A NEW GENERIC NAME FOR ANCHISOMUS MULTISTRIATUS RICHARDSON 1854 (TETRADONTIDAE), WITH NOTES ON ITS TOXICITY AND PUFFERFISH BITING BEHAVIOR
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 13 (1986–1987) | Updated 17 Apr 2013
Abstract A poorly known pufferfish, Anchisomus multistriatus Richardson, is redescribed from 25 specimens from northern Australian coastal waters, and placed in a new monotypic genus, Feroxodon . It differs from other tetraodontid genera with a similar na ...
A NEW SPECIES OF GASTROSACCUS (MYSIDACEA) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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A NEW SPECIES OF HYDROPHIS (SERPENTES HYDROPHIIDAE) FROM NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIAN WATERS
Abstract A new species of sea snake ( Hydrophis geometricus ) from north-west Australian waters is described. It is compared with H. macdowelli Kharin and H. ocellatus Gray. ...
A NEW SPECIES OF LERISTA (LACERTILIA SCINCIDAE) WITH TWO SUBSPECIES FROM CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
Abstract A new species, Lerista aericeps, closely related to the Western Australian species L. separanda and L. xanthura . is described from the Northern Territory and southwestern Queensland. It is divided into two subspecies. ...
DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW PLESIOPID FISH FROM SOUTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF PARAPLESIOPS
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 13 (1986–1987) | Updated 23 Apr 2013
Abstract Paraplesiops sinclairi sp. novo is described from six specimens from the Archipelago of the Recherche and Lancelin. It is distinguished from the other members of Paraplesiops by the combination of a low lateral line count (29-32) and smooth preop ...
THE SIPUNCULAN FAUNA (SIPUNCULA) OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Part 2 215 215 EDMONDS, S.J. Abstract Twenty-three species of sipunculans are here recorded from Western Australia. The record of Sipunculus norvegicus is new for Australia and the records of Goljingia herdmani , Aspidosiphon elegans , Aspidosiphon cumingi , Aspidosiphon jukesi and Themiste cymodoceae are ...
THE REDISCOVERY, AFTER 56 YEARS, OF THE HEATH RAT PSEUDOMYS SHORTRIDGEI (THOMAS, 1907) (RODENTIA MURIDAE) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Part 2 319 319 BAYNES, ALEXANDER, CHAPMAN, ANDREW AND LYNAM, ANTHONY J. This record does not contain an abstract. THE REDISCOVERY, AFTER 56 YEARS, OF THE HEATH RAT PSEUDOMYS SHORTRIDGEI (THOMAS, 1907) (RODENTIA MURIDAE) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA ...
THE GENUS PHYLLODACTYLUS (LACERTILIA GEKKANIDAE) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract : In Western Australia Phyllodactylus is represented by only one species, P. marmoratus Gray, which is divisible into two subspecies: the nominate in the lower west, south-west and south, and P. m. alexanderi subsp. novo in the far south-east (an ...
MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA (BENSON, 1842); A MUSSEL RECENTLY INTRODUCED INTO THE SWAN RIVER ESTUARY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. (MOLLUSCA MYTILIDAE)
Abstract Introduction of the east Asian bag mussel Musculista senhousia to the Swan River estuary in 1982 is reported. A description of its subsequent spread in the estuary and some preliminary comments on its ecology are given. ...
DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES AND ONE SUBSPECIES AND ONE SUBSPECIES OF FRESHWATER HARDYHEAD (PISCES ATHERINIDAE CRATEROCEPHALUS) FROM AUSTRALIA