Pub Date : 2017-04-28DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-13
Brendan Schembri, Christopher J. Jolly
Until now there have been two species of burrowing elapid from the genus Brachyurophis known to occur in the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion of northeastern Queensland, the Australian coral snake (Brachyurophis australis Krefft, 1864) and the north-eastern (or Campbell’s) shovel-nosed snake (Brachyurophis campbelli Kinghorn, 1929). Here we report a third species from the region, the unbanded shovel-nosed snake (Brachyurophis incinctus Storr, 1968). This is significant because it is the most north-easterly known occurrence of this species in Australia, adds to the known biodiversity of the region and extends the species’ known range by more than 400km to the northeast.
{"title":"A significant range extension of the unbanded shovel-nosed snake (Brachyurophis incinctus Storr, 1968) in the Einasleigh Uplands","authors":"Brendan Schembri, Christopher J. Jolly","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-13","url":null,"abstract":"Until now there have been two species of burrowing elapid from the genus Brachyurophis known to occur in the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion of northeastern Queensland, the Australian coral snake (Brachyurophis australis Krefft, 1864) and the north-eastern (or Campbell’s) shovel-nosed snake (Brachyurophis campbelli Kinghorn, 1929). Here we report a third species from the region, the unbanded shovel-nosed snake (Brachyurophis incinctus Storr, 1968). This is significant because it is the most north-easterly known occurrence of this species in Australia, adds to the known biodiversity of the region and extends the species’ known range by more than 400km to the northeast.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84815533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-02-28DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-16
H. Reiswig, M. Kelly
A second species of Atlantisella Tabachnick, 2002 (Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, Order Lyssacinosida Zittel, Family Euplectellidae Gray) is described here from Tangaroa Seamount on the southern Kermadec Ridge, off the Bay of Plenty in northeastern New Zealand. The New Zealand species differs considerably from the North Central Atlantic type species, A. incognita Tabachnick, 2002, in lacking hexactine dermalia, by possessing calycocome-like oxyhexaster microscleres, and in the different form of the oxystauractins. Atlantisella lorraineae sp. nov. is named in memory of the co-author’s mother, Mrs Lorraine Kelly, who passed away on 1 October 2016. Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Euplectellidae, Atlantisella, taxonomy, new species, Tangaroa Seamount, southern Kermadec Ridge, Chatham Rise, New Zealand EEZ
{"title":"Studies on Southwest Pacific Hexactinellida 1: Atlantisella lorraineae, a new glass sponge genus and species record for New Zealand","authors":"H. Reiswig, M. Kelly","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-16","url":null,"abstract":"A second species of Atlantisella Tabachnick, 2002 (Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, Order Lyssacinosida Zittel, Family Euplectellidae Gray) is described here from Tangaroa Seamount on the southern Kermadec Ridge, off the Bay of Plenty in northeastern New Zealand. The New Zealand species differs considerably from the North Central Atlantic type species, A. incognita Tabachnick, 2002, in lacking hexactine dermalia, by possessing calycocome-like oxyhexaster microscleres, and in the different form of the oxystauractins. Atlantisella lorraineae sp. nov. is named in memory of the co-author’s mother, Mrs Lorraine Kelly, who passed away on 1 October 2016. Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Euplectellidae, Atlantisella, taxonomy, new species, Tangaroa Seamount, southern Kermadec Ridge, Chatham Rise, New Zealand EEZ","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86166153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-02-28DOI: 10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-17
H. Reiswig, M. Kelly
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Pub Date : 2017-01-30DOI: 10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-05
P. Tremul
A southern population of the Rusty Monitor (Varanus semiremex) is known to occur at Wild Cattle Creek, Tannum Sands, Queensland. Thorough field observations conducted on foot revealed that individuals are frequently observed active between late September and April. Five distinct adults were identified over a 300 metre length of tidal mangrove habitat. Two confirmed females had a set home range and were recorded active within the same areas during a 29-month period. Both females became gravid and laid eggs between October and December. Hollows in mangrove trees were used as refuge sites and may be occupied over time by several individuals. Crabs were the only prey items observed, in contrast to literature reports of a more varied diet. The monitors were not active swimmers, preferring to forage between tides, but using the water in-transit where necessary. Daily activity commenced early in the summer months but was delayed during autumn and spring. Activity was observed at temperatures as low as 25.5oC. Varanus semiremex, crabfeeding, activity, home range, thermal regulation, mangrove species.
{"title":"Field observations provide an insight into the ecology of the Rusty Monitor","authors":"P. Tremul","doi":"10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2017.2016-05","url":null,"abstract":"A southern population of the Rusty Monitor (Varanus semiremex) is known to occur at Wild Cattle Creek, Tannum Sands, Queensland. Thorough field observations conducted on foot revealed that individuals are frequently observed active between late September and April. Five distinct adults were identified over a 300 metre length of tidal mangrove habitat. Two confirmed females had a set home range and were recorded active within the same areas during a 29-month period. Both females became gravid and laid eggs between October and December. Hollows in mangrove trees were used as refuge sites and may be occupied over time by several individuals. Crabs were the only prey items observed, in contrast to literature reports of a more varied diet. The monitors were not active swimmers, preferring to forage between tides, but using the water in-transit where necessary. Daily activity commenced early in the summer months but was delayed during autumn and spring. Activity was observed at temperatures as low as 25.5oC. Varanus semiremex, crabfeeding, activity, home range, thermal regulation, mangrove species.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89418699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-30DOI: 10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-14
B. Baehr, R. Jocqué
{"title":"The new endemic Australian genus Nosterella and a review of","authors":"B. Baehr, R. Jocqué","doi":"10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86110180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-07
J. Stanisic
{"title":"Two new species of Pinwheel Snail from contrasting Queensland","authors":"J. Stanisic","doi":"10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/J.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72456482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-12
J. Stanisic
One new genus and two new species of camaenid are described from geographically remote lithorefugial habitats in Queensland. The two habitats have contrasting environments characterised by radically different geology, climate and vegetation. Lorelliana gen. nov. is introduced to accommodate L. hoskini sp. nov. from the high rainfall, rainforest peppered, granitic lithorefugia of Cape Melville, Cape York Peninsula. Quistrachia nevbrownlowi sp. nov. is described from the quartzic limestone refugia of the low rainfall, often drought affected, spinifex grassland of Mt Unbunmaroo (= Black Mountain), south-western Queensland. The survival of each species is discussed in relation to the significance of lithorefugia as habitat for land snails in otherwise snail-hostile environments. new genus, new species, Gastropoda, Camaenidae, lithorefugia.
在昆士兰偏远的岩石区发现了一种新属和两种新种。这两个栖息地有着截然不同的环境，其特点是地质、气候和植被截然不同。在约克角半岛梅尔维尔角的高降雨量、热带雨林、花岗岩岩石保护区中，引入罗莲娜(Lorelliana gen. 11 .)以适应L. hoskini sp. 11。Quistrachia nebrownlowi sp. 11 .产于昆士兰西南部Unbunmaroo山(= Black Mountain)少雨、常受干旱影响的多刺草地的石英岩避难所。讨论了每个物种的生存关系，岩石区作为蜗牛栖息地的意义，否则蜗牛的敌对环境。新属，新种，腹足目，熊蝇科，石蝇。
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Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-02
M. Baehr
{"title":"New species of the genera Sphallomorpha Westwood, 1837 and Adelotopus Hope, 1834","authors":"M. Baehr","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.60.2016.2016-02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85170844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2016.2016-06
T. Munson, P. Jell
The Jack Formation forms part of the Silurian Graveyard Creek Group within the Graveyard Creek Subprovince in northeast Queensland. The formation comprises alternating intervals of carbonate and siliciclastic rocks deposited in a shallow-marine setting. It is very fossiliferous at a number of levels, and contains numerous species of conodonts, rugose and tabulate corals, stromatoporoids, trilobites, brachiopods, crinoids, low-spired gastropods, molluscs, other invertebrates, microvertebrates, and algae. Conodont data indicate that the succession is Wenlock to Ludlow in age at the type section along the Broken River in the Jack Hills Gorge area. Fourteen rugose coral species and one subspecies, referable to eleven genera, are described from the type section of the Jack Formation. New taxa described are Aphyllum pachystele sp. nov., Pycnostylus polyphyllodus sp. nov., Multicarinophyllum vepreculatum sp. nov., Dokophyllum hillae sp. nov., Vesicospina julli gen. et sp. nov. and Ptychophyllum variatum sp. nov. The rugose coral fauna shows a high degree of endemism with only four species recorded outside the Broken River Province. Within eastern Australia, it is comparable with a Gorstian to early Ludfordian fauna of the Yass district, New South Wales (3 species in common), and 1–2 species are also shared with coral faunas from other Silurian localities in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. At the species level, there is very little in common with overseas faunas.
{"title":"Wenlock and Ludlow (Silurian) rugose corals from the type section of the Jack Formation, Broken River Provence, northeast Queensland","authors":"T. Munson, P. Jell","doi":"10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2016.2016-06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2016.2016-06","url":null,"abstract":"The Jack Formation forms part of the Silurian Graveyard Creek Group within the Graveyard Creek Subprovince in northeast Queensland. The formation comprises alternating intervals of carbonate and siliciclastic rocks deposited in a shallow-marine setting. It is very fossiliferous at a number of levels, and contains numerous species of conodonts, rugose and tabulate corals, stromatoporoids, trilobites, brachiopods, crinoids, low-spired gastropods, molluscs, other invertebrates, microvertebrates, and algae. Conodont data indicate that the succession is Wenlock to Ludlow in age at the type section along the Broken River in the Jack Hills Gorge area. Fourteen rugose coral species and one subspecies, referable to eleven genera, are described from the type section of the Jack Formation. New taxa described are Aphyllum pachystele sp. nov., Pycnostylus polyphyllodus sp. nov., Multicarinophyllum vepreculatum sp. nov., Dokophyllum hillae sp. nov., Vesicospina julli gen. et sp. nov. and Ptychophyllum variatum sp. nov. The rugose coral fauna shows a high degree of endemism with only four species recorded outside the Broken River Province. Within eastern Australia, it is comparable with a Gorstian to early Ludfordian fauna of the Yass district, New South Wales (3 species in common), and 1–2 species are also shared with coral faunas from other Silurian localities in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. At the species level, there is very little in common with overseas faunas.","PeriodicalId":35552,"journal":{"name":"Memoirs of the Queensland Museum","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79024819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.59.2015.2014-05
A. Bartholomai
The partial neurocranium of a relatively small, halecomorph fish is described as Canaryichthys rozefeldsi gen. et sp. nov. and represents the first possible ionoscopiform from the Cretaceous of Australia. The specimen was collected from the marine Toolebuc Formation of the Eromanga Basin, near Boulia, in the central west of Queensland, deposited during the Early Cretaceous (late Albian) when an epeiric sea covered much of the centre of the State. It is undistorted and preserved in 3-dimensions but lacks all but the cranial vault. Canaryichthys has many features in common with the enigmatic English Jurassic ‘caturid’ neurocranium redescribed and figured by Patterson (1975) as ‘Aspidorhynchus’ sp., (originally described by Rayner, 1948) and also appears to have affinity with the Early Cretaceous (Aptian), Oshunia, from South America.
一种相对较小的盐形鱼的部分神经头盖骨被描述为Canaryichthys rozefeldsi . et sp. 11 .，它代表了澳大利亚白垩纪第一个可能的电离层形态。该标本来自昆士兰州中西部Boulia附近的Eromanga盆地的海洋Toolebuc组，沉积于早白垩纪(晚Albian)，当时一个覆海覆盖了该州中部的大部分地区。它没有扭曲，以三维形式保存，但除了颅穹窿外，其他部分都缺失了。Canaryichthys与神秘的英国侏罗纪“caturid”神经头盖骨有许多共同之处，Patterson(1975)将其重新描述为“Aspidorhynchus”sp.(最初由Rayner描述，1948)，并且似乎与早白垩纪(Aptian)，来自南美洲的Oshunia有密切关系。
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