NEW SCLERACTINIA FROM AUSTRALIAN CORAL REEFS
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 12 (1985–1986) | Updated 26 Apr 2013
Abstract: Eleven new species of Scleractinia are described. These belong to ten different genera, one of which ( Australomussa ) is new, another of which ( Hydnophora ) has been given a new taxonomic position (in the Merulinidae). A new merulinid genus, P ...
BIOLOGY AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WHEATBELT
province does not accord particularly well with most distributions recorded; a much smaller region ...
AN ANALYSIS OF BENTHIC MARINE INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN SUBTIDAL SEAGRASS AND SAND HABITATS IN SHARK BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract: The fauna of three habitats (Posidonia and Amphibolis seagrass beds and open sand) on a subtidal sandflat off Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, Western Australia (25 0 48'S, 113°43'E), was investigated. The fauna of the seagrass beds was diverse ...
A NEW SPECIES OF BOECKELLA (COPEPODA CALANOIDA) FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND COMMENTS ON TWO OTHER CONGENERS
Boeckella shieli sp. novo is described from a temporary freshwater pool near Esperance. It has a pseudoche1ate extremity on the exopod of the male fifth right leg as in B. pseudochelae Searle and B. geniculata Bayly. The probable synanthropic introduction ...
A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF PLESIOPID FISH FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE CENTRAL-SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Abstract: Steeneichthys plesiopsus is described as a new genus and species on the basis of 12 specimens collected between 1974 and 1983 at Rowley Shoals (off north-western Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean), Fiji Islands, and American Samoa. The speci ...
A NEW SPECIES OF DAMSELFISH (POMACENTRIDAE) FROM EASTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE NORFOLK ISLAND RIDGE
Abstract : A new species of pomacentrid, Chromis abyssicola . is described from 28 specimens collected between 1910 and 1978 off south-eastern Australia and remote positions on the Norfolk Island Ridge between New Zealand and New Caledonia All specimens w ...
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDOMYS (RODENTIA MURIDAE) FROM NORTHERN TERRITORY
Abstract : Pseudomys johnsoni sp. nov. is described from twelve specimens from central Northern Territory. It is compared with P. chapmani , P. hermannsburgensis , P. bolami and P. delicatulus using external and cranial morphology. ...
NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF BATS (MAMMALIA CHIROPTERA) FROM BALI I., INDONESIA
Part 2 223 223 KITCHENER, D.J. AND FOLEY, S. Abstract : Taxonomic notes are presented on a collection of bats from Bali made in 1982. This collection includes two species not previously recorded from the island ( Dobsonia peroni , Macroglossus sobrinus ), and an indeterminate taxon ( ?Rousettus ). ...
QUATERNARY FOSSIL FROGS FROM SKULL CAVE AND DEVIL'S LAIR IN THE EXTREME SOUTH-WEST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Abstract: The Quaternary fossil frog faunas of Skull Cave and Devil's Lair include representatives of two families. Extant species identified are Litoria adelaidensis (Hylidae), and Crinia georgiana , Limnodynastes dorsalis and Pseudophryne guentheri ...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EUROPEAN RED FOX (VULPES VULPES) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Part 2 197 197 KING, D.R. AND SMITH, L.A. Abstract: The distribution of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Western Australia is described from sight and bounty records. Foxes occur throughout the state with the exception of the North Kimberley and most offshore islands. Their current distribution is ...