Revision of the Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia depressa species-group) from Western Australia, with descriptions of three new species
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 26 (2010–2011) | Updated 25 Jan 2017
Records 26 Part 2 2011 115 115 Paul Doughty, Luke Kealley and Stephen C. Donnellan 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.115-137 ABSTRACT – Egernia depressa is an extremely spiny species of scincid lizard that occurs in several populations with highly variable morphology in western Australia. Using a combination of fixed morphological ...
Geometric morphometric analysis of cranial variation in the Egernia depressa (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species complex
Records 26 Part 2 2011 138 138 Marci G. Hollenshead 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.138-153 ABSTRACT – Few studies have attempted to simultaneously examine geographic, ontogenetic and sexual variation of lizard crania. This study does so with a focus on the Egernia depressa species complex (Pygmy ...
A new genus and two new species of groundwater paramelitid amphipods from the Pilbara, Western Australia: a combined molecular and morphological approach
Records 26 Part 2 2011 154 154 Terrie L. Finston, Michael S. Johnson, Stefan M. Eberhard, James S. Cocking, Jane M. McRae, Stuart A. Halse and Brenton Knott 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.154-178 ABSTRACT – The Pilbara region of Western Australia hosts a diverse fauna in the groundwater, the majority ...
A new species of the lithistid sponge genus Manihinea (Demospongiae: Theonellidae) from Western Australian waters
Records 26 Part 2 2011 109 109 Jane Fromont and Andrzej Pisera 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.109-114 ABSTRACT – This report describes a new sponge species, Manihinea lynbeazleyae sp. nov., from the warm temperate marine region of Western Australia (Indian Ocean). The presence of tetraclone desmas, ...
Eocene molluscs from the Merlinleigh Sandstone, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 26 (2010–2011) | Updated 24 Jan 2017
Records 26 Part 1 2010 23 23 Thomas A. Darragh and George W. Kendrick 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.023-041 ABSTRACT – Sixteen species of molluscs are described from the Late Eocene Merlinleigh Sandstone, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The assemblage, a random thanatocoenose, is dominated by bivalves (11 ...
DNA analysis of human skeletal remains associated with the Batavia mutiny of 1629
Records 26 Part 1 2010 98 98 Padillah Yahya, Silvana Gaudieri and Daniel Franklin 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.098-108 ABSTRACT – The wrecking of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie retourschip Batavia , and the subsequent massacre that ensued, is one of the most macabre events in the history of pre-colonial European ...
Diacritics – to be or not to be: nomenclature, pronunciation and early history of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Australia
Records 26 Part 1 2010 94 94 Graham R. Fulton 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.094-097 ABSTRACT – The correct spelling, pronunciation and origin of the name Faure Island (pronounced ‘four’) are explained and a critique on spelling and pronunciation of foreign names in English for Australasia is given. ...
Optimised captive husbandry conditions for the Western Australian ‘Marri Millipede' Antichiropus variabilis (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), with notes on natural history and tissue preservation techniques
Records 26 Part 1 2010 87 87 Janine M. Wojcieszek, Mark S. Harvey, and Michael G. Rix 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.087-093 ABSTRACT – The millipede genus Antichiropus Attems, 1911, is extremely diverse and the majority of species are endemic to south-western Western Australia. Very little is known about the general biology of ...
Tetrapocillon (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Guitarridae) in Australia, with the description of a new species
Records 26 Part 1 2010 70 70 J. Fromont, B. Alvarez, O. Gomez and E. Roberts 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.070-086 ABSTRACT – Tetrapocillon patbergquistae sp. nov. is described from Australia. The new species forms thick encrustations to low mounds, it has a soft and fragile texture, and is distinguished from ...
New species of free-living aquatic nematodes from south-western Australia (Nematoda: Axonolaimidae and Desmodoridae)
Records 26 Part 1 2010 42 42 M. Hourston and R.M. Warwick 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(1).2010.042-069 ABSTRACT – Descriptions of 10 new species of free-living aquatic nematodes are presented. Four of the new species belong to the Axonolaimidae, i.e. Ascolaimus australis, Parascolaimus brevisetus, ...