{"title":"Microscopic analysis of the developing dentition in the pouch young of the extinct marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus, with an assessment of other developmental stages and eruption","authors":"W. Luckett, N. Luckett, Tony Harper","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2019.78.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2019.78.01","url":null,"abstract":"Luckett, W.P., Hong Luckett, N. and Harper, T. 2019. Microscopic analysis of the developing dentition in the pouch young of the extinct marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus, with an assessment of other developmental stages and eruption. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 1–21. A pouch young of the extinct dasyuromorphian marsupial Thylacinus cynocephalus was examined histologically to study the stages of the developing dentition during the pre-eruptive period of development. Both deciduous and successional stages of tooth development were examined, and these were compared to later stages of development and eruption of the teeth in Thylacinus and with selected developmental stages of other dasyuromorphians. Our analysis shows that the development and eruption of teeth in Thylacinus is most similar to that of dasyurids with only two premolars, such as Dasyurus and Sarcophilus, rather than the dasyurids with three premolars, such as Antechinus and Sminthopsis.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69269481","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 redescription of Eulimnadia rivolensis (Brady, 1886) (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiiidae), and its transfer to Paralimnadia","authors":"B. Timms","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2019.78.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2019.78.03","url":null,"abstract":"Timms, B.V. 2019. A redescription of Eulimnadia rivolensis (Brady, 1886) (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiiidae), and its transfer to Paralimnadia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 57–64. Eulimnadia rivolensis occurs across the southern Australian mainland and Tasmania but has not been collected in Victoria since 1910 and in south-east South Australia since 1975, where its former habitat has been destroyed. E. rivolensis is redescribed from syntype material and transferred to Paralimnadia. This species lacks a subcercopod spine and has other less characteristic features of Paralimnadia. Eulimnadia palustera Timms, 2015 is a junior synonym based on egg morphology and some characteristics of the telson.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"9 48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69269552","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}
J. Melville, E. Ritchie, Stephanie N. J. Chapple, R. Glor, J. Schulte
{"title":"Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae)","authors":"J. Melville, E. Ritchie, Stephanie N. J. Chapple, R. Glor, J. Schulte","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.04","url":null,"abstract":"Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E.and Schulte II, J.A. 2018. Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41–61. The taxonomy of many of Australia’s agamid lizard genera remains unresolved because morphological characters have proved to be unreliable across numerous lineages. We undertook a morphological study and integrated this with a recent genetic study to resolve long-standing taxonomic problems in three genera of large-bodied Australian agamid lizards: Amphibolurus, Gowidon and Lophognathus. We had broad geographic sampling across genera, including all currently recognised species and subspecies. Using an integrative taxonomic approach, incorporating mitochondrial (ND2) and nuclear (RAG1) genetic data, and our morphological review, we found that both generic and species-level taxonomic revisions were required. We revise generic designations, creating one new genus (Tropicagama gen. nov.) and confirming the validity of Gowidon, giving a total of four genera. In addition, we describe a new species (Lophognathus horneri sp. nov.) and reclassify two other species. Our results provide a significant step forward in the taxonomy of some of Australia’s most iconic and well-known lizards and provide a clearer understanding of biogeographic patterns across Australia’s monsoonal and arid landscapes.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"36 1","pages":"41-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72688420","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":"Burrowing lobsters mostly from shallow coastal environments in Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Axiidea: Axiidae, Micheleidae)","authors":"G. Poore, M. Victoria","doi":"10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.01","url":null,"abstract":"Poore, G.C.B. 2018. Burrowing lobsters from shallow coastal environments in Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Axiidea: Axiidae, Micheleidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 1–14. Surveys of coral reefs and associated habitats have discovered nine species of Axiidae and one of Micheleidae in Papua New Guinea. Only the micheleid is new to science. The collection provides an opportunity to provide colour photographs of some and to revisit their taxonomy. Two species are synonymised with others: Alienaxiopsis lizardensis Sakai, 2011 with A. clypeata (De Man, 1905) and Allaxiopsis bougainvillensis Sakai, 2011 with Axiopsis Picteti var. spinimana De Man, 1905, now Allaxiopsis spinimana (De Man, 1905). Axiopsis pica Kensley, 2003 is recognised as distinct from A. serratifrons, with which it co-occurs. Michelea papua sp. nov. is described as new.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"75 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83826105","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 Eiconaxius cristagalli species complex (Decapoda, Axiidea, Axiidae)","authors":"G. Poore, M. Victoria, P. Dworschak","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.06","url":null,"abstract":"Poore, G.C.B., and Dworschak, P.C. (2018). The Eiconaxius cristagalli species complex (Decapoda, Axiidea, Axiidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 105–120. Four species of Eiconaxius are known to possess a denticulate median rostral carina: E. antillensis Bouvier, 1905, E. asper Rathbun , 1906, E. cristagalli Faxon, 1893, and E. indicus (De Man, 1907). They are reviewed and two similar new species are described: E. dongshaensis sp. nov., and E. gololobovi sp. nov. A key to distinguish them is presented.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"61 1","pages":"105-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81967804","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":"Recognising variability in the shells of argonauts (Cephalopoda: Argonautidae): the key to resolving the taxonomy of the family","authors":"J. Finn, M. Victoria","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.05","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"68 1","pages":"63-104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90769094","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 Indo-West Pacific species of Neaxiopsis and Neaxius (Crustacea: Axiidea: Strahlaxiidae)","authors":"G. Poore, M. Victoria, P. Dworschak","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2018.77.02","url":null,"abstract":"Poore, G.C.B., and Dworschak, P.C. (2018). The Indo-West Pacific species of Neaxiopsis and Neaxius (Crustacea: Axiidea: Strahlaxiidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 15–28. The synonymy of Axius (Neaxius) gundlachi var. orientalis De Man, 1925, with Axius (Neaxius?) euryrhynchus De Man, 1905, now Neaxiopsis euryrhynchus (De Man, 1905), is confirmed. The synonymy of Axia acantha (A. Milne Edwards, 1879), Eiconaxius taliliensis Borradaile, 1900, and Axius acanthus mauritianus Bouvier, 1914, is confirmed; they are a single species, Neaxius acanthus. They and a second species from the Indo-West Pacific, Neaxius trondlei Ngoc-Ho, 2005, are not synonyms of Neaxius glyptocercus (von Martens, 1868), as was proposed in Sakai’s (2011) family synthesis. Instead, a second species (from southern Queensland, Australia, Fiji and French Polynesia) close to Neaxius glyptocercus from north-eastern Australia is diagnosed as Neaxius capricornicus sp. nov.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"9 1","pages":"15-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75509466","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}
N. Clemann, T. Stranks, R. Carland, J. Melville, Bianca op den Brouw, P. Robertson
{"title":"The death adder acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) in Victoria: historical records and contemporary uncertainty","authors":"N. Clemann, T. Stranks, R. Carland, J. Melville, Bianca op den Brouw, P. Robertson","doi":"10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.03","url":null,"abstract":"The south-eastern distributional limit of many Australian species coincides with northern, and sometimes far-eastern, Victoria. In the mid-19th century, Blandowski’s Lower Murray Expedition sought to study the natural history of this area, specifically north and north-western Victoria. The expedition collected many specimens that are now registered with Museums Victoria, including species that are now extinct, extinct in the state or greatly reduced in distribution. During the expedition, a specimen of the death adder Acanthophis antarcticus was collected at Lake Boga in north-western Victoria. During the 20th and 21st centuries, there has been debate about whether this species persists in Victoria. We review early records of this species, including voucher specimens held by Museums Victoria, one of which we confirm as the specimen collected during Blandowski’s Lower Murray Expedition. We also explore recent claims of sightings of this species in Victoria. We collate names for the death adder used by Aboriginal people in northern and north-western Victoria. Death adders undoubtedly occurred in north-western Victoria in the 19th century and were known to the Aboriginal people, but it is probable that they no longer occur in that part of the state. It is possible that death adders persist in far East Gippsland, east of the Wallagaraugh River, although no substantiating material, such as photographs or specimens, has been collected in that area.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"1 1","pages":"29-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89182564","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":"New asterinid seastars from the western Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)","authors":"P. O’Loughlin, Guadalupe Bribiesca‐Contreras","doi":"10.24199/J.MMV.2017.76.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/J.MMV.2017.76.03","url":null,"abstract":"O’Loughlin, P.M. and Bribiesca-Contreras, G. 2017. New asterinid seastars from the Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 76: 121–132. Three new Aquilonastra O’Loughlin (in O’Loughlin and Waters, 2004) species are described: Aquilonastra donia sp. nov. for New Caledonia, lodged in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris; Aquilonastra korora sp. nov. and Aquilonastra starmeri sp. nov., both for Palau and lodged in the Florida Museum of Natural History.","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"30 1","pages":"121-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88129064","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 review of the tuskfishes, genus Choerodon (Labridae, Perciformes), with descriptions of three new species","authors":"F. Martin","doi":"10.24199/j.mmv.2017.76.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2017.76.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53647,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of Museum Victoria","volume":"51 1","pages":"1-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87464147","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}