The Vegetation and Flora of Lord Howe Island.

The Australian fig psylloid, Mycopsylla fici, is a sap-feeding insect herbivore that is host-specific to the Moreton Bay fig, Ficus macrophylla. It has periodic major outbreaks that can cause complete defoliation of individual trees and massive decrease in local leaf and fruit availability, with significant effects for many insect and vertebrate species that utilise the tree’s resources. We used ⅛ of an Illumina MiSeq run to sequence genomic DNA from two pools of five psylloids from two different field sites. We identified 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci and characterised them in 43 individuals from two populations (Sydney and Lord Howe Island, Australia). Within populations, the number of alleles ranged from 4 to 15 per locus with observed heterozygosity of 0–0.9. Four loci deviated from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. The microsatellite primers will be useful for the study of population genetics and gene flow within and between psylloid populations.

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Abundance, diversity, and feeding behavior of coral reef butterflyfishes at Lord Howe Island

Ecology and Evolution ◽

10.1002/ece3.1208 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (18) ◽

pp. 3612-3625 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Morgan S. Pratchett ◽

Andrew S. Hoey ◽

Christopher Cvitanovic ◽

Jean‐Paul A. Hobbs ◽

Christopher J. Fulton

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Feeding Behavior ◽

Lord Howe Island

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Pocsia Mucronata, a new Foliicolous Lichen from Lord Howe Island, Australia

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1006/lich.1998.0180 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 141-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

P. M. McCarthy

Keyword(s):

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Lord Howe Island ◽

South Wales

AbstractPocsia mucronata P. M. McCarthy sp. nov. (incert. sed.) is described from Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. This foliicolous lichen inhabits leaves of the endemic palm, Howea forsteriana.

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Distribution of Acanthaster planci at Lord Howe Island, the southern-most Indo-Pacific reef

Coral Reefs ◽

10.1007/bf00258226 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 145-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

L. M. De Vantier ◽

G. Deacon

Keyword(s):

Acanthaster Planci ◽

Lord Howe Island

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The Foraminifera of Lord Howe Island, South Pacific.

Journal of the Linnean Society of London Zoology ◽

10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00057.x ◽

1924 ◽

Vol 35 (238) ◽

pp. 599-647 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

E. Heron-Allen ◽

A. Earland

Keyword(s):

South Pacific ◽

Lord Howe Island

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DNA barcoding reveals multiple overlooked Australian species of the red algal order Rhodymeniales (Florideophyceae), with resurrection of Halopeltis J. Agardh and description of Pseudohalopeltis gen. nov.

Botany ◽

10.1139/b10-038 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 88 (7) ◽

pp. 639-667 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Gary W. Saunders ◽

Brian McDonald

Keyword(s):

Dna Barcode ◽

South Australia ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

Cryptic Diversity ◽

Additional Species ◽

Australian Species ◽

Lord Howe Island ◽

Red Algal ◽

Species Groups ◽

Genetic Species

The DNA barcode (COI-5P) was used to investigate cryptic diversity among Rhodymenia spp. in southern Australia. Whereas eight species are currently recognized, we uncovered ca. 20 genetic species groups, phylogenetically assigned to four genera in two families. Procumbent specimens with molecular and anatomical signatures of the Fryeellaceae are assigned to Pseudohalopeltis tasmanensis gen. et sp. nov. Collections from Lord Howe Island recorded in the field as Rhodymenia / Fauchea sp. are assigned to the poorly known genus Microphyllum as Microphyllum robustum sp. nov. A cluster of species with distinct molecular and anatomical attributes is included in a resurrected Halopeltis J.G. Agardh, including Halopeltis australis (J. Agardh) comb. nov. (type species); Halopeltis austrina (Womersley) comb. nov.; Halopeltis cuneata (Harvey) comb. nov. [including Rhodymenia halymenioides (J. Agardh) Womersley]; Halopeltis gracilis sp. nov.; Halopeltis prostrata sp. nov.; and Halopeltis verrucosa (Womersley) comb. nov. Four additional species of Halopeltis from Lord Howe Island (LH1, LH2), Tasmania (TAS), and Western Australia are not characterized further. For Rhodymenia sensu stricto, similar levels of cryptic diversity were noted. Samples tentatively field-identified as “ Rhodymenia sonderi ,” but having affiliations to Rhodymenia rather than Halopeltis, are referred to Rhodymenia novahollandica sp. nov. Collections field-identified as R. obtusa are genetically distinct from that species and are assigned to Rhodymenia wilsonis (Sonder) comb. nov. Two highly divergent species currently identified as Rhodymenia leptophylla (LH from Lord Howe Island; TAS from Tasmania), as well as two additional cryptic previously unnamed taxa from South Australia (SA) and Victoria (VIC), are not characterized further.

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