Review of the Australian fish family Arripididae (Percomorpha), with the description of a new species

1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 459 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Paulin
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Gill Arch ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Fish Family ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Australian Fish

The family Arripididae contains one genus, Arripis Jenyns, with four species endemic to areas within temperate Australian and New Zealand waters. A. georgianus (Valenciennes), found throughout cool temperate Australia, is identified by having more than 27 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch. A. truttaceus (Cuvier), found in Western and South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, has fewer than 17 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch. A. trutta (Bloch & Schneider), found in eastern Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand, has 20-24 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch and a small caudal fin whose length is equal to or less than the length of the head. A. xylabion sp, nov., found in northern New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands, is identified by having 20-25 rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch and a large caudal fin whose length is longer than that of the head. A neotype is designated for A. trutta.

Taxonomy and nomenclature of black nerites (Gastropoda:Neritimorpha:Nerita) from the South Pacific

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamish G. Spencer ◽  
Jonathan M. Waters ◽  
Thomas E. Eichhorst
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
Easter Island ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
The World ◽  
Austral Islands ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Southern Half

Members of the genus Nerita are abundant components of the intertidal fauna in many parts of the world and yet Nerita taxonomy remains unsettled. Here, the relationships among black-shelled Nerita populations from Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, the Kermadec Islands and Easter Island are discussed. Four species are recognised: N. atramentosa Reeve, 1855 from the southern half of Australia; N. melanotragus E.A. Smith, 1884 from eastern Australia, northern New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and the Kermadec Islands; N. morio (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) from Easter Island and the Austral Islands; and N. lirellata Rehder, 1980 from Easter Island alone. These species are of great importance in studies of intertidal community structure and yet two of them have been consistently confused in the ecological and taxonomic literature. Moreover, the relationships among the species are not at all as implied by recent subgeneric classifications; it is argued that all four species should be placed in the subgenus Lisanerita Krijnen, 2002. The superficially similar N. picea Récluz, 1841 is not closely related. An accurate taxonomy of the genus will almost certainly require considerable genetic analysis. The nomenclature for each species is herein established by complete synonymies, and lectotypes for both N. atramentosa and N. melanotragus are selected.

Revision of the fish family Euclichthyidae (Pisces: Gadiformes) with the description of two new species from the Western Pacific

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4758 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-256
Author(s):  
PETER R. LAST ◽  
JOHN J. POGONOSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Gill Arch ◽  
Posterior Chamber ◽  
Swim Bladder ◽  
Anterior Portion ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Fish Family ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Lateral Ethmoid

Members of the benthopelagic fish family Euclichthyidae, also known as the Eucla cods, occur on the upper continental slopes off Australasia at 220–1040 m depths. Euclichthyids essentially differ from other gadiform fishes in a combination of two almost contiguous dorsal fins with the second much longer based, a deeply notched anal fin with its anterior portion greatly elevated, jugular pelvic fins consisting of 3 partly united filiform upper rays and 3 free filamentous lower rays, an asymmetrical caudal fin with 5 hypurals fused into two plates, and no chin barbel, or vomerine and palatine tooth patches. Additional characters attributed to the group by other published studies include: no horizontal diaphragm within the posterior chamber of the swim bladder, no swim bladder-auditory capsule connection, presence of a luminous organ, and cranial muscle adductor arcus palatini divided by a strong ligament running from the lateral ethmoid and palatine to the medial face of the hyomandibular. Widely considered to be monotypic since its erection in 1984, the group consists of a single genus and three allopatric species, Euclichthys polynemus McCulloch, 1926 (Western and southern Australia, New Zealand), and two new taxa, E. microdorsalis sp. nov. (northeastern Australia) and E. robertsi sp. nov. (eastern Australia and New Caledonia). Eucla cods are morphologically conservative with both new species superficially resembling the type species, E. polynemus. Euclichthys microdorsalis sp. nov. is the most anatomically and morphologically divergent member of the group in having a shorter first dorsal fin, longer snout, relatively small eye compared to its interorbital width, and fewer caudal-fin rays and primary rakers on the outer gill arch than its congeners. Euclichthys robersti sp. nov. differs from E. polynemus in being smaller with a more slender head, and having a smaller eye, longer anal-fin base and tail, smaller scales, fewer primary rakers on the outer gill arch, more elongate oval otoliths, and usually having a X and/or Y bone in the caudal skeleton (both absent in other Euclichthys). Little is known of their biology but available material suggest that early juveniles remain pelagic in the open ocean with adults benthopelagic near the sea floor. Diagnoses and a key are provided for the three species. 

Phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian centipede Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): A combined morphological and molecular approach

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Colgan ◽  
Gregory Edgecombe ◽  
Deirdre Sharkey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Eastern Australia

AbstractThe lithobiomorph centipede Henicops is widely distributed in Australia and New Zealand, with five described species, as well as two species in New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island. Parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of ca. 800 aligned bases of sequence data from 16S rRNA and 28S rRNA were conducted on a dataset including multiple individuals of Henicops species from populations sampled from different parts of species' geographic ranges, together with the allied henicopines Lamyctes and Easonobius. Morphological characters are included in parsimony analyses. Molecular and combined datasets unite species from eastern Australia and New Zealand to the exclusion of species from Western Australia, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island. The molecular data favour these two geographic groupings as clades, whereas inclusion of morphology resolves New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, southwest Western Australia and Queensland as successive sisters to southeastern Australia and New Zealand. The basal position of the Lord Howe Island species in the phylogeny favours a diversification of Australasian Henicops since the late Miocene unless the Lord Howe species originated in a biota that pre-dates the island. The molecular and combined data resolve the widespread morphospecies H. maculatus as paraphyletic, with its populations contributing to the geographic groupings New South Wales + New Zealand and Tasmania + Victoria.

New species of Crotonia (Acari: Oribatida: Crotoniidae) from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands: further evidence of long-distance dispersal events in the biogeography of a genus of Gondwanan relict oribatid mites

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2650 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. COLLOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Long Distance Dispersal ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Norfolk Island

Three new species of oribatid mite belonging to the genus Crotonia are described: one from Lord Howe Island (C. gorgonia sp. nov.) and two (C. norfolkensis sp. nov. and C. utricularia sp. nov.) from Norfolk Island, South-west Pacific. Crotonia gorgonia sp. nov. belongs to the Capistrata species group which reaches its highest diversity in Australia but is absent from New Zealand. Crotonia norfolkensis sp. nov. is a member of the Cophinaria group, recorded from Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, but with closest morphological similarity to C. brachyrostrum (Hammer, 1966) from New Zealand. Crotonia utricularia sp. nov. belongs to the Unguifera group, which reaches its highest diversity in New Zealand, is absent from Australia, and is present on Vanuatu and the Marquesas. The distribution of members of the species-groups of Crotonia in the south-western Pacific indicates that the species from Lord Howe Island has affinities with species from Australia, while the species from Norfolk Island are both most similar to species from New Zealand, and represents further evidence of the capacity of Crotonia spp. for long-distance dispersal to oceanic islands.

scholarly journals A new species ofTriteSimon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Zealand, with remarks onTriterelationships and radiation

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Patoleta ◽  
Marek Żabka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
A New Species

A species known from earlier behavioural studies as “Holoplatys sp.”, is described asTrite pollardisp. nov. Within the genusTrite, two species groups are distinguished: theplaniceps-group (found in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island) and theincognita-group (limited to New Zealand). The three alternative scenarios of theTriteorigin, relationships and radiation in New Zealand, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island are discussed. Three species are considered to be excluded fromTrite.

Hypselodoris jacksoni, a new species from the south-western Pacific Ocean (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with a discussion on intraspecific variation  in mantle glands in Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1549 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
NERIDA G. WILSON ◽  
RICHARD C. WILLAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Western Pacific Ocean ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Receptaculum Seminis ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hypselodoris (Chromodorididae) is described from the subtropical and temperate south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island). The colouration of Hypselodoris jacksoni sp. nov. is distinctive, though highly variable intraspecifically. Hypselodoris jacksoni belongs to the Indo-Pacific Hypselodoris clade (for which the key synapomorphy is a minute receptaculum seminis) and, based on comparisons of internal and external morphology, appears to belong to a subclade characterised by an elevated branchial sheath, probably most closely related to H. krakotoa Gosliner & Johnson, 1999, H. reidi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999 and H. regina Ev. & Er. Marcus, 1970. Intraspecific variation in the arrangement of mantle glands in H. jacksoni prompted a preand post-fixation comparison of mantle glands in another chromodorid, Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982. These results indicate these structures can vary significantly within a population (and thus species), and it is likely that too much emphasis has been placed on mantle glands for separating species in the recent literature.

Ticks in Australia: endemics; exotics; which ticks bite humans?

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Stephen C Barker ◽  
Dayana Barker
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Spotted Fever ◽  
South Australia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Other ◽  
Soft Tick ◽  
Ixodes Holocyclus ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Paralysis Tick

At least 71 species of ticks occur in Australia; a further 33 or so species are endemic to its neighbours, New Guinea and New Zealand. The ticks of Australia and other parts of Australasia are phylogenetically distinct. Indeed, there are at least two lineages of ticks that are unique to Australasia: the genus Bothriocroton Klompen, Dobson & Barker, 2002; and the new genus Archaeocroton Barker & Burger, 2018. Two species of ticks that are endemic to Australia are notorious for feeding on humans: (i) Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick, in eastern Australia; and (ii) Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum, the ornate kangaroo tick, in Western Australia, at one place in South Australia, and in parts of Queensland. Three of the other endemic species of ticks that feed on humans in Australia are also noteworthy: (i) Bothriocroton hydrosauri, the southern reptile tick, which is a vector of Rickettsia honei (Flinders Island spotted fever); (ii) Haemaphysalis novaeguineae, the New Guinea haemaphysalid; and (iii) Ornithodoros capensis, the seabird soft tick. Here, we present images of female Ixodes holocyclus, Amblyomma t. triguttatum, Bothriocroton hydrosauri and Haemaphysalis novaeguineae and our latest maps of the geographic distributions of Ixodes holocyclus, Amblyomma t. triguttatum and Bothriocroton hydrosauri. None of the five exotic species of ticks in Australia typically feed on humans.

Revisions of Australian ground-hunting spiders: IV. The spider subfamily Diaprograptinae subfam. nov. (Araneomorphae: Miturgidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2035 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT J. RAVEN
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Apical Segment ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Southeast Queensland

The newly recognised Diaprograptinae includes the Australian Diaprograpta Simon, 1909, Eupograpta gen. nov., Mituliodon Raven & Stumkat, 2003, Mitzoruga gen. nov., Nuliodon gen. nov., and the New Zealand Zealoctenus Forster & Wilton, 1973. All genera are unique in the Miturgidae s. strict. in the possession of claw tufts, and more equivocally, in the apical segment of the posterior lateral spinnerets, which in Diaprograptinae is not as strongly elongated as in Miturga. Diaprograpta includes the type species, D. striola Simon, 1909 from Western Australia, D. hirsti sp. nov. from South Australia, D. alfredgodfreyi sp. nov. from Victoria, D. peterandrewsi sp. nov. from western Queensland and D. abrahamsae sp. nov. from southeast Queensland. Eupograpta includes E. kottae sp. nov., sympatric with Diaprograpta striola and E. anhat sp. nov., from western Queensland. Mitzoruga gen. nov. is described to accommodate Uliodon marmoreus (Hogg, 1896), M. insularis sp. nov., and M. elapines sp. nov., from xeric regions of Australia. The genus presents a character combination which challenges the boundary between the Miturgidae Simon, 1886 and Zoridae F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1893. Nuliodon gen. nov. includes only N. fishburni sp. nov. from eastern Australia.

Development and ecology of larvae of the monotypic Australian fish family Dinolestidae

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony G. Miskiewicz ◽  
Francisco J. Neira ◽  
Sharon E. Tait
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Fish Family ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Large Head ◽  
Australian Family ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Australian Fish ◽  
Western Victoria

The development and seasonal distribution of larvae of Dinolestes lewini, the sole species of the endemic Australian family Dinolestidae, are described for the first time using larvae 1.88–14.13 mm in body length caught in south-eastern Australia. Larvae have a moderately deep body, 27–29 myomeres, a moderate to large head, a large mouth with prominent, early-forming premaxillary teeth, small to moderate preopercular spines, a coiled and compact gut, and are moderately pigmented. Notochord flexion takes place between 4.8 and 7.0 mm and transformation at a size >14 mm. Larvae closely resemble those of Apogonops (Acropomatidae), Pomatomus (Pomatomidae) and Scomber (Scombridae), genera that have been postulated to be related to Dinolestes, but can be distinguished using a combination of myomere and fin-ray counts, and pigmentation. Larvae have been caught in marine waters off central New South Wales between January and November, and off western Victoria in late January, at depths between 30 and 0 m and within 8 nautical miles of the coast. The limited data on larval occurrence in New South Wales indicate that D. lewini spawns over an extended period, with a peak in autumn/winter.

Advances in Fish Tagging and Marking Technology

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Otolith Microchemistry ◽  
Chub Mackerel ◽  
Stock Structure ◽  
Stock Discrimination ◽  
Sufficient Power ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Australian Fish

<i>Abstract</i>.—This study assesses the suitability of genetic approaches, parasitology and otolith microchemistry for determining the stock structure of spotted chub mackerel <i>Scomber australasicus </i>in Australasian waters and establishes protocols for using these techniques to determine variability within and among putative stocks. Seventy-five fish from three locations across the geographical distribution of <i>S. australasicus </i>in Australian waters (SE Queensland, South Australia and SE Western Australia) and one location in New Zealand were examined. Genetics and parasite assemblage were analyzed for all fish; otolith microchemistry of Australian fish was also examined. Techniques were successfully developed to extract and amplify a segment of the mtDNA control region, and results showed significant genetic heterogeneity among fish from Western Australia, Queensland, and New Zealand. Parasite analysis identified several taxa that are suitable for use as biological tags and enabled discrimination of fish collected from the four locations. Studies of otolith microchemistry using LA-ICP-MS had sufficient power to distinguish fish from the three Australian locations. This study suggests that there are multiple stocks of <i>S. australasicus </i>within Australian waters, proposes protocols for future studies of finer scale stock structure, and discusses the efficacy of each technique for stock discrimination.

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