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Type III secretion a la Chlamydia
No full textType III secretion (T3S) is a mechanism that is central to the biology of the Chlamydiaceae and many other pathogens whose virulence depends on the translocation of toxic effector proteins to cytosolic targets within infected eukaryotic cells. Biomathematical simulations, using a previously described model of contact-dependent, T3S-mediated chlamydial growth and late differentiation, suggest that chlamydiae contained in small non-fusogenic inclusions will persist. Here, we further discuss the model in the context of in vitro-persistent, stress-induced aberrantly enlarged forms and of recent studies using small molecule inhibitors of T3S. A general mechanism is emerging whereby both early- and mid-cycle T3S-mediated activities and late T3S inactivation upon detachment of chlamydiae from the inclusion membrane are crucial for chlamydial intracellular development.Jan Peters, David P. Wilson, Garry Myers, Peter Timms and Patrik M. Bavoi
Parartemia yarleensis Timms & Hudson, 2009, n. sp.
No full textParartemia yarleensis n. sp. (Figure 7) Type material. Holotype. Male, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Yarle Lake system, most likely Choolalie Lake (30 o 17 ’ 20 ”S, 131 o 31 ’00”E), (approx 15 km S of Maralinga), 16 September 1979, J. Glover, SAM C 6779; Allotype. Female, same collecting data as holotype, SAM 6782; Paratypes. Two males and two females, same collecting data as holotype, SAM C 6781. Other material. About 20 males and five females, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Yarle Lakes, most likely Choolalie Lake (30 o 17 ’ 20 ”S, 131 o 31 ’00”E), (approx 15 km S of Maralinga), 16 September 1979, J. Glover, SAM C 6782; many males, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Lake Labyrinth, (30 ° 41 ’ 30 ”S, 135 ° 11 ’ 55 ”E), (approx 27 km NW Kingoonya), 12 June 2004, P. Hudson & G. Tomlinson, SAM C 6783; many juveniles, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, “Carters Well Lake”, (30 ° 51 ’01”S, 134 ° 58 ’ 35 ”E), (approx 42 km ESE of Tarcoola), 13 June 2004, P. Hudson & G. Tomlinson, SAM C 6808; many juveniles, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Lake Harris, (31 o 08’ 51 ”S, 135 o 18 ’ 30 ”E), (approx 20 km S Kingoonya), 19 March 2003, P. Hudson and G. Tomlinson, SAM C 6786; many juveniles; SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Ironstone Lagoon, (31 ° 42 ’S, 137 ° 13 ’ 30 ’’E), (approx 65 km SE of Woomera), 1 February, 2007, P. Hudson & G. Tomlinson, SAM C 6784; many juvenile males, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Lake Gilles, (33 °01’ 25 ”S, 136 ° 36 ’07”E), (approx 20 km NE of Kimba), 6 August 2005, P. Hudson, SAM C 6785. Description. Male. Length 18 mm (head plus thorax 7.5 mm, abdomen 10.5 mm). Head (Fig. 7 A) with first antenna filiform, a little longer than eye plus peduncle. Proximal antennomeres of second antenna fused basially at an angle of about 75 degrees from body axis. Ventral edge of fused antennomeres with paired ventral processes (VP, Fig 7 A) three times longer than deep and with length of lateral edge about half that of medial edge. Lateral corner of ventral process protruding slightly, frontal edge only slightly concave, medial corner rounded, and all edges with a few denticles. Small conical mound (CM, Fig, 7 B) on ventroposterior surface under lateral corner. Area between ventral processes trapezoid, with a short digitiform medial process (MP, Fig 7 A) less than one quarter of depth of medial edge of transverse process. Anterior surface of fused antennomere with paired ridges parallel to body axis and terminating in anterior processes (AP, Fig 7 A) with a broad base but digitiform apical half. Anterioventral surface of fused antennomere marked in sunken polygons (SP, Fig 7 A). Distal second antenna antennomere subcylindrical, slightly concavely curved and tapering to a sharp apex. Length about 1.6 times proximal antennomere. Labrum without a spine. Thorax gradually widening posteriorly to 11 th segment, mainly by increasingly larger lateral lobes, tending asymmetrical (i.e. maximum width displaced from middle of lobe) segments 7–10 (L, Fig. 7 C). Genital segments narrower than 11 th thoracic segment and abdomen continually narrowing so that 6 th segment about 2 / 3 rds width of first segment. Thoracopods (Fig 7 E) of the Parartemia type as described for P. acidiphila n. sp., except for fewer posterior setae on endites 1 +2, 3, endopodite and exopodite (c.45, 11, 26 and 35 respectively). Posterior setae on medial edge of endopodite more numerous than usual (11 cf c. 7), particularly strong, curved apically and with a short pecten apically (EPS, Fig 7 E). Paired gonopods with a spines subapically and a short digitiform processes (DP, Fig. 7 D) on the shoulder of wider basal part, neither hooked. No type specimens with gonopods everted. Abdominal segments serially decreasing in diameter and increasing in length posteriorly. Sixth segment about twice as long as first segment. Cercopods subequal in length to sixth abdominal segment and with setae medially and laterally. Description. Female. Length 11.3 mm. Head (Fig. 7 F) with first antenna filiform, about length of eye plus peduncle. Second antenna about twice length of eye plus peduncle, flattened and with its widest area about two-thirds its length towards the apex, followed by a marked narrowing to an acute apex on the posterior side. Apex curved like the recurved labrum spine. Thoracic segments (Fig. 7 G) expanded laterally by distinct lobes, increasing in size and degree of asymmetry (i.e. displacement of widest point from centre of lobe) serially segments 5 to 9. Segment 10 with very different lateral lobes, expanded anteriorly, free in allotype and dorsal to lobe of 9 th segment. Segment 11 with a narrow triangular lateral lobe. In lateral profile (Fig. 7 H), segments 9 to 11 not raised dorsally as much as anterior segments. Segment 8 swollen dorsally. Paired brood pouches separate, oval, unlobed but joined ventrally to a gonoduct shorter than the depth of the brood pouch. Each pouch with numerous spherical smooth surfaced eggs. Thorax with only 10 pairs of thoracopods and 10 th thoracopod reduced to about half size of other thoracopods. Anterior setae of 10 th thoracopod typical, but few posterior setae on all parts and lacking an epipodite but with reduced praepipodite (Fig. 7 I). Fifth thoracopod as in male. Abdomen as in male, but surface denticulate. Etymology. The species is named after the type locality. Variability. Though this species is known from a few sites, many of these had only juvenile males, so variation between sites is hardly studied. Within the type locality some males had more bulbous lateral corners to their ventral processes than the holotype. Among females, the second antennal apex is not always curved and the lateral lobe of the 10 th thoracic segment varied within and between sites, with it being attached to the lobe of the 9 th segment, often in younger females. Differential diagnosis. Male P. yarleensis has a head (specifically a medial process and ventral processes) broadly similar to those of P. informis, P. serventyi and P. contracta, but unlike those species, has distinct thoracic lobes. These lobes are not as large as in P. cylindrifera and in Parartem ia sp. g (as illustrated in Timms 2004), but broadly similar to those of P. auriciforma n. sp. and P. triquetra n. sp. While the latter two species occur in the same general area as P. yarleensis n. sp., they are easily distinguished as neither have the medial process between the ventral processes as in P. yarleensis n. sp. Female P. y a r l e e n s i s n. sp. also share many features with local species P. auriciforma n. sp. and P. triquetra n. sp., such as thoracic lateral lobes, round to oval brood chambers and greatly reduced or absent 11 th thoracopods. However, P. yarleensis is distinctive by reason of superficial dorsal swelling on the 8 th segment (somewhat like that in P. serventyi), and the bulbous lateral lobes of segment 10. It cannot be confused with P. serventyi as this species has posterior lobes on its brood pouches, no thoracic lateral lobes, and paired dorsolateral swellings on segment 9. Type locality. Yarle Lakes is a series of lakes south of Maralinga that fill episodically and are ‘very saline’ according to collecting data. There is some doubt over which one of the lakes was sampled, but examination of the field notes of J. Glover’s participants of the field trip, the probable collection site of Choolalie Lake was established on the basis of sketch map of the area. FIGURE 7. Parartemia yarleensis n. sp. Male A-E, Holotype; Female, F-I Allotype; both from Yarle Lakes, most likely Lake Choolalie, SA. A, anterior view of head with first and second antennae (VP = ventral processes, AP = anterior processes, MP = medial process, SP = sunken polygons); B, posterior view of one side of basal antennomere of second antenna showing the conical mound (CM) behind the ventral process; C, dorsal view of body from head to cercopods showing segmental lobes (L); D, gonopods with genital segments showing digitform processes (DP); E, Fifth thoracopod with pectin bearing endopod posterior setae labelled (EPS); F, Lateral view of head; G, dorsal view of thoracic segments 4-11, genital segments, brood pouches and first two abdominal segments; H, lateral view of posterior thorax and adjacent brood pouch; I, 10 th thoracopod. Scale bars 1 mm. Distribution and ecology. P. yarleensis n. sp. is known from a broad arc of lakes extending from Woomera to Maralinga in the northwest of South Australia (Fig. 4). The collection from Ironstone Lagoon also contains P. m i n u t a, a species smaller than P. y a r l e e n s i s (P. m i n u t a males mean 8.7 mm, 10 specimens, females mean 5.2 mm, 10 specimens). Such a congeneric occurrence is rare in Parartemia (A. Savage, pers. comm.; B. Timms, unpublished data) possibly because most species of Parartemia do what P. zietziana does and that is they live on resuspended organic matter (Marchant and Williams, 1977), as opposed to algal eating Branchinella, in which congeneric occurrence of different sized species and hence filtering ranges, are common (e.g. Timms & Sanders, 2002).Published as part of Timms, Brian V & Hudson, Peter, 2009, The brine shrimps (Artemia and Parartemia) of South Australia, including descriptions of four new species of Parartemia (Crustacea: Anostraca: Artemiina), pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 2248 on pages 60-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19074
Limnadopsis paradoxa Timms 2009, n.sp.
No full textLimnadopsis paradoxa n.sp. Figs. 2G, 4D, 5K,L, 13 Types. Holotype 3 WAM C39341, allotype ♀ WAM C39342, paratypes 23, 2♀, WAM C39343, 33, 2♀, AM P76808. Type locality: Western Australia, E of Grass Patch, Sieda Farm, Fitzgerald Paddock 81, temporary pool, 33°13'S 121°47'E, 2.ii.2007, B. V. Timms. Other material. Western Australia: 43, S of Newdegate, Lake Bryde, 33°21'S 118°49'E, 21.iii.2006, D. Cale, WAM C39344; c. 20 individuals, S of Newdegate, Lake Bryde East, 33°22'S 118°54'E, 21.iii.2006, D. Cale, WAM C39345; c. 20 individuals, SE of Salmon Gums, along Guest Rd, temporary pool in paddock, 33°06'S 121°46'E, 25.i.2007, B. V. Timms, WAM C39346;> 50 individuals, E of Grass Patch, Sieda Farm, Fitzgerald Paddock 81, temporary pool, 33°13'S 121°47'E, 2.ii.2007, B. V. Timms, WAM C39347;>50 individuals, SE of Scaddan, Truslove Nature Reserve, a paperbark swamp, 33°20'50"S 121°46'5"E, 27.i.2007, B. V. Timms, WAM C39348. South Australia: 13, N of Woomera, Olympic Dam, 30°28'S 136°44'E, 12.ii.1981, M.J. Tyler, SAM C6351. New South Wales: 13, near Wilcannia, roadside ditch 19.5 km east of town, 31°41'S 143°427'E, 14.i.2007, B. V. Timms. Habitat and distribution. Limnadopsis paradoxa lives in freshwater intermittent ponds and lakes, that are somewhat turbid or humic. More is known about the habitat of this new species than the others, because the author is personally familiar with the area. The ponds and lakes fill every few years and may take two or more years to dry (e.g., Lake Bryde, Cale et al., 2004) or dry within months (e.g., pools on Sieda Farm, A. Longbottom, pers. comm.). In all sites it was found only in the early period of inundation. It is known mainly from the southeastern wheatbelt of Western Australia, specifically south of Newdegate and north of Esperance. Two outlier populations were found much further east, in central South Australia and in southwestern NSW. In Lake Bryde, it was collected in March, 2006, six weeks after a major filling, and at the time the lake was fresh (EC 549 µS/cm), alkaline (pH 7.8), warm (21.8°C), well oxygenated (88% saturation), and only slightly coloured (D. Cale, pers. comm.) This lake fills to overflowing only occasionally (every few years in the 1990s to 2000s, S. Halse, pers. comm.); normally the episodic fillings result in a shallow, fresh to slightly saline lake that takes 12–24 months to dry. At such times it holds the clam shrimps Caenestheria sp. and Caenestheriella sp., but apparently not Limnadopsis paradoxa (Cale et al., 2004). In seven sites at Grass Patch it appeared as adults within three weeks of filling in late January, 2007. These ponds are c. 20–50 m in diameter, saucer-shaped and up to 2 m deep. They were once Melaleuca swamps, but many are now usually farmed for cereals. They fill partially, or deeply as in 2007, in wet summers, generally about once every 5–10 years (A. Longbottom, pers. comm.). Their water is humic (40–150 NTU), fresh (conductivity 260–440 µS/cm), warm (21–28°C), and acid to slightly alkaline (pH 5.8–7.4). By early March 2007, all of the ponds sampled had declining senescent populations, or none at all. Etymology. The species name derives from the paradox presented upon first examination: it has a carapace resembling L. birchii and a body-form superficially resembling L. tatei, but it differs from these two species on detailed examination. Male. Carapace (Fig. 13A) 14.6 mm long by 9.9 mm deep, L:D ratio c. 1.5. Dorsal margin doubly curved so lowest point at anterior umbo area and highest point about two-thirds of way along the hinge line. Hinge line uneven with growth lines protruding as small carinae, these generally more prominent posteriorly. Umbo humped dorsoanteriorly. Growth lines 12, expressed, crowded anteriorly, but more spaced spaced posteriorly. Carapace coloured dark humic brown. Head (Fig. 13B) with a pear-shaped pyriform frontal organ posteriorly, preceded by rounded prominence containing eye, then by large rostrum at right angles to head. Length of rostrum similar to length of anterior surface of head and about twice its own basal width. Rostrum curved downwards apically and containing triangular naupliar eye dipping at angle to rostrum axis and occupying much of its basal area. First antenna with 11 subequal lobes, slightly longer than peduncle of second antenna. Two flagella each bearing 15–18 beaded flagellomeres, each of latter with up to 6–7 spines evenly spaced along dorsal surface. Trunk segments 26. Dorsally, posteriormost segment with spineless protuberance, preceding 7–8 segments each with 3–5 spines on protuberance, then further anteriorly another 7 segments with 5–9 long setae each. Hand of claspers with blunt narrow outgrowth near inner basal corner. Third thoracopod (Fig. 4D) similar in structure to that of L. birchii. Proportions of endites, endopod, exopod and epipodite slightly different, and significantly palp of fifth endite slightly shorter than fifth endite and epipodite proportionally smaller. Other thoracopods of same basic structure, but without palp and with larger epipodite. Telson (Fig. 13C) with two rows of 13 to 14 strong, subequal spines, although the first spine slightly larger than next few spines and curving slightly posteriorly, middle spines slightly smaller and posterior spines more widely spaced, and sharper last spine near apex of claw. Two telsonic setae inserted on protuberance about one quarter of way along dorsal side of telson. Caudal claws well developed, at least twice as large as telsonic claws, curved concavely dorsally, with basal two-thirds bearing about 20 setae mesodorsally and terminating in a spine. Apical third of claw with many fine denticles dorsally. Female. Carapace (Fig. 13E) 13.5 mm by 9.7 mm. Similar to that of male, but anterior concavity less pronounced and highest point of carapace at about midlength. Carinae of growthlines prominent, but blunt compared with those of male. Head (Fig. 13F) similar to that of male, but rostrum short, about as long as deep, and blunt. Naupliar eye of about same size and position as in male, thus occupying much of rostrum. First antenna shorter than in male, with about 8 lobes. Second antenna as in male. Number of body segments, and details of telson (Fig. 13G) similar to those in male. Eggs (Figs. 4L,M) top-shaped, with prominences dorsal and ventral and about 5 prominences around equator. Typically about 16 grooves between equator and dorsal and ventral prominences, and about 3–4 grooves between each equatorial prominence. Ridges between grooves may be straightish or Y-shaped, the latter generally in the fields between equatorial and dorsal or ventral grooves. Sometimes only 4 equatorial prominences present and grooves somewhat randomly distributed. Maximum dimensions about 250 µm (range 241–254 µm, n = 20). Variability. The carapace size varies from c. 13 to16 mm, growth lines from 10 to 14, first antennal lobes 9 to 11, telsonic spines 15 to 18, and caudal claw setae from 16 to 21. There is no significant variation in the characteristic carapace shape, and all specimens have just one spine on the caudal claws. Comments. Limnadopsis paradoxa resembles small specimens of L. birchii, on account of its size, general shape, development of the carinae, and perhaps colouration. However, the body inside bears absolutely no resemblance to that of L. birchii. For instance there are 26 body segments, not 32, and there are only c. 14 telsonic spines on a almost straight edge compared to c. 50 spines on a doubly curved edge. The new species is most like L. tatei but has more growth lines, more lobes on the first antenna, more telsonic spines and more setae on the caudal claws. Perhaps it could be regarded as a bigger form of L. tatei, but the shape of the carapace is distinctive, particularly the concave dorsal surface and the lateral development of the umbo. The smaller first:second telsonic spine size ratio in L. paradoxa, and more numerous caudal claw setae are also distinctive. Limnadopsis pilbarensis n.sp. (see below) differs by having a convex edge in the umbo area, much less pronounced development of the dorsal outgrowths of the growth lines, and fewer telsonic denticles and setae on the caudal claws. The eggs of L. paradoxa and the three other abovementioned species are distinctive among themselves. At 40× magnification, eggs of L. birchii and L. tatei are smoothly round with groups of parallel grooves, more of the latter in L. birchii than in L. tatei. Eggs of L. paradoxa and L. pilbarensis both have rough surfaces, but those of L. pilbarensis have many (> 20) spines and those of L. paradoxa have just a few (<8) rounded prominences. These distinctions are even more pronounced as observed by SEM (Fig. 4).Published as part of Timms, Brian V., 2009, A Revision of the Australian Endemic Clam Shrimp Genus Limnadopsis Spencer & Hall (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae), pp. 49-72 in Records of the Australian Museum 61 (1) on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1498, http://zenodo.org/record/524026
Parartemia auriciforma Timms & Hudson, 2009, sp. nov.
No full textParartemia auriciforma sp. nov. (Figure 5) Type material. Holotype. Male, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Great Victoria Desert, Wyola Lake, (29 o09’00”S, 130 o 14 ’ 30 ”E), 15 December 1994, P. Hudson, SAM C 6794; Allotype. Female, same collecting data as holotype, SAM C 6797; Paratypes. Two males and two females, same collecting data as holotype, SAM C 6795, C 6796. Description. Male. Length 11.5 mm (head and thorax 5 mm and abdomen 6.5 mm). Head (Fig. 5 A) with first antenna filiform a little longer than eye plus peduncle. Basal antennomeres of second antenna fused proximally at an angle of about 50 degrees from body axis. Ventral margin with paired linear, ventral processes (VP, Fig 5 A) clothed irregularly with small spines and tubercles mainly at lateral and medial corners. Overall dimensions about 3 times longer than deep with lateral edge about one third the length of medial edge. Lateral corner rounded and medial corner prominent and bluntly triangular. Area between ventral processes concave without any medial projection or doming. Frontal surface of basal antennomeres with paired ridges parallel to body axis and terminating in small triangular frontal processes (FP, Fig 5 A). These frontal processes subequal in length to depth of ventral processes and length subequal to basal width. Second antennal distal antennomere curved, a little longer than basal segment and terminating in a small spine-like appendix. Labrum lacking a spine. Each side of thorax with a near symmetrical lateral lobe on each segment and small lateral lobe on first genital segment (L, Fig. 5 B). Eleven pairs of thoracopods with first two and last three noticeably reduced. Fifth thoracopod structure as in P. acidiphila, though numbers of posterior setae slightly different (see above). Gonopods (Fig. 5 C) paired, basal parts fused together and about twice the diameter of tubular free apical parts. Basal part with a broad triangular process (DP, Fig. 5 C) apically and apical tube with a finger-like process subapically. Neither process hooked. Abdominal segments increasing in length and narrowing 1 to 6, particularly 5 and 6, so that 6 th segment about twice the length of first. Telson about half the length of first abdominal segment and bearing fringed cercopods subequal in length to fifth abdominal segment. Description. Female. Length 8.5 mm. Head (Fig. 5 D) with first antenna filiform and about half the length of the eye plus peduncle. Second antenna flattened and about twice the length of eye plus peduncle and terminating in a markedly narrowed, acute apex on the posterior side. Labrum with a prominent recurved spine. Thorax with 10 pairs of thoracopods, similar in structure to those of male. Eleventh thoracic segment without appendages Tenth thoracopod (Fig. 5 G) reduced: endites with few posterior setae, endopodite and exopod with about 12 and 20 such setae respectively, and epipodite smaller than both exopod and praepipodite. Posterior thoracic segments, particularly those of 7 th to 10 th segments, expanded laterally (Fig. 5 E). Eight and ninth segments with tuberculate lateral lobes terminating in hollowed out auriculiform structures, about one-sixth segment width. Segments 5, 6 and especially 7 th with simpler, less prominent lateral extensions. Segment 10 with lateral blunt triangular projection on each side and segment 11 with dorsolateral surface uneven and consisting of two triangular anteriorly pointed mounds (TM, Figs 5 E,F) on each side. Surface of both segments 10 and 11 papillate. Lateral brood pouches (Fig. 5 F) almost spherical in shape but with small lobes ventrally and connected ventrally to a shared gonopore on a short tubular protrusion. Dorsal surface of brood chambers pigmented and each chamber with about 25 spherical smooth-surfaced eggs in mature ovigerous females. Abdominal segments largely as in male, but with the telson proportionally larger and all segments papillate. Etymology. The specific name reflects the auriculiform lateral lobes of the female. Variability. Adult male lengths vary from 10.5 to 12mm and adult femal from 7.9 to 8.7 mm. The ventromedial surface of the male fused basal antennomeres is concave in most specimens, but is convex in some and rarely there is a small central knob. The antennal distal antennomere apex is occasionally not appendix like, but simply narrowing to a sharp point. In juvenile females the ear-like structures of the 8 th and 9 th lobes are undeveloped.The lobe on the 10 th thoracic segment may be more rounded and symmetrical than asymmetrical and triangular. Differential diagnosis. Parartemia auriciforma males are most similar to those of P. longicaudata, while the females have no close morphological similarities to other species. Like P. longicaudata, P. auriciforma has a wide space between the ventral processes without any medial process of any kind as in most other species of Parartemia. In P. longicaudata this space is convex, but in P. auriciforma it is usually concave. In both species the ventral processes are similarly shaped, but in P. longicaudata they are about twice as long as deep FIGURE 5. Parartemia auriciforma n.sp. Male A-C, Holotype; Female D-G, Allotype; both Wyola Lake, SA. A, anterior view of head with first and second antennae (VP = ventral processes, FP = frontal processes); B dorsal view of thorax segments 1-11, genital segments 1 and 2 and first abdominal segment (L = lobes); C, gonopods and genital segments (DP = digitiform process); D, lateral view of head; E, dorsal view of thoracic segments 5-11, genital segments, brood pouches and first abdominal segment (TM = triangular mounds); F, lateral view of brood pouch region and adjacent thorax; G, 10 th thoracopod with anterior setae. Scale bars 1 mm. compared to three times in P. auriciforma. The frontal processes also tend to be more prominent in P. longicaudata where in most specimens they are twice as wide as deep, compared to equal width and depth in P. auriciforma. Most P. a u r i c i f o r m a have a spine-like appendix at the apex of the second antennal antennomere, which is absent in P. longicaudata. Both the first antenna and cercopods are proportionally longer in P. longicaudata than in P. auriciforma and overall P. longicaudata tends to be a larger species usually 20–30 mm in length while P. auriciforma is a smaller species, 10–12 mm in length. Thoracic lateral lobes are unusual in males of Parartemia, and those of P. auriciforma are similar to those of P. triquetra n. sp. Besides differences between these two in lobe symmetry, there are many other differences in the distal antennal antennomere, ventral processes and frontal processes, as discussed later. For female P. a u r i c i f o r m a the distinctive features are the lateral auriculiform lobes on many posterior thoracic segments, the twin spherical brood pouches, and to a lesser extent the triangular lateral lobe on segment 10. Its head and abdominal structures are not at all distinctive, and the lack of thoracopods on segment 11 is shared with a few other species (e.g. P. informis, P. serventyi). Also shared with a few other species is the lack of swellings on posterior thoracic segments (i.e. 8 –11) (e.g. P. zietziana, P. minuta) and lack of narrow sclerotised ridges on these later thoracic segments (e.g. P. cylindrifera). A few species have lateral lobes on posterior segments (e.g. P. informis, P. longicaudata) but not like in P. auriciforma, which is the only species with auriculiform lateral lobes. P. auriciforma shares with P. triquetra n. sp. (see later) in having two separate, almost spherical, brood pouches, though they are connected ventrally. In other species there is either one chamber (e.g. P. cylindrifera, P. minuta) or two joined dorsally and usually extended posteriorly (e.g. P. zietziana, P. longicaudata, P. extracta, P. serventyi Linder, 1941). As in many species of Parartemia, the eggs are not distinctive microscopically. Type locality. Wyola Lake is an unstudied episodic saline lake, difficult of access in the remote Great Victoria Desert. Specimens used in this study were reared from sediment collected from the lake. Distribution. P. a u r i c i f o r m a is known only from its type locality in the Great Victoria Desert (Fig. 4). It is not known how widespread it is, as lakes in the immediate vicinity have not been sampled, but some further away have different species―the Serpentine lakes 140 km to the northwest have P. triquetra n. sp. and the Yarle lakes, 172 km to the southeast support P. y a r l e e n s i s n. sp.Published as part of Timms, Brian V & Hudson, Peter, 2009, The brine shrimps (Artemia and Parartemia) of South Australia, including descriptions of four new species of Parartemia (Crustacea: Anostraca: Artemiina), pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 2248 on pages 54-57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19074
Lynceus baylyi TIMMS, 2013, sp.nov.
No full textLynceus baylyi sp.nov. (Figs. 4D, 6A,B,E,F, 10, 11) Etymology. This species is named for Dr Ian A. E. Bayly, limnological pioneer and an early student of gnammas (rockholes). It is particularly fitting this species should honour him as it occurs mainly in gnammas in the arid inland of Western Australia, the site of many recent expeditions by Ian in a quest to understand the early white explorers and track makers of this remote part of Australia and to study its gnammas (see Bayly 2009; Bayly et al. 2011). Type locality. Australia, Western Australia, 14.6 km NNE of Trayning, middle gnamma of five in a row, 30 o 59’ 29”S, 117 o 50’ 47”E, 20 October 2011, collector BVT. Holotype. Male deposited in the Western Australian Museum (Perth). Length 6.9 mm. Registration number WAM 51627. Allotype. Female deposited in the Western Australian Museum (Perth). Length 6.9 mm. Registration number, WAM 51628. Paratypes. 8 altogether; 2 males and 2 females deposited in Australian Museum (Sydney). Accession number, AM P89064, and 2 males and two females deposited in Western Australian Museum (Perth) WAM 51629. Other Material. South Australia: Muckera Rockhole, N of Cook, SAM C7628. Western Australia: 140 km NW of Warburton, rockhole Bakers Range, 20, June, 1979, J. Blyth, WAM 51571; gnamma 1.6 km WSW of Mt Samuel, AM P55688; Great Victoria Desert, David Carnegie Rd, Pikalu Rockholes, 26 o 54.795’S, 124 o 27.505’E, 4 September, 2010, IAEB, WAM 51572; Great Victoria Desert, Great Central Rd near Tjukayirla Roadhouse, Tugaila Rockhole, 27 o 09.355’S, 124 o 34.378’E, 3 September 2010, IAEB, WAM 51573; Great Victoria Desert, Ryans Bluff, gnamma on top, 27 o 14’ 04”S, 126 o 26’ 34”E, 16 May 1968, A.G. Matthews, WAM 51320; Great Victoria Desert, Great Central Rd, Eurothurra Rockhole, 5 September, 2010, IAEB, WAM 51574; Great Victoria Desert, Saunders Range North Rockhole, 27 o 49.693’S, 125 o 37.453’E, 29 August 2010, IAEB, WAM 51575; Great Victoria Desert, Point Saunders Waterhole, 27 o 50.865’S, 125 o 38.356’E, 30 August, 2010, IAEB, WAM 51576; Great Victoria Desert, Amy Waterhole, 27 o 52.097’S, 125 o 18.553’E, 27 August 2010, IAEB, WAM 51577; Great Victoria Desert, Hanns Lily Rockhole, 28 o 00.281’S, 124 o 44.832’E, 26 August 2010, IAEB, WAM 51578; Great Victoria Desert, Point Sunday Rd, Point Sunday Rockhole, 28 o 07.433’S, 124 o 03.077’E, 24 August 2010, IAEB, WAM 51579; Great Victoria Desert, Bartletts Bluff Rock Hole, 29 o 04.900’S, 124 o 36.615’E, 6 July 2010, Ian Elliot, WAM 51580; Leinster, 56 km N, Kathleen Valley (Wanjarri), ca 27 o 24’S, 120 o 38’E, pre 1978, J. Moriaty, WAM 51325; Laverton, 64 km SSE, Mt East, gnamma, 28 o 58’ 16”S, 122 o 39’ 21”E, August 1963, G. Hutchin, WAM 51315; Beacon, 40 km NW, Washington Rocks, 30 o 09’ 06”S, 117 o 34’ 41’E, 4 August 2012, BVT, WAM 51581; Beacon, 14 km NNW, Yellari Gnamma, 30 o 19’ 44”S, 117 o 49’ 58”E, 29 August 2009, BVT, WAM 51581: Bencubbin, 3 km N, northmost pit gnamma on Cadigan, 30 o 46’ 53”S, 117 o 52’22”E, 5 August 2012, BVT, WAM 51583. Diagnosis. Endite VI of thoracopod I with a broad base, evenly curved and with a long and thin digitiform process, a little longer than the basal width and tapering apically to a rounded tip. The digitiform process reaches about three quarters along medial surface of endite III, completely covering the spines at its distomedial surface. Truncated male rostrum at an angle of about 45 o to rostral axis. Description of male. Head (Figs. 6A, 10B,C): subequal to body size, finely punctuate. Fornices broad, angulated and arcuate over second antennal base. Small mound centroposteriorly, the site of the dorsal organ. Compound eyes close together about midway along the central ridge and just posterior to the frontal pore and two small lateral setal fields. Ocellus deeply embedded beneath the setal fields. Rostrum about as long as wide with lateral margin slightly expanded distally and with these margins slightly divergent. Lateral suture between compound eye and lateral fornix dividing a slightly elevated posterior head from a slightly depressed posterior rostrum. Central carina a sharp ridge bifurcating distally associated with terminal truncation to form a broadly based and sloping triangular facet. Ventral margin of triangular base slightly arcuate and ciliated. Head bent anteriorly from plane of compound eye/dorsal organ to rostrum by about 30 o and triangular truncated facet sloping at about 45 o from plane of rostrum. First antenna (Fig 10D) small much shorter than rostrum and with two antennomeres. Proximal antennomere cylindrical and distal antennomere clavate, about 2.5 times length of proximal antennomere, and bearing, mainly dorsally, numerous papillae. Second antennae (Fig 10E) biramous, well developed, twice as long as rostrum. Peduncle of three segments; proximal segment with three to four plumose setae, second segment with 1one to two spines and distal peduncular segment with about 14 short spines anteriorly against the first antennomere of anterior ramus. Anterior ramus of about 35 antennomeres and ventral ramus with a few more antennomeres. Both rami with long plumose ventral setae, one per antennomere, while anterior ramus with short dorsal setae also, almost always one per antennomere. Labrum large, well developed, clothed in small setae. Mandible broadly spatulate. First maxilla typical for genus and second maxilla absent. Carapace (Fig. 10A): with hinge line straight, umbo and growth lines lacking. Anterior margin broadly arcuate, curving evenly to ventral margin and back to the posterior, though posterior slightly narrower so that deepest part of carapace a little before midway along its length. Dorsally carapace slightly arcuate, thus hiding the hinge line. Valves roundly inflated laterally. Carapace surface finely punctate. Abductor muscle scar in an anteriolateral position about twice its diameter from the margin and associated with oval imprint of maxillary glands lying at about 40 o to the hinge line. Thorax. Ten thoracic segments, each with a pair of thoracopods. Anal plate (Fig. 10K) partly divided centroposteriorly, each half bearing long seta apically. Somite below enlarged, similarly divided with each half bearing a small denticle apically. Thoracopod I modified as a clasping appendage, right and left claspers equal in shape and size (Fig 3D, 6B, 10F). Endite VI with a broad base, evenly curved and with a long thin digitiform process, a little longer than the basal width and tapering apically to a rounded tip. This digitiform process closely appressed to endite III and reaching well beyond the latter’s spine row, to about two-thirds along the medial surface of endite III. Endite V three to four times larger than endite IV, subcylindrical and gently curved, and irregularly clothed in long setae, one series of about 15 stouter setae in a defined curved row extending from about one third way along the endite to almost the apex and the other setal series thinner and in a oval field somewhat dishevelled adjacent to the row. Endite IV asymmetrically shaped with margin adjacent to endite V gently curving and with few setae, while the opposite margin distinctly curved and clothed with many long setae. Endite III rectangular in lateral view though narrowing slightly distally and with longest axis aligned parallel to axis of thoracopod. Distomedial corner with a row of about eight triangular spines of various sizes. Mediolateral face with numerous stout setae mainly distributed marginally on the face but crowded in distomedial corner. Thoracopod II (Fig. 11) of typical general form with 5 endites medially, an exopod with dorsal and ventral lobes and an epipodite (Martin and Belk 1988). Endite I (= endite of praecoxa, Ferrari and Grygier 2012), subcylindrical with many short setae on distal (medial) surface and many long closely spaced setae on proximal margin and terminating in two teeth, each with two rows of denticles. Endites II and III rectangular, endite II about 50% longer than endite III, both with numerous shorter anterior setae and longer posterior setae. About 20 of the former on endite II with serrated margins on distal half, other anterior setae naked and located mainly on proximal and distal portion of Endite II and all along Endite III. Posterior setae of endites II and III plumose but lateral setules short. Endites IV, V and endopod digitiform with rounded apices and numerous long plumose setae similar to the posterior setae of endites II and II on their basal margins. A few pectinate setae near their apices. Palp without a hook apically.Ventral (i.e. distal) lobe of exopod lanceolate but widest just beyond its base and margined with long plumose setae distally and shorter plumose setae basally. Dorsal (i.e. proximal) lobe of exopod foliate and margined with short plumose setae except at its medodistal corner with its many longer setae. All these plumose setae with long setules. Epipod subcylindrical with a rounded apex and naked margins. Thoracopods III to XI similar to thoracopod II, though the last three much reduced in size and lacking epipodites and proximal lobe of the exopodites. Description of female. Head (Fig 10I, J): general structure similar to male. Anterior dorsal carina not bifurcated and rostrum not truncated, so that rostrum a little longer than wide. Anterior margin of rostrum arcuate, projecting medially. Head axis from cervical suture to rostrum slightly curved (<30 o). Carapace: (Fig 10H) as in male, umbo lacking. Same size and shape. Egg mass, if present, visible through the carapace. Thorax: Twelve thoracic segments, the last three with a lamella abdominalis consisting of a digitiform process anteriomedially, three spaced and long digitiform processes laterally and a obtuse lobe posteriorly (Fig. 6E F, 10K). Anal plate as in the male, but last somite, though with a pointed apex, generally more rounded than in male (Fig. 10K). Thoracopods: 12 pairs of thoracopods, thoracopods IX and X with exopod dorsal lobes cylindrical and extending dorsally beyond thoracic dorsum. These help to anchor the egg mass. Last five thoracopods much reduced without an epipodite and proximal exopodite. Resting egg: (Fig. 4D) Round, irregular low wide ridges enclosing enlongated irregular depressions. Size 141.2 ± 3.4 ųm (n = 5). Size. Length holotype 6.9 mm, paratypes (n=4) 6.6 – 7.0 (x = 6.85 ± 0.17 mm); height holotype 5.5 mm, paratypes (n=4) 5.8 – 6.0 (x = 5.9 ± 0.08 mm), width holotype 4.8 mm. Length allotype 6.9 mm, paratypes (n=4) 6.1 – 7.0 (x = 6.62 ± 0.36 mm), height allotype 5.5 mm, paratypes (n=4) 5.1 – 5.7 (x = 5.47 ± 0.33 mm), width allotype 5.0 mm. Variabilty. The male rostral terminal facet may slope at angles greater up to 60 o rather than about 45 o. The first antenna can be shorter than the rostrum, but always the distal antennomere is longer than the proximal antennomere. Likewise the second antenna is not always twice the length of the rostrum, but can be as short as 1.5 x the rostrum length, but in adults at least, the number of antennomeres always approximate 35. There may however be as few as eight setae on the third antennomere of the peduncle (instead of up to 14), and the basal peduncle antennomere can bear as many as 7 plumose setae. On the clasper, the digitiform process of endite VI may be much longer than its basal width, the palps variable in shape and setation, and the teeth on the medioposterior corner of endite III can number 6 to 9. In females the rostral apex may be notched at the anteriolateral corner and the lobes on the posteriolateral plate can vary in proportions and shape, though there are always two anteriodorsal digitiform processes. The lamella abdominalis presents differently in different individuals, probably because the posterior lobe sometimes is tucked under main lamina to form an efficient structure for holding eggs. The digitiform process can vary from triangular to digitiform in shape, and occasionally there are two rather than a single anteriomedial digitiform process. Distribution and Ecology. Lynceus baylyi sp. nov. occurs most reliably in gnammas (rockholes) in the remote central inland (Great Victoria and Gibson Deserts) of Western Australia. There are also a few records in pit gnammas curiously arranged in a line south of Paynes Find (Washington Rocks) to Beacon (Yellari Rocks) to Bencubbin (Cadigan Rock) to Trayning (the five pit gnammas 14 km north of town, Fig. 9B), perhaps indicating some past directional dispersal. Interestingly this could give some credence to an aboriginal legend concerning the mythical Nyimgarn, the Echnida, which came down from Ninghan Station (west of Paynes Find) to Trayning and dug out the five pits there with his snout. There is also an extension in distribution across to the northern Nullarbor in South Australia and the likelihood of occurrences in the Pitjantjatjara Lands of northwestern South Australia, given similar environment to that in the Great Victoria Desert. It is a long lived species, thought to live for at least 6–9 months (author, unpublished data) and is the largest Lynceus in Australia, growing to about 7 mm. It is invariably found in deeper gnammas, these generally being pipe gnammas in laterite or pit gnammas in granite (see Bayly et al. 2012; author unpublished data).Published as part of TIMMS, BRIAN V, 2013, A Revision of the Australian species of Lynceus Müller, 1776 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Laevicaudata, Lynceidae), pp. 501-533 in Zootaxa 3702 (6) on pages 516-520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.6.
Lynceus magdaleanae TIMMS, 2013, sp. nov.
No full textL. magdaleanae sp. nov. (Figs. 3E, 4E, 12) Etymology. This species is named for Magdaleana Davis (nee Zofkova) to honour molecular her work in identifying the presence of at least three species of Lynceus in Western Australia. Type locality. Australia, Western Australia, 18 km NE of Goomalling, East Oak Park pit gnamma, 31 o 08’ 20”S, 116 o 52’ 49”E, 19 October 2011, collector BVT. Holotype. Male deposited in the Western Australian Museum (Perth). Length 5.5 mm. Registration number WAM 51624. Allotype. Female deposited in the Western Australian Museum (Perth). Length 5.0 mm. Registration number, WAM 51625. Paratypes. 8 altogether; 2 males and 2 females deposited in Australian Museum (Sydney) Registration number, AM P89077, and 2 males and two females deposited in Western Australian Museum (Perth), WAM 51626. Other Material. Northern Territory: Papunya, 4 km E, gnamma on Warumpi Hill, 23 o 15’S, 131 o 54’E), 14 May 1998, IAEB, AM P90069; Macdonnell Ranges, Palm Creek in PalmValley, 24 o 03’ 25”S, 132 o 44’ 47”E, 13 September 1958, D.F. McMichael, AM P55727 & P88376; Kata Tjuta (= Mt. Olga), 25 o 17’ 22”E, 130 o 44’ 18”E, 11 August 1966, A Frecker & P. Keane, AM P55684 & P88157. Queensland: 105 km N of Hughenden, L. Louisa, 19 o 53’ 36”S, 144 o 15’10”E, 7 April 2009, BVT & MS, AM P89078; 7 km E of Boulia, burrow pit, 22 o 54’ 44”S, 139 o 58’24”E, 4 March 2011; BVT & MS, AM P89079; 2 km E of Boulia, swamp, 22 o 54’ 41”S, 139 o 55’ 30”E, 4 March 2011, BVT & MS, AM P90067; 76 km NE of Aramac, L Galilee Hazelmere Inlet, 22 o 26’ 00”S, 145 o 42’30”E, 15 February, 2010, BVT & MS, AM P90068. South Australia: Musgrave Ranges, Erliwunyawunya Rockhole, 29 May 1961, H.G. Cogger, AM P15286, P55685, P88143, P88380; Musgrave Ranges, 7 km S of Mt. Woodroffe, waterhole in Currie Creek tributary, 9 May 1983, 26 o 19.134’E. 131 o 44.715’E, W. Zeidler, SAM C7631; Everard Ranges, Carmeena Rockhole, 27 o 06.51’S, 132 o 33.011’E, 14 August 1914, Capt S. A. White, SAM C7632; Everard Homestead, Victoria Springs, 27 o 0.368’S, 132 o 42.565’E, 31 October 1970, E Matthews SAM C7646; Gawler Ranges, pool near Hiltaba Homestead, 32 o 09.422’S, 135 o 04.084’E, P. Aerfeldt & P. Cokerham, 14 October 1984, SAM 7633; Gawler Ranges, pool near Yarna Homestead, 32 o 03.213’S, 135 o 07.751’E, P. Aerfeldt & P. Cokerham, 15 October 1984, SAM C7634; Gawler Ranges, pool near Paney Homestead, 32 o 35.240’S, 135 o 25.803’E, P. Aerfeldt & P. Cokerham, 16 October 1984, SAM C7635; Gawler Ranges National Park, 40 km NE of Wudinna, Policemans Point, 32 o 35’ 17”S, 135 o 26’ 30”E, 5 October 2009, BVT, SAM C7636; 13.5 km NE of Minnipa, Pildappa Rock, western pit gnamma, 32 o 45’ 05”S, 135 o 13’ 48”E, 23 November 2003, BVT, SAM P7637; 25 km ENE of Wudinna, Peela Rock, northernmost pit gnamma, 33 o 00’ 09”S, 135 o 43’ 28”E, 26 October 2011, BVT, SAM C7638; Frances, Lake Cadnite, 36deg 42.685’S, 140deg 56.559’E, 6 May 1979, W. Zeidler, SAM C7639. Western Australia: Little Sandy Desert, Hutton Range, 16 km N, ca 24 o 46’S, 123 o 48’E, 4 September 1971,no collector recorded, WAM 51322; 83 km N of Northhampton, Euardy Station, roadside ditch, 27 o 36’ 31”S, 114 o 41’ 43”E, 5 July 2011, Koen Martens, WAM 51591; 50 km NW of Cue, pit gnamma on Walloo Hill, 27 o 14’ 47”S, 117 o 25’ 44”E, 23 August 2009, BVT, WAM 51592; Gibson Desert, Gunbarrel Highway, Mt Samuel, pool (probably one of the Mangi gnammas) 1.6 km WSW, 1 June 1966, 25 o 45’ 50”S, 125 o 55’ 50”E (for Mt Samuel), K. Davey. AM P55668, P88159; Great Victoria Desert, Knight Gnamma Holes, 28 o 12.795’S, 124 o 39.993’S, 25 August 2010, IAEB, WAM 51593; Great Victoria Desert, Sunday Surprise Rocks, 27 o 57.379’S, 125 o 00.350’E, 27 August 2009, IAEB, WAM 51594; 60 road km SE of Giles, Kutjurritari Gnammas, ca 25 o 17’S, 127 o 49’E, 23 September 2009, BVT, WAM 51595; Great Victoria Desert, Connie Sue Highway, gnammas 10 km W of Lake Serpentine, 26 August 1980, J.A. Forrest, WAM 51596; Warburton, Windaroo Rockhole, 21 June 1979, J. Blyth, WAM 51597; 71 km WSW of Menzies, pit gnamma on Scorpion Rocks, 29 o 51’ 10”S, 120 o 19’ 36”E, 10 October 2011, Bindy Datson, WAM 51598; Paynes Find area, 2 September 1991, no date or collector recorded, WAM 51317; 11 km NNW of Paynes Find, south pit gnamma on Bullamanya Rocks, 29 o 09’ 53”S, 117 o 39’ 36”E, 5 October 2010, BVT, WAM 51599; 15 km SW of Wubin, pit gnamma on Miamoon Rocks, 30 o 09’ 07”S, 116 o 20’ 45”E, 14 September 2003, BVT, WAM 51600; 25 km E of Wongan Hills, Dingo Rock, 30 o 50’ 41”S, 116 o 58’ 30”E, 27 September 2012, BVT, WAM 51601; 43 km NNW of Hyden, rock pool at base of Mt Walker; 32 o 04’ 11”S, 118 o 45’ 21”E, 31 August 2009, BVT, WAM 51602; 17 km NE of Hyden, northern pit gnamma at The Humps, 32 o 18’ 41”S, 118 o 57’ 37”E, 4 August 2005, BVT, WAM 51603; near Buncubbin, Dajoing, soak at Yalburnunging Rock, no date, E. Simpson, WAM 51318; 40 km NE of Mukinbudin, pit gnamma on Yanneymooning Rock, 30 o 43’ 04”S, 118 o 33’ 24”E, 24 October 2010, BVT, WAM 51604; 44 km S of Coolgardie, pit gnamma on Victoria Rock, 31 o 17’ 37”S, 120 o 55’ 32”E, 14 September 2002, IAEB & BVT, WAM 51605; 40 km E of Lake King Township, pit gnamma on Lilian Stokes Rock, 33 o 04’ 06”S, 120 o 05’ 49”E, 1 September 2009, BVT, WAM 51606; 95 km SW of Norseman, near Metcalf Lake, creek crossing, permanent water under rock tunnel, 32 o 28’ 30”S, 120 o 49’E, no date or collector recorded; WAM 51323; Dundas, rockhole, ca 32 o 27’S, 121 o 46’E, no date or collector, WAM 6735; 27.5 km NE of Norseman, Buldania Rocks, western pit gnamma, 4 December 1959, D.H. Edwards, AM P55661 & P88381; 89.6 road kms E of Norseman off Eyre Highway, Smithania Rock, June 1964, Lee, AM P55656 & P88153; 196 km E of Norseman, a pit gnamma on Balladonia Rock, 32 o 27’ 41”S, 123 o 51’ 48”E, 18 March 2007, BVT, WAM 51607. Diagnosis. Thoracopod I of male with endite VI with a broad almost rectangular base because of a distinct angular hump of about 110–120 o on the distal surface, and a short somewhat triangular process medially, much shorter than the base and reaching only about a third of the medial length of endite III, and not covering all the teeth on the distomedial surface of endite III. Description of male. Head (Fig 12B,C) subequal to body size, finely punctuate. Fornices broad, angulated and arcuate over second antennal base. Small mound centroposteriorly the site of the dorsal organ. Compound eyes close together about midway along central ridge and just posterior to the frontal pore and two small lateral setal fields. Ocellus deeply embedded beneath the setal fields. Rostral dorsal surface lower than surface posterior to compound eye, the junction marked by the lateral suture from the eye to the nearby fornix. Rostrum about as long as wide with upper surface significantly expanded terminally (by about 30% each side). Central carina bold and bifurcated distally associated with terminal truncation to form a broadly based triangular terminal facet. This facet ciliated on the ventral edge and almost at right angles to head alignment and with anterior margin of base straight. First antenna (Fig 12D) small, a little shorter than rostrum, and with two antennomeres. Proximal antennomere cylindrical with concave face terminally and supporting second antennomere. This antennomere subequal in length to the first, clavate and with a few short setae terminally and on dorsal distal surface. Second antenna (Fig 12E) biramous, well developed, twice as long as rostrum. Peduncle of three segments, proximal segment with 3–4 plumose setae, middle segment with 1–2 spines and the distal peduncular segment with about 8 short spines mainly at the base of the anterior ramus. Anterior ramus with about 25 antennomeres and ventral ramus with a few more antennomeres. Both rami with long plumose ventral setae, one per antennomere, while anterior ramus with short dorsal setae also. Labrum large, well developed, clothed in small setae. Mandible broadly spatulate. First maxilla typical for genus and second maxilla absent. Carapace (Fig 12A) with hinge line slightly arcuate, umbo lacking and no growth lines. Anterior margin broadly arcuate, curving evenly to ventral margin and back to the posterior, though posterior is slightly narrower so that deepest part of carapace a little before midway along its length. Dorsally carapace slightly arcuate, thus hiding the hinge line. Valves roundly inflated laterally. Carapace surface finely punctate. Abductor muscle scar in an anteriolateral position about twice its diameter from the margin and associated with oval imprint of maxillary glands lying at about 40 o to the hinge line. Thorax. Ten thoracic segments, each with paired thoracopods. Anal plate partly divided centroposteriorly, each half bearing a long seta. Somite below enlarged, even more divided centroposteriorly and each half bearing a small denticle apically. Thoracopod I (Fig 3E, 12F) modified as a clasping appendage, the right and left claspers equal in shape and size. Endite VI with a broad almost rectangular base because of a distinct angular hump of about 110–120 o on the distal surface, and a short somewhat triangular medial process, much shorter than the base and reaching only about a third of the medial length of endite III and not covering all the spines row on the distiomedial surface of endite III. Endite V cylindrical and straight, and about two and a half times longer than broad and four to five times larger than endite IV. Endite V with a vertical row of about 13 larger stout setae from about one third of the endite’s length to its apex and also with an oval field of numerous lithe setae centred about 90 o around the palp but spreading close to the distinct setal row and covering the distal two-thirds of the palp. Endite IV oval in profile and margined with numerous setae mainly on the side distal to Endite V. Endite III rectangular but distinctly narrowing distally and with major axis at right angles to thoracopod axis. A row of about nine triangular spines distiomedially and a large field of stout setae mediolaterally clumped distally. Thoracopod II of general form for Lynceus (Martin & Belk, 1988) and depicted for L. baylyi (Fig.11) with two significant differences: 1) it lacks serrated anterior setae, all anterior setae being naked and 2) the distal lobe of the exopod narrows evenly along its length instead of having a distinctly wider area near its base. Thoracopods III to XI similar to thoracopod II, though the last three much reduced in size and lacking epipodites and proximal lobe of the exopodites. Description of female: Head (Fig. 12G,H): general structure similar to male. Compound eyes, ocellus, frontal pore and setal fields as in male. However anterior dorsal carina not bifurcated and rostrum not truncated, so that rostrum a little longer than wide. Rostrum increases in width anteriorly by about 30% on each side. Central carinae bold and lateral suture marking boundary between higher posterior surface and lower rostral dorsal surface as in male. Anterior margin of rostrum arcuate, but with a small notch at each anteriolateral corner. Carapace as in male, umbo lacking, no growth lines, same size and shape. Egg mass, if present, visible through the carapace. Thorax. Twelve thoracic segments, the last three with a lamina abdominalis laterally (Fig 12J). This lamina with an obtuse process anteriorly, two subequal triangular lateral lobes and a larger triangular lateral lobe posteriorly. A thin digital process arising dorsolaterally from a broad swollen base between the clavate process and the first triangular lobe. Anal plate as in the male, but last somite more rounded than in male. Thoracopods. 12 pairs of thoracopods, diminishing in size posteriorly, and thoracopods IX and X with exopod dorsal lobes cylindrical and extending dorsally beyond thoracic dorsum. These, plus the lamina abdominalis, help to anchor the egg mass. Resting egg. (Fig 4E) Round, irregular low wide ridges enclosing enlongated irregular depressions. Size 111.5 ± 4.6 ųm (n = 5). Size. Length holotype 5.5 mm, paratypes (n=4) 5.2 – 5.8 (x = 5.5 ± 0.35 mm); height holotype 5.0 mm, paratypes 4.2 – 5.1 (x = 4.75 ± 0.36 mm), width holotype 4.4 mm. Length allotype 5.0 mm, paratypes 4.9 – 5.4 (x = 5.15 ± 0.21 mm), height allotype 4.7 mm, paratypes 4.2 – 5.2 (x = 4.6 ± 0.42 mm), width allotype 3.9 mm. Variability. In males the truncated terminal facet of the rostrum is not always at 90 o to the rostral axis, but may be as low as 75 o. The rostrum may be expanded terminally by about 20–25%, rather than 30%, and the dorsal carina is not always bold, hardly standing expressed beyond the rostral dorsal surface. On the clasper, the hump on the basal part of endite VI is not always so distinct as in the type, the endites V and IV are variable in shape and setation, and the spines on the distomedial corner of endite III vary from six to nine. Interestingly the sites in the distributional outlier of north Queensland, mostly have 22–26 large setae in the setal row on endite V and only five to seven teeth on the distomedial corner of endite III, whereas the average is about 15 setae and seven to nine teeth over most of the range in WA and SA. In females, the rostrum may not be as wide terminally as in the type and on the posteriolateral plate the size and shape of the lateral lobes are variable, but there is always only one dorsal digitiform process anteriorly. Distribution. L. magdaleanae sp. nov. occurs ubiquitously in deeper gnammas throughout the Wheatbelt (e.g. Fig. 9C) and adjacent Goldfields of Western Australia (except the strip from Beacon to Trayning occupied by L. baylyi sp.nov. ― see above). It also occurs in pit gnammas throughout the northern Eyre Peninsula, Gawler Ranges and northwestern half of South Australia and the southwestern Northern Terrritory, and sporadically in gnammas in the central deserts of Western Australia. L. magdaleanae sp. nov. is also established in northern Queensland but not in gnammas; these occurrences and habitat choice seem incongruous considering its widespread occurrence in gnammas in WA and western SA. Perhaps these northern Queensland records are of a separate species, but so far they are only distinguishable by a slightly different count of setae of endite V and of spines on the distomedial corner of endite III. Specimens from the Wheatbelt and Goldfields of Western Australia were previously misidentified by MZ and the author as L. macleayanus (see Bayly et al 2012; Passaq et al. 2011; Timms 2006, 2012; Zofkova 2007).Published as part of TIMMS, BRIAN V, 2013, A Revision of the Australian species of Lynceus Müller, 1776 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Laevicaudata, Lynceidae), pp. 501-533 in Zootaxa 3702 (6) on pages 521-524, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.6.
Modulation of plasma matrix metalloproteinase 9 and its inhibitors by vitamin D.
No full textPhDMatrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) are upregulated in a variety of diseases.
Hypothesis: As TIMP-1 levels are elevated in liver fibrosis, might a similar process occur in essential hypertension driven left ventricular hypertrophy and furthermore may TIMP-1 be a marker of vascular disease? If TIMP-1 levels are a potential marker of cardiovascular disease could their levels be modulated by vitamin D?
Methods: Plasma TIMP-1 levels and aldosterone were measured a) in patients with essential hypertension who had never been on treatment or had been off treatment for 1 month and b) healthy controls. All participants underwent echocardiography. To assess whether TIMP-1 was a marker of vascular disease insulin, sCRP, fibrinogen, homocysteine, PAI-1 were measured in Bangladeshis pre supplementation with vitamin D. TIMP-1, MMP2, 9 and 25 hydroxyvitamin D 25(OH)vitD were also measured pre and post supplementation. Subsequent studies included measurements of MMP2, 9 and TIMP-1and 4 in submariners pre and post patrol and MMP9 and 25(OH)vitD in patients who re-stenosed post angioplasty. TIMP-4 was validated using a radioimmunoassay, 25(OH)vitD measured using a triple quad MS and other assays using ELISAs.
Results: Plasma TIMP-1 was higher in hypertensive patients than in the controls (p<0.0001) and was correlated with left ventricular hypertrophy and with aldosterone. In the Bangladeshi study,. TIMP-1 was not correlated with other markers of vascular disease. TIMP-1 was correlated with systolic blood pressure (p<0.007) There was an inverse correlation of 25(OH)vitD with MMP9 (P<0.001) and TIMP-1 (p<0.05) and sCRP (p<0.05). The inverse relationship between MMP9 and 25(OH)vitD was also repeated in the submariner and restenosis studies.
Conclusions: Plasma TIMP-1 may be an important determinant in essential hypertension and 25(OH)vit D may have a positive effect in reducing the inflammatory response as measured by MMP9. The increased 25(OH)vitD may also act by reducing aldosterone levels and thus suppressing TIMP-1 level
Development of a vaccine for Chlamydia trachomatis : challenges and current progress
No full textAbstract: Chlamydia trachomatis remains an enigmatic bacterial pathogen with no vaccine yet available to treat human ocular and genital tract infections caused by tissue-tropic serovars of the organism. Globally, it is the leading cause of preventable blindness as well as the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections. The pathogen has a range of virulence factors that enable it to successfully evade both the innate and adaptive immune system of the host. The host immune system, although protective, paradoxically is also associated closely with the pathologies of trachoma and pelvic inflammatory disease – disease sequelae of some chlamydial infections and reinfections in some genetically susceptible hosts. In this review, we focus on what is known currently about the pathogenesis of ocular and genital infections caused by this mucosal pathogen. We also discuss novel insights into the pathogenesis of infections caused by the genital and ocular serovars of C. trachomatis, including a discussion of both pathogen and host factors, such as the human microbiota at these mucosal sites as well as the current immunological challenges facing vaccine development. Finally, we discuss the current progress toward development of a vaccine against C. trachomatis. A wide range of recombinant protein antigens are being identified and, hence, are available for vaccine trials. A plasmid-free live strain has recently been produced and evaluated in the mouse (Chlamydia muridarum) and monkey (C. trachomatis) models. The data for ocular infections in the monkey model was particularly encouraging, although the path to regulatory approval of a live vaccine is still uncertain. While still a major challenge, vaccines for ocular and genital C. trachomatis infections are looking more promising
Neukartierungen deutscher Kolonialgebiete. Postkoloniale Schreibweisen in Uwe Timms Roman Morenga
No full textCITATION: Holdenried, M. 2011. Neukartierungen deutscher Kolonialgebiete. Postkoloniale Schreibweisen in Uwe Timms Roman Morenga. Zeitschrift für interkulturelle Germanistik, 2, doi:10.14361/zig.2011.0209.The original publication is available at https://www.degruyterbrill.comThe topicality of Uwe Timm’s novel Morenga with its critique of colonialism, 33 years after its publication, is investigated against the backdrop of recent studies about the author and is newly positioned within the coordinates of post-colonial studies. The polyphonic layout, the scrutinizing scepticism with regard to the utopia of the foreign (and its intrapsychic power of projection in the colonial desire of the individual) as well as in particular the description of areas of contact and transgression of borders can be read as a new cartography of an almost forgotten part of history – long before post-colonial studies began to establish themselves in the German language arena. Whereas Timm has been ascribed to have used an aesthetics of failure, this contribution undertakes a different reading, taking note of the intertextual layering and deciphering it as a cultural topography of the open space.Publisher's versio
Selbstbekenntnis in der Fremde. Uwe Timms „Römische Aufzeichnungen“
No full textTo recount Rome is always difficult for a German. Uve Timm, did of his roman experience (1981-1983) a sort of a “self-confession”. He has compared, largely using irony and levity, the different cliché on Italy as a nation and on the Italians, intertwining notes, remarks, comments, descriptions, readings and dreams. Rome is for the Author a reawakening of the senses, and a chance to regain possession of his inhibited Ego. Caravaggio, Gramsci and Kipphardt, which he sees as tutelary deities, are their stimuli for the poetic elaboration of his real-life experience
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