{"title":"Revision of the Australian Stomatopod Crustacea","authors":"S. Ahyong","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.26.2001.1333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.26.2001.1333","url":null,"abstract":"The Australian Stomatopod fauna is comprehensively revised. Two new genera, Belosquilla and Quollastria, are recognized. Seventy-two species are newly reported from Australia, of which 26 are described as new. Bathysquilloidea is represented by 2 genera and 3 species; Erythrosquilloidea by 1 genus and species; Eurysquilloidea by 5 genera and 8 species; Gonodactyloidea by 15 genera and 46 species; Lysiosquilloidea by 13 genera and 26 species; Parasquilloidea by 2 genera and 3 species; and Squilloidea by 25 genera and 59 species. Harpiosquillidae is synonymized with Squillidae. Gonodactylinus is synonymized with Gonodactylellus, Keijia with Carinosquilla, Raoulius with Odontodactylus, Laevosquilla with Siamosquilla and Toshimitsu with Lophosquilla. The results of the present study double the known stomatopod fauna of Australian waters, now totalling 146 species and 63 genera, in 7 superfamilies and 14 families—about 50% of species and almost 74% of genera from the Indo-West Pacific. Forty-six species (32% of the Australian fauna) are presently known only from Australia. Species richness and abundance of the Australian fauna is likely to be much greater than that implied by the composition of existing collections. Many habitats remain to be specifically targeted for stomatopods and future sampling will likely yield many more species from Australia. All Australian species are illustrated and diagnosed. Keys to the world genera and all species in Australian genera are provided.","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131472995","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":"The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 1, Taxonomy and Phylogeny","authors":"C. Glasby","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.25.1999.1354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.25.1999.1354","url":null,"abstract":"A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the Namanereidinae (Nereididae: Polychaeta) is presented. The cladistic analysis utilising 39 morphological characters (76 apomorphic states) yielded 10,000 minimal-length trees and a highly unresolved Strict Consensus tree. However, monophyly of the Namanereidinae is supported and two clades are identified: Namalycastis containing 18 species and Namanereis containing 15 species. The monospecific genus Lycastoides, represented by L. alticola Johnson, is too poorly known to be included in the analysis. Classification of the subfamily is modified to reflect the phylogeny. Thus, Namalycastis includes large-bodied species having four pairs of tentacular cirri; autapomorphies include the presence of short, subconical antennae and enlarged, flattened and leaf-like posterior cirrophores. Namanereis includes smaller-bodied species having three or four pairs of tentacular cirri; autapomorphies include the absence of dorsal cirrophores, absence of notosetae and a tripartite pygidium. Cryptonereis Gibbs, Lycastella Feuerborn, Lycastilla Solis-Weiss & Espinasa and Lycastopsis Augener become junior synonyms of Namanereis. Thirty-six species are described, including seven new species of Namalycastis (N. arista n.sp., N. borealis n.sp., N. elobeyensis n.sp., N. intermedia n.sp., N. macroplatis n.sp., N. multiseta n.sp., N. nicoleae n.sp.), four new species of Namanereis (N. minuta n.sp., N. serratis n.sp., N. stocki n.sp., N. sublittoralis n.sp.), and three widespread species groups ( Namalycastis abiuma, Namanereis littoralis, N. quadraticeps). Fourteen species are newly placed into synonymy, Lycastis maxillo-falciformis Harms, L. maxillo-ovata Harms, L. maxillo-robusta Harms, Lycastis meraukensis Horst, L. nipae Pflugfelder, L. ouanaryensis Gravier, L. ranauensis Feuerborn, L. vivax Pflugfelder, Lycastopsis augeneri Okuda, L. tecolutlensis Rioja, Namalycastis rigida Pillai, N. tachinensis Rosenfeldt, N. vuwaensis Ryan, and Namanereis littoralis Hutchings & Turvey. A neotype is designated for Namalycastis hawaiiensis (Johnson), and lectotypes are designated for Namalycastis geayi (Gravier), N. senegalensis (Saint-Joseph), N. terrestris (Pflugfelder), Namanereis amboinensis (Pflugfelder) and N. littoralis (Grube). Keys to genera and species are given. Namanereidinae are generally confined to the tropics and subtropics. Maximum species-diversity occurs in the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific, in particular in coastal areas subjected to recent uplifting, where both littoral-zone and freshwater (riparian and subterranean) forms occur. Phylogenetic results indicate that in both Namalycastis and Namanereis there is a preference for freshwater habitats among species with apomorphic traits (corollary being that marine habitats are favoured by the plesiomorphic members). This suggests that the ancestor of the Namanereidinae was a euryhaline coastal species.","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"177 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133608113","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":"The Namanereidinae (Polychaeta: Nereididae). Part 2. Cladistic biogeography","authors":"C. Glasby","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.25.1999.1355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.25.1999.1355","url":null,"abstract":"A cladistic biogeographic study of the Namanereidinae was under taken to test whether the biogeographic patterns shown by the species can be explained by vicariance, and whether they support the conventional view of Pangaean break-up and a hypothetical Tethys Sea. The Namanereidinae consists of two monophyletic clades, Namalycastis and Namanereis, members of which exhibit similar distribution patterns. If species of Namalycastis and Namanereis share a common history of fragmentation and diversification then their area cladograms should be congruent and congruent with the postulated sequence of geological fragmentation. Congruence between area cladograms and between taxon and area cladograms was assessed using the COMPONENT program (Page, 1993). Results indicate that the biogeographic patterns shown by species of both genera may be explained largely by vicariance. Rather than supporting the conventional view of Pangaean break-up and a hypothetical Tethys Sea, the results are better explained by the expanding earth model (sensu Shields, 1976, 1979) which predicts that during the Jurassic Period the earth was substantially smaller, the Tethys Sea was much reduced (or absent) and the Pacific was essentially closed. The minimum age of the subfamily is thought to be about 200 My.","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133817072","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":"Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from New South Wales, with a key to all species of the genus","authors":"G. J. Morgan","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.23.1997.429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.23.1997.429","url":null,"abstract":"Twenty-four species of Euastacus are recorded from New South Wales. Nine new species are described: E. clarkae, E. dangadi, E. dharawalus, E. gamilaroi, E. gumar, E. guwinus, E. rieki, E. spinichelatus and E. yanga. The following species are synonymised: E. alienus with E. reductus, E. aquilus with E. neohirsutus, E. clydensis with E. spini[er, E. keirensis with E. hirsutus, E. nobilis with E. australasiensis and E. spinosus with E. spinifer. This study brings the number of recognised species in Euastacus to 41. A key to all species of the genus is provided. Relationships between taxa are discussed and comments on habitat are included. MORGAN, GARY J., 1997. Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from New South Wales, with a key to all species of the genus. Records of the Australian Musuem, Supplement 23: 1-110.","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114329880","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":"Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon: Aoridae, Isaeidae, Ischyroceridae and Neomegamphopidae","authors":"A. Myers","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.22.1995.121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.22.1995.121","url":null,"abstract":"In this first comprehensive study of corophioid amphipods from the north coast of Papua New Guinea 38 species in 20 genera and four families are reported. In the Aoridae ten species in four genera are recorded, of which three, Aoroides vitiosus n.sp., Bemlos pugiosus n.sp. and Grandidierella nagadae n.sp. are new to science. In the Isaeidae 20 species in nine genera are recorded. Four genera, Falcigammaropsis n.gen., Gammaropsella n.gen., Papuaphotis n.gen. and Paraloiloi n.gen. and thirteen species, Cheiriphotis pediformis n.sp., Chevalia pacifica n.sp., Falcigammaropsis excavata n.sp., Gammaropsella simplex n.sp., G. pilosa n.sp., Gamrnaropsis christenseni n.sp., G. gemina n.sp., G. lacinia n.sp., G. planodentata n.sp., G. siara n.sp., Papuaphotis regis n.sp., Paraloiloi vaga n.sp. and Photis paeowai n.sp. are new to science. Six genera and seven species of Ischyroceridae are recorded. Of which, one genus, Scutischyrocerus n.gen. and three species, Zschyrocerus parma n.sp., I. mediodens n.sp. and Scutischyrocerus scutatus n.sp., are new to science. One species, Parajassa spinipalma Ledoyer, 1979b, is recorded for the first time from the western Pacific. A new genus and species of the family Neomegamphopidae, Riwomegamphopus bamus n.gen. and n.sp., is described. MYERS, A.A., 1995. The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon: Aoridae, Isaeidae, Ischyroceridae and Neomegamphopidae. In J.K. Lowry (ed.). The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon, Papua New Guinea, Part 1. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 22: 25-95.","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131419619","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":"Natural history of Madang Lagoon with an appendix to collecting localities","authors":"M. Jebb, J. Lowry","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.22.1995.120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.22.1995.120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126138121","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":"The Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Madang Lagoon: Lysianassidae, Opisidae, Uristidae, Wandinidae and Stegocephalidae","authors":"J. Lowry, H. Stoddart","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.22.1995.122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.22.1995.122","url":null,"abstract":"This is the first comprehensive study of lysianassoid and stegocephaloid amphipods from the north coast of Papua New Guinea. The study reports 19 species in 11 genera in five families living in several discrete habitats in the Madang Lagoon and Astrolabe Bay. In the Lysianassidae one new genus and eight new species (Paralysianopsis mazamoz n.sp., P. padoz n.sp., Rhinolabia elliotti n.sp., R. jebbi n.sp., R. paeowai n.sp., Riwo mizeui n.gen., n.sp., Tryphosella astrolabensis n.sp. and 7: wongada n.sp.) are described. These are the first records of Paralysianopsis and Rhinolabia from the Indo-Pacific. In the Opisidae n.fam. one new species (Podoprionella dagadugaban n.sp.) is described. This is the first record of Podoprionella from the Indo-Pacific. In the Uristidae the new genus Nagada and three new species (Nagada garagassi n.sp., N. papua n.sp. and N. uwedoae n.sp.) are described. Two new species of Stegocephalidae (Andaniotes bagabag n.sp. and A. karkar n.sp.) are described. Species diversity was greatest among scavenging lysianassoids. Five lysianassoid genera (Zchnopus, Nagada, Paralysianopsis, Rhinolabia and Tryphosella) represented by eleven species (Zchnopus malpatun Lowry & Stoddart, 1992, Nagada garagassi, N. papua, N. uwedoae, Paralysianopsis mazamoz, Rhinolabia elliotti, R. paeowai, R. jebbi, Riwo mizeui, Tryphosella astrolabensis and 7: wongada) and both Andaniotes species were only collected in baited traps and are considered to be at least opportunistic scavengers. Podoprionella dagadugaban was also collected in a trap, but it is suspected of being an epiparasite of fish. Three species (Paralysianopsis padoz, Riwo mizeui and Tryphosella wongada) were taken among living coral inside and outside the lagoon. Five species (Nagada garagassi, N. papua, N. uwedoae, Rhinolabia jebbi and Tryphosella astrolabensis) were found in deep water outside the lagoon, probably on sand and mud bottoms. Three free-living species (Paralysianopsis padoz, Parawaldeckia lowryi Myers, 1985 and Pseudambasia acuticaudata (Ledoyer, 1984)) and two suspected commensal species (Pseudocyphocaris gosema Lowry & Stoddart, 1990 and P. lobata Lowry & Stoddart, 1990) occurred among coral rubble. 50 lysianassoid species was found in seagrass beds or living among sponges, but P. gosema and l? lobata are suspected of living with the tunicate Didemnum molle. Little is known of the biogeographic affinities of this fauna because so little is known from other parts of the Indo-Pacific. However, I. malpatun also occurs in New Caledonia, Pseudambasia acuticaudata also occurs in New Caledonia and the Austral Isles, and Parawaldeckia lowryi also occurs in Fiji and Tonga. * Christensen Research Institute Contribution No. 102.","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133927603","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":"The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily","authors":"D. Bickel","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.21.1994.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.21.1994.50","url":null,"abstract":"The Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of Australia (including Lord Howe, Norfolk, Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands) are treated in detail, and 253 species, 208 newly described, are illustrated and keyed. All described Oriental and extralimital Australasian species are critically reviewed, with notes on diagnostic characters, distribution and generic placement, along with many new combinations ancl synonymies and some keys. Further, the taxonomy of the subfamily is considered at world level, with redefinition and rearrangement of genera and nomenclatural changes for taxa from all regions. The systematic position of the subfamily is discussed and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis presented. The biogeography and natural history of the Australian fauna are treated in detail. Nine new genera are erected, Dytomyia, Negrobovia, Narrabeenia, Abbemyia, Pseudoparentia and Pilbara from Australasia, Mascaromyia and Ethiosciapus from the Afrotropical Region, and Amesorhaga from the Orient. Genera incorrectly referred to the Sciapodinae are discussed. The Sciapodinae show extensive parallel evolution, and almost all diagnostic generic-level characters have evolved independently many times. Historically, this has led to uncertain generic limits and a complicated nomenclatural history. Genera are redefined on a polythetic basis, no character in isolation necessarily being diagnostic for all members. Male secondary sexual characters (MSSC) are reviewed. In some species the female phenotype shows weakened expression of MSSC. A model is presented whereby MSSC could be incorporated into the phenotype of both sexes and thereby become 'higher level' taxonomic characters. The Australian fauna is analysed in detail, with discussions of historical and ecological biogeography. The genera Parentia and Heteropsilopus display classical Bassian distribution patterns and have ties with other southern lands, New ZealandlNew Caledonia and India, respectively. The disjunction of Heteropsilopus in Australia and southern India suggests a widespread eastern Gondwanan distribution dating from the lower Cretaceous. No direct relationship with the Neotropics is evident. Australian Nothofagus rainforests are devoid of Sciapodinae, in contrast to such forests in New Zealand. A Torresian fauna of Oriental-Papuan affinity dominates the northern tropics, and has penetrated southwards along the east coast in association with tropical and subtropical rainforest. The major southern limit of Torresian taxa coincides with the southern limit of subtropical rainforest in New South Wales. Lowland Papuan species occur on Cape York 1 2 Records of the Australian Museum (1994) Supplement 21 Peninsula and across monsoonal northern Australia. In contrast to eastern Australia, the aridity of Western Australia prevented southward movement of tropical elements, and the Southwest maintains only a Bassian fauna. The faunas of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands are of Australian origin, while those of Chri","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122697893","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 phylogenetic study of the parrotfish family Scaridae (Pisces: Labroidea), with a revision of genera","authors":"D. Bellwood","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.20.1994.51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.20.1994.51","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121738030","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":"Aspidites and the phylogeny of pythonine snakes","authors":"A. Kluge","doi":"10.3853/J.0812-7387.19.1993.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3853/J.0812-7387.19.1993.52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":371360,"journal":{"name":"Records of The Australian Museum, Supplement","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130561756","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}