from the Ryukyu Is, Taiwan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, north-eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. The species is similar to other congeners in general appearance, but is characterised by having scales on top of the head not reaching forward to a line between the posterior nostrils; lower limb of preopercle with 2 or 3 scale rows; lateral-line scales 42 to 48 (usually 46 or 47); caudal fin forked, lobes more or less equal in length, and lacking filamentous extensions; and by having a distinctive broad pale yellow band along the body from behind eye to caudal peduncle. A key to the species of Pentapodus is provided.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134326544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alimentary Canal Anatomy and Diet of the Nurseryflsh, Kurtus gulliveri (Perciformes: Kurtidae), from the Northern Territory of Australia","authors":"T. Berra, D. Wedd","doi":"10.5962/p.286286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286286","url":null,"abstract":"The alimentary canal and diet of nursery fish, Kurtus gulliveri, are described based on 50 specimens (average size 223 mm SL) collected from the Adelaide River, near Darwin, Northern Territory, during April-July 2001. The mouth is large, angled at about 45 , and opens terminally and slightly superiorly. Small conical teeth are present in bands on the premaxillary and dentary and in patches on the palatine and basibranchials. The gill rakers are long and flat with small teeth at their distal ends. The stomach is very muscular and capable of sizable distension. There are 8-11 pyloric caeca at the junction of the stomach and intestine. The intestine is relatively short, and the anus is located much more anteriorly than in most fishes. Sixty percent of the stomachs and 64% of the intestines contained food items, whereas 84% of the entire gastrointestinal tracts contained prey. Twenty-four percent of the stomachs were full or distended. Arthropods (prawns, isopods, insect larvae) and teleosts are the most frequently ingested prey.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114999044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Genus and Species of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) Commensal with Octocorals","authors":"C. Glasby, C. Watson","doi":"10.5962/p.286289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.286289","url":null,"abstract":"A survey of cnidarian material from Darwin Harbour, northern Australia, in the collection of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, yielded two species of commensal syllid polychaetes: Haplosyllis cf. bisetosa HartmannSchroder, 1960, an alcyonacean commensal previously known only from the Red Sea, plus a new species (and genus) of Syllinae, Alcyonosyllis phili. The new genus is characterised by having simple hooked chaetae with a subdistal boss and unarticulated dorsal cirri which are arranged in an alternating pattern of large, dorsally displaced cirri and smaller, lateral ones. Haplosyllis xeniaecola Hartmann-Schroder, 1993, which is also a commensal of alcyonaceans, is transferred to this new genus. Alcyonosyllis phili was found on nephtheid soft corals and gorgonians from the northwestern, northern and eastern coasts of Australia; it also occurs in southern New Guinea. Observations on the number of hosts harbouring A. phili and Haplosyllis cf. bisetosa and the number of worms per host are also provided.","PeriodicalId":184392,"journal":{"name":"The Beagle : Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126891098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}