Notes on some Old World schizomids of the genera Ovozomus and Schizomus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae)
WA Museum Records and Supplements | Volume 26 (2010–2011) | Updated 25 Jan 2017
remyi Lawrence from Réunion are new junior synonyms of O. lunatus , which is newly recorded from ...
An emerging frog diversity hotspot in the northwest Kimberley of Western Australia: another new frog species from the high rainfall zone
Records 26 Part 2 2011 209 209 Paul Doughty 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.209-216 ABSTRACT – Surveys to remote tropical areas of the world have continued to lead to new discoveries of species, including vertebrates. A recent survey in January 2010 to the northwest Kimberley was undertaken to look for ...
A new fossil species of Notocypraea (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Roe Plains of Australia
Records 26 Part 2 2011 179 179 Dirk Fehse 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.26(2).2011.179-182 ABSTRACT – A new species of fossil Cypraeidae – Notocypraea goudeyi sp. nov. – hitherto overlooked, is described from the Bioclastic limestones of the Roe Plains, Madura district, Western Australia. The new species ...
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, ...
Revision of the Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skinks (Egernia depressa species-group) from Western Australia, with descriptions of three new species
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 ...
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. ...