Taxonomy and Aspects of the Life History of Australian Beachworms (Polychaeta : Onuphidae)

1979 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 265 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Paxton
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Electrophoretic Mobility ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Glucosephosphate Isomerase ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Polymorphic Species ◽  
History Of

Australian beachworms, recognized by specialists as one species Onuphis teres (Ehlers 1868), and by fishermen as a number of forms, were studied to determine whether more than one species was involved. Monthly sampling at a study site (Narrabeen, New South Wales) and collections from other localities were undertaken to study the morphology of beachworms, electrophoretic mobility of glucosephosphate isomerase and aspects of their life history. Three forms of beachworms-slimy, stumpy and kingworm-occur at the study site. Stumpies were found to be young kingworms, while slimy represents a separate species. The two species belong to Americonuphis Orensanz, 1974; the name is preoccupied and is replaced with Australonuphis. The holotype of A. teres is a kingworm and the closely related slimy is described as A. Parateres, sp. nov. Four other forms of beachworms were collected from northern New South Wales and Queensland: stripey, giant, wiry and white-headed wiry. These forms are referred to Onuphis. Stripey and giant are morphologically distinct and are described as O. taeniata, sp. nov., and O. gygis, sp. nov., respectively. Wiry and white-headed wiry belong to a polymorphic species described as O, mariahirsuta, sp. nov.

Modern Trends in Human Reproductive Physiology

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-805
Author(s):  
CLEMENT A. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Reproductive Physiology ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynaecology ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Human Reproductive ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

For the pediatrician curious enough to pursue the life history of his patient into its prenatal phase or the obstetrician interested in more than one of his two patients, this small book will be of great usefulness. Of the twenty-one chapters, twelve are by Australian or New Zealand workers, the Editor, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of New South Wales, among them. The international flavor is augmented by Swedish, German, and Scottish contributors.

New Terrestrial Amphipods (Amphipoda:Talitridae) From Australian Forests.

1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
JA Friend
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
New Genera ◽  
South West ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of

Descriptions of two new genera including five new species of Australian landhoppers are presented. Two new species are recorded from south-west Western Australia (Austrotroides pectinalis and A. occidentalis) and one each from the Adelaide area (A. crenatus), southern Victoria (Agilestia hyperocha) and southern Queensland-northern New South Wales (A. hylaea). Notes on the life history of Austrotoides crenatus are provided.

Life history of Mytilocypris henricae (Chapman) (Crustacea: Ostracoda) in Lake Bathurst, New South Wales

1985 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 807 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Martens ◽  
P Deckker ◽  
TG Marples
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Relative Abundance ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Larval Stages ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Short Period ◽  
History Of

The life history of the halobiont ostracod M. henricae was studied over a 2.5-year period in Lake Bathurst, a slightly saline lake in New South Wales. Samples were collected monthly or bimonthly between March 1981 and May 1982 and weekly between August 1982 and June 1983. Relative abundance of all nine life stages (eight larval stages and one adult stage) in the samples was determined. Furthermore, in 10 selected monthly samples, sex-ratio, relative abundance of three female maturity stages and number of eggs in uteri of ovigerous females were monitored. Nearly all life stages were present throughout the year and M. henricae is thus a perennial form in Lake Bathurst. Relative abundance of life stages suggests that M. henricae produces three successive generations per year. The spring generation, hatched from eggs laid during winter, matures around November-December. Its larval development takes between 4 and 5 months. The summer generation matures after a larval development of 2.5 months; this short period is ascribed to more favourable temperatures. The autumn generation takes about 4 months to mature.

Salsola strobilifera (Chenopodiaceae), a new combination for a remarkable Australian taxon

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 409 (5) ◽  
pp. 283-290
Author(s):  
SERGEI L. MOSYAKIN
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The new combination Salsola strobilifera is proposed for the morphologically remarkable Australian taxon originally described by Bentham as S. kali var. strobilifera (basionym). The latter name is lectotypified on a specimen from K (barcode K000899590) that was collected in New South Wales by Beckler during the Burke and Wills Victoria Exploring Expedition of 1860–1861, and was studied by Bentham for his Flora Australiensis. Earlier taxonomic treatments and other studies of “strobiliferous” native Australian plants (having short ovoid to almost globular strobile-like terminal inflorescences which are easily broken off at maturity) are briefly discussed and summarized. Judging from available morphological and partly molecular evidence, there are at least two “strobiliferous” morphotypes in Australia, one probably more closely related to S. australis sensu stricto and another more similar to S. sabrinae (= S. tragus subsp. grandiflora). It is concluded that Salsola sensu stricto is represented in Australia and adjacent islands by several (four or five, probably more) rather distinct native taxa that should be better recognized as separate species. On the basis of their morphological distinctiveness, these taxa are comparable to many other currently recognized Eurasian ones. The presence of Eurasian alien species also cannot be excluded. The need for a comprehensive study of Australian taxa of Salsola is emphasized.

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