Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1931652
L. Smales
ABSTRACT The cestode, Bertiella musasabi Yamaguti, 1942 and four nematodes identified to at least genus level and adult specimens assignable to the Nippostrongylinae were recovered from nine of 20 individuals of Chiruromys forbsei Thomas, 1888. Five nematodes identified to at least genus level and adult specimens assignable to the Nippostrongylinae were recovered from 11 of 12 individuals of C. lamia (Thomas, 1897). Species of Parasabanema from C. forbsei and C. lamia, Parastrongyloides from C. lamia and Trichuris also from C. lamia could not be assigned to any known species. Hasanuddinia chiruromyos Smales, 2011a was previously reported from C. vates(Thomas, 1908). Helgenema lamia n. sp. differed from its congener H. keablei Smales, 2020 by its larger size, longer spicules and larger number of eggs in utero. Protospirura munimuniensis n. sp. from C. lamia was differentiated by having two denticles on each pseudolabium, males with the right spicule longer and more robust than the left, a V-shaped gubernaculum and six pairs of post cloacal papillae. Heligmonellids dominated the helminth assemblages of both hosts. Species richness, 80.6% species recovered for C. lamia,and 57% for C. vates was low in both hosts. Possible determinants of species richness were discussed.
{"title":"The gastrointestinal nematodes of Chiruromys forbsei Thomas and C. lamia (Thomas) (Rodentia: Muridae) with the description of a new species of Helgenema (Heligmonellidae) and a new species of Protospirura (Spiruridae) from Papua New Guinea","authors":"L. Smales","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2021.1931652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2021.1931652","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The cestode, Bertiella musasabi Yamaguti, 1942 and four nematodes identified to at least genus level and adult specimens assignable to the Nippostrongylinae were recovered from nine of 20 individuals of Chiruromys forbsei Thomas, 1888. Five nematodes identified to at least genus level and adult specimens assignable to the Nippostrongylinae were recovered from 11 of 12 individuals of C. lamia (Thomas, 1897). Species of Parasabanema from C. forbsei and C. lamia, Parastrongyloides from C. lamia and Trichuris also from C. lamia could not be assigned to any known species. Hasanuddinia chiruromyos Smales, 2011a was previously reported from C. vates(Thomas, 1908). Helgenema lamia n. sp. differed from its congener H. keablei Smales, 2020 by its larger size, longer spicules and larger number of eggs in utero. Protospirura munimuniensis n. sp. from C. lamia was differentiated by having two denticles on each pseudolabium, males with the right spicule longer and more robust than the left, a V-shaped gubernaculum and six pairs of post cloacal papillae. Heligmonellids dominated the helminth assemblages of both hosts. Species richness, 80.6% species recovered for C. lamia,and 57% for C. vates was low in both hosts. Possible determinants of species richness were discussed.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81735325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1915622
Nadine Hackett, C. Dixon, S. Dittmann, S. Roberts, G. Hooper, T. Bolton
ABSTRACT The determination of ovarian stages is essential for an understanding of reproductive biology and informing sustainable management of commercially caught marine organisms. This research developed improved microscopic assessment criteria for the prawn, Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus, by reviewing microscopic criteria used in the literature and assessing cell composition of ovary tissue from 97 females. Whilst histological staging is not a new technique, this research outlines new development criteria for assessing ovary development stages in P. latisulcatus. A principal component analysis (PCA) was used with the microscopic classification system and showed distinct groups for each stage. Based on the proportion of cell types, distinct groupings were apparent, which corresponded to the main microscopic stages, in particular for stage 3 ovaries. This revised classification will improve the accuracy of ovarian staging techniques for P. latisulcatus and can be used as a guide for the interpretation and analysis of macroscopic stages during seasonal spawning events for the purpose of better informing fisheries management.
{"title":"Microscopic analysis of ovarian stages of the western king prawn Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus Kishinouye 1896","authors":"Nadine Hackett, C. Dixon, S. Dittmann, S. Roberts, G. Hooper, T. Bolton","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2021.1915622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2021.1915622","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The determination of ovarian stages is essential for an understanding of reproductive biology and informing sustainable management of commercially caught marine organisms. This research developed improved microscopic assessment criteria for the prawn, Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus, by reviewing microscopic criteria used in the literature and assessing cell composition of ovary tissue from 97 females. Whilst histological staging is not a new technique, this research outlines new development criteria for assessing ovary development stages in P. latisulcatus. A principal component analysis (PCA) was used with the microscopic classification system and showed distinct groups for each stage. Based on the proportion of cell types, distinct groupings were apparent, which corresponded to the main microscopic stages, in particular for stage 3 ovaries. This revised classification will improve the accuracy of ovarian staging techniques for P. latisulcatus and can be used as a guide for the interpretation and analysis of macroscopic stages during seasonal spawning events for the purpose of better informing fisheries management.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87319954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1913539
G. Norval, C. Bursey, S. Goldberg, R. Sharrad, K. Ross, M. Gardner
ABSTRACT Parasites in wildlife tend to be poorly studied in spite of the ecological roles they play, and even basic information such as the geographic distribution of the parasites and the hosts they infect or infest are not well known. For parasites that live within the host, part of the reason for this lack of information is that the hosts must be killed and dissected to determine which endoparasites they harbour, which has legal and/or ethical implications and limitations. These obstacles can be overcome by collecting and examining potential hosts that are found dead on roads or that are sacrificed as part of other non-related studies. In this study, our objective was to expand on our understanding of the gastrointestinal parasites of some common reptiles from an area in the vicinity of a study site in the Mid North region of South Australia by making use of snakes and large lizards that were found dead on roads or that were humanely killed for another study. Our study provides new locality and/or host species records for some parasite species.
{"title":"New host and locality records for gastrointestinal helminths of five reptile species from the Mid North region of South Australia","authors":"G. Norval, C. Bursey, S. Goldberg, R. Sharrad, K. Ross, M. Gardner","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2021.1913539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2021.1913539","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Parasites in wildlife tend to be poorly studied in spite of the ecological roles they play, and even basic information such as the geographic distribution of the parasites and the hosts they infect or infest are not well known. For parasites that live within the host, part of the reason for this lack of information is that the hosts must be killed and dissected to determine which endoparasites they harbour, which has legal and/or ethical implications and limitations. These obstacles can be overcome by collecting and examining potential hosts that are found dead on roads or that are sacrificed as part of other non-related studies. In this study, our objective was to expand on our understanding of the gastrointestinal parasites of some common reptiles from an area in the vicinity of a study site in the Mid North region of South Australia by making use of snakes and large lizards that were found dead on roads or that were humanely killed for another study. Our study provides new locality and/or host species records for some parasite species.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73017605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1915613
A. Frost, Mark R. Lethbridge
ABSTRACT In 1891, three members of the Elder Scientific Expedition, led by Lawrence Wells O.B.E., undertook two exploratory traverses while the main party was travelling through the Far North West of South Australia. Following the common practice of the day at the southern apex of each traverse, Wells blazed his initials and date on a tree. One of these trees is known, with the westernmost having not been seen again until it was thought to have been found in 2005 when a search party found a tree with a partially healed scar. Wells was an accomplished surveyor and followed the common practice of the times by recording relatively precise latitude readings, but not longitude. While the route the main party took is well documented and well known, this second traverse is unknown. To recreate the route Wells took and provide some probability as to the location of this tree, a more novel approach was required. Specialist spatial software was developed for this study that compares the elevations and distances between sand ridges meticulously recorded by Wells, enabling recreation of his traverse, providing some certainty as to the location of this remote tree.
{"title":"A needle in the haystack-Looking for the lost Wells tree","authors":"A. Frost, Mark R. Lethbridge","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2021.1915613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2021.1915613","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In 1891, three members of the Elder Scientific Expedition, led by Lawrence Wells O.B.E., undertook two exploratory traverses while the main party was travelling through the Far North West of South Australia. Following the common practice of the day at the southern apex of each traverse, Wells blazed his initials and date on a tree. One of these trees is known, with the westernmost having not been seen again until it was thought to have been found in 2005 when a search party found a tree with a partially healed scar. Wells was an accomplished surveyor and followed the common practice of the times by recording relatively precise latitude readings, but not longitude. While the route the main party took is well documented and well known, this second traverse is unknown. To recreate the route Wells took and provide some probability as to the location of this tree, a more novel approach was required. Specialist spatial software was developed for this study that compares the elevations and distances between sand ridges meticulously recorded by Wells, enabling recreation of his traverse, providing some certainty as to the location of this remote tree.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77118180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1913540
Martin Caon, R. Hickman, R. Gabb, R. Brandle
ABSTRACT The Flinders Ranges Gudgeon (Mogurnda clivicola) in South Australia, is restricted to permanent spring-fed pools of two creeks in the Northern Flinders Ranges. Consequently, the fish is classified as critically endangered. Regular monitoring of selected water chemistry and fish population characteristics has been conducted since 2018 by a “Friends of Parks” group in an ongoing project contributing to the conservation management for this endangered species. Mogurnda clivicola were abundant and healthy in Weetootla and Nepouie springs, with six or fewer fish displaying any skin lesions on each of the four sampling occasions of May and August 2019 and June and August 2020. Hence the fish populations were not adversely affected by the exceptionally low rainfall years of 2018 and 2019. Fish of less than 2 cm total length were present at each sampling time point, indicating that breeding can occur on an opportunistic basis rather than during a breeding season. Following a substantial flood during February 2020, a substantial breeding event resulted in large numbers of small fish and at Nepouie Spring. For pools that contained fish, the water quality parameters measured and their ranges were: conductivity 1141–13 800 µS/cm; dissolved oxygen concentration 1.9–12.0 mg/L; temperature 11.4–29°C; pH 7.1–8.8; [Ca++] 36–213 mg/L; [NO3-] 0.2–17.7 mg/L.
{"title":"Water quality parameters and population characteristics for the Flinders Ranges Gudgeon","authors":"Martin Caon, R. Hickman, R. Gabb, R. Brandle","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2021.1913540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2021.1913540","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Flinders Ranges Gudgeon (Mogurnda clivicola) in South Australia, is restricted to permanent spring-fed pools of two creeks in the Northern Flinders Ranges. Consequently, the fish is classified as critically endangered. Regular monitoring of selected water chemistry and fish population characteristics has been conducted since 2018 by a “Friends of Parks” group in an ongoing project contributing to the conservation management for this endangered species. Mogurnda clivicola were abundant and healthy in Weetootla and Nepouie springs, with six or fewer fish displaying any skin lesions on each of the four sampling occasions of May and August 2019 and June and August 2020. Hence the fish populations were not adversely affected by the exceptionally low rainfall years of 2018 and 2019. Fish of less than 2 cm total length were present at each sampling time point, indicating that breeding can occur on an opportunistic basis rather than during a breeding season. Following a substantial flood during February 2020, a substantial breeding event resulted in large numbers of small fish and at Nepouie Spring. For pools that contained fish, the water quality parameters measured and their ranges were: conductivity 1141–13 800 µS/cm; dissolved oxygen concentration 1.9–12.0 mg/L; temperature 11.4–29°C; pH 7.1–8.8; [Ca++] 36–213 mg/L; [NO3-] 0.2–17.7 mg/L.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74514804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-21DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1848981
J. Packer, G. Ganf, Christoph Kueffer, J. M. Facelli, P. Pyšek
ABSTRACT Plant communities within many of the world’s waterways are losing diversity where flows are stabilised for security and enriched from land-use intensification. Understanding the phenotypic plasticity of plant species that protect and/or store their below-ground biomass during floods may help to promote them if problematic, overabundant species – like Phragmites australis and Typha domingensis – are less plastic. To investigate mechanisms underlying the plasticity of two cosmopolitan (Phragmites, Typha) and two endemic (Cycnogeton procerum, Cyperus gymnocaulos) macrophytes in response to disturbance (fluctuating hydrological regimes) across a nutrient gradient, we analysed historical data from pond experiments with single-species pots. Our analyses showed fluctuating water levels in nutrient-enriched conditions reduced total biomass in all species, with 65% and 46% reduction in Phragmites and Typha respectively. Contrary to expectations, only Cycnogeton allocated a higher proportion of biomass to protect (root) and store (rhizome) resources in fluctuating water levels and nutrient-enriched conditions (45% versus 23% in stable regime), and was the most plastic by allocating 75% more biomass to belowground in the least favourable conditions. Our results indicate that removing impediments to stochastic flooding disturbance could benefit some endemic species while reducing the productivity of overabundant Phragmites and Typha in environments enriched by human activity.
{"title":"Endemic macrophyte is more plastic than two cosmopolitan species in fluctuating water levels and nutrient-enriched conditions","authors":"J. Packer, G. Ganf, Christoph Kueffer, J. M. Facelli, P. Pyšek","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1848981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1848981","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Plant communities within many of the world’s waterways are losing diversity where flows are stabilised for security and enriched from land-use intensification. Understanding the phenotypic plasticity of plant species that protect and/or store their below-ground biomass during floods may help to promote them if problematic, overabundant species – like Phragmites australis and Typha domingensis – are less plastic. To investigate mechanisms underlying the plasticity of two cosmopolitan (Phragmites, Typha) and two endemic (Cycnogeton procerum, Cyperus gymnocaulos) macrophytes in response to disturbance (fluctuating hydrological regimes) across a nutrient gradient, we analysed historical data from pond experiments with single-species pots. Our analyses showed fluctuating water levels in nutrient-enriched conditions reduced total biomass in all species, with 65% and 46% reduction in Phragmites and Typha respectively. Contrary to expectations, only Cycnogeton allocated a higher proportion of biomass to protect (root) and store (rhizome) resources in fluctuating water levels and nutrient-enriched conditions (45% versus 23% in stable regime), and was the most plastic by allocating 75% more biomass to belowground in the least favourable conditions. Our results indicate that removing impediments to stochastic flooding disturbance could benefit some endemic species while reducing the productivity of overabundant Phragmites and Typha in environments enriched by human activity.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77684285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1839371
I. Beveridge
ABSTRACT Gastrointestinal parasites of 106 red kangaroos, Osphranter rufus (Desmarest), are reported from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Previous studies have been restricted to New South Wales and Queensland. The current study increases the geographical range of studies of the parasites of O. rufus and presents evidence for regional differences in the parasite fauna. Two species of cestodes and 27 species of nematodes were encountered, with four species Cloacina hestia Beveridge, 1998, C. ixion Beveridge, 1998, Papillostrongylus barbatus Chilton, Huby-Chilton, Gasser and Beveridge, 2002 and Popovastrongylus pearsoni (Johnston & Mawson, 1940) being reported for the first time. Several species, Hypodontus macropi Mönnig, 1929, Progamotaenia festiva (Rudolphi, 1819), Labiosimplex longispicularis (Wood, 1929) , Pa. barbatus, Cloacina hydriformis Johnston & Mawson, 1938 and C. liebigi Johnston & Mawson, 1939 were widespread while others exhibited more regional distributions. Helminth communities in Queensland and New South Wales exhibited considerable similarity (89%) followed by South Australia (74%) and the south of Western Australia (71%) while the community in the north of Western Australia was the most distinctive (56% similarity).
{"title":"Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the red kangaroo, Osphranter rufus (Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) and their regional distribution","authors":"I. Beveridge","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1839371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1839371","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Gastrointestinal parasites of 106 red kangaroos, Osphranter rufus (Desmarest), are reported from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Previous studies have been restricted to New South Wales and Queensland. The current study increases the geographical range of studies of the parasites of O. rufus and presents evidence for regional differences in the parasite fauna. Two species of cestodes and 27 species of nematodes were encountered, with four species Cloacina hestia Beveridge, 1998, C. ixion Beveridge, 1998, Papillostrongylus barbatus Chilton, Huby-Chilton, Gasser and Beveridge, 2002 and Popovastrongylus pearsoni (Johnston & Mawson, 1940) being reported for the first time. Several species, Hypodontus macropi Mönnig, 1929, Progamotaenia festiva (Rudolphi, 1819), Labiosimplex longispicularis (Wood, 1929) , Pa. barbatus, Cloacina hydriformis Johnston & Mawson, 1938 and C. liebigi Johnston & Mawson, 1939 were widespread while others exhibited more regional distributions. Helminth communities in Queensland and New South Wales exhibited considerable similarity (89%) followed by South Australia (74%) and the south of Western Australia (71%) while the community in the north of Western Australia was the most distinctive (56% similarity).","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78696001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1781026
M. Davies
Michael Tyler and friend, the Magnificent Tree Frog, Litoria splendida. Photograph courtesy of Ella P. Tyler. Michael James Tyler (Mike) was born in Britain on 27 March 1937. On leaving school, he ...
迈克尔·泰勒和朋友，华丽的树蛙，Litoria splendida。图片由Ella P. Tyler提供。迈克尔·詹姆斯·泰勒(迈克)1937年3月27日出生于英国。离开学校时，他……
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1843120
P. Clarke
ABSTRACT During the 1840s European colonists found the naturally preserved body of an Aboriginal man deep within the Naracoorte Caves of South Australia, which were to become a major tourist destination. As an example of a so-called “petrified Aborigine”, the calcified body became a key attraction for nineteenth century tourists to the region, prior to its theft and incorporation into a museum exhibit. This paper traces the history of the preserved body’s discovery to its eventual disappearance, and discusses the wide-ranging accounts of its origin and cultural significance.
{"title":"The “petrified” man of Naracoorte, South Australia. An early example of nineteenth century tourist interests in Indigenous subjects","authors":"P. Clarke","doi":"10.1080/03721426.2020.1843120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2020.1843120","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT During the 1840s European colonists found the naturally preserved body of an Aboriginal man deep within the Naracoorte Caves of South Australia, which were to become a major tourist destination. As an example of a so-called “petrified Aborigine”, the calcified body became a key attraction for nineteenth century tourists to the region, prior to its theft and incorporation into a museum exhibit. This paper traces the history of the preserved body’s discovery to its eventual disappearance, and discusses the wide-ranging accounts of its origin and cultural significance.","PeriodicalId":49425,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86250354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1779429
S. Stephenson, G. Kaur, Nazrana Payal, T. F. Elliott, K. Vernes
ABSTRACT The myxomycetes associated with samples of dead plant material collected from arid habitats in northeastern South Australia were investigated with the use of the moist chamber culture technique. Since myxomycetes are usually associated with relatively moist conditions, one would not anticipate them to be very common in arid areas. However, 69% of the cultures prepared yielded some evidence (either plasmodia or fruiting bodies) of myxomycetes. A total of 26 species of myxomycetes representing 10 different genera were recorded, including one species (Licea succulenticola) not previously reported from Australia and 11 others that appear to represent new records for South Australia. The distribution of the myxomycetes associated with substrates in arid areas of northeastern South Australia is discussed.
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