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Staples, H B, QX6320
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/418884Surname: STAPLES. Given Name(s) or Initials: H B. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: QX6320. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 26541.243097
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Staples, M B, 44169
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Pycnogonum sentus Staples 2019, sp. nov.
No full textPycnogonum sentus sp. nov. Figure 17 A–H; Plate 6A, B Material examined. Holotype, male (NHMUK 2018.45), Southwest Indian Ocean, Coral Seamount, 41°21.46'S, 42˚54.53'E, ROV, 702 m, specimen JC066-3447, amongst sortings, 20 November 2011. Description. Male holotype. Trunk (Fig. 17A, B. Plate 6A, B) segmented, dorsal surfaces granular, very coarse along trunk midline, lateral processes and legs, body surface interspaced with fine spinules, posterior margin of trunk segments 1, 2 and 3 form a raised transverse rim, dorso-median mounds varying from being rounded on segment 1 to being progressively more conical on segments 2 and 3, segment 4 with a single, small, conical median tubercle, cephalon with granulose mound immediately behind ocular tubercle, reaching to approximately half height of ocular tubercle (Fig. 17A); lateral processes narrowly separated at bases, diverging distally, each lateral process shorter than width at base, well-developed dorsodistal, tuberculose mounds on lateral processes 2 to 4, first lateral processes granulose distally but without prominent mound. Ocular tubercle on anterior margin of cephalon, wider than tall, dorsal surface flat in lateral view with small anterior papillose tubercle; four eyes unpigmented in preserved specimen. Proboscis almost half trunk length, evenly tapered from base to rounded tip, without prominences or tubercles, supposed oral glands (see Staples 2002) present, jaws tri-radiate, slightly recessed. Abdomen (Fig. 17F) unarticulated at base, reaching to about end of coxa 2, width about one-third length, carried almost horizontally, with prominent broad, granular, almost keel-like process over-reaching distal margin giving the impression that the abdomen tapers to a fine point when viewed dorsally. Oviger (Fig. 17E) segmentation incomplete and indistinct, possibly 2 to 4 segmented at this stage of development with perhaps a terminal claw, two spines present on distal margin of first segment. Third leg (Fig. 17G) robust, ecdysial line not evident, dorsal surfaces distinctly granular, coxa 2 longer than coxae 1 and 3, femur and tibiae each with single long, fine, dorsodistal seta, femur longer than either tibia, tibia 1 longer than tibia 2, ventral surfaces of tibia 2 and tarsus with dense field of spines; propodus gently curved, no hint of heel, propodal sole with about eighteen slender spines, length of claw about 40% of propodus length, auxiliary claws absent. Gonopores not evident. Coxal pellicula (vide Staples, 2007) not evident. Measurements of holotype (mm).Trunk length (frontal margin of cephalic segment to tip of 4 th lateral process), 3.152; width across 2 nd lateral processes, 1.640; proboscis length (ventral), 1.680; proboscis width at base 0.784; proboscis width at tip, 0.320; abdomen length (dorsal), 0.944. Third leg: coxa 1, 0.320; coxa 2, 0.416; coxa 3, 0.320; femur,1.112; tibia 1, 0.976; tibia 2, 0.824; tarsus, 0.200; propodus, 0.800; claw, 0.312. Etymology. From the Latin sentus (rough), referring to the rough or granular surface. Remarks. Although this specimen is not fully mature, the species-determinate characters are sufficiently distinct to identify the species subsequently. Using Stock’s (1966b) key to this genus, the new species can be followed to couplet 22b where it keys out with P. tenue Slater, 1879 but from which it differs significantly in the shape of the proboscis. The less compact P. guyanae Stock, 1974 shares some similarity with this species but differs principally in the shape of the femur and the absence of a post-ocular tubercle. The presence of a tubercle or process on the dorsodistal surface of the abdomen is certainly not unique in the genus but none appear to be as prominent as in this species.Published as part of Staples, David A., 2019, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from the Southwest Indian Ridge, pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 4567 (3) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/259894
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Australia v. England [picture] /
No full textPortraits of members of England and Australian teams below image.; Signatures l.r.: G.H. Barrable; R. Ponsonby Staples.; Exhibited: "How's That", Visitors Centre, National Library of Australia, 2 February 2007 - 17 June 2007 AuCNL; Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK832/B.; U3336
At the intersection of disability and masculinity: Exploring gender and bodily difference in India
No full textThis is the accepted version of the following article: STAPLES, J. (2011), At the intersection of disability
and masculinity: exploring gender and bodily difference in India. Journal of the Royal Anthropological
Institute, 17: 545–562. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01706.x, which has been published in final form at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01706.x/abstract.Despite a conventional view that bodily impairments are necessarily interpreted as emasculating and negative, this article – drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with men affected by leprosy and by cerebral palsy (CP) in India – offers a more nuanced account of how disabled men negotiate their gendered identities. Different kinds of impairments have very specific, context-defined, meanings that, in turn, have different implications for how gender and disability might intersect. Rather than diminishing masculinity in all instances – some bodily differences, as the article demonstrates, might even be enacted as hyper-masculine – impairments are shown rather to reshape understandings of the masculine in sometimes unexpected ways. And while my informants were constrained both by ableist norms and by the biological limitations of their own bodies, ambivalence towards certain forms of masculinity also afforded them space to perform their identities more creatively, sometimes to potentially positive effect.The Economic and Social Research Council and the British Academy
Labrumoides vibrissa Staples 2020, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Labrumoides vibrissa</i> sp. nov. <p>Figures 1, 2; Plate 1</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 1515905A-DF3D-41EE-9FE9-BC4C8C6582EE</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype, female (gravid) (AM P.73391), Western Australia, CSIRO North West Shelf Project, (19° 56.42´S, 117° 53.36´E), FRV <i>Soela</i>, stn S-83-B2S, depth 41m, 1983.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes.</b> One female (gravid) (AM P.77581), collection details as for holotype. One sub-adult (AM P.71966), collection details as for holotype.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Female holotype. Trunk (Fig. 1A, B) slender, smooth, completely segmented, lateral processes about as long as wide, separated from trunk by indistinct suture line; lateral processes 1 and 2 and 2 and 3 separated by about half basal diameter, processes 3 and 4 almost touching. Cephalon widening distally, neck short, lateral margins mostly occupied by bases of oviger implantations. Ocular tubercle placed level with the anterior margin of first lateral processes, width at base a little greater than mid-height, two low dorsolateral papillae; four eyes, lightly pigmented in preserved specimens.</p> <p>Proboscis (Fig. 1D) proximal part inflated, with shallow median constriction, widest at base, partially retracted into cephalic collar, tapering strongly and transitioning seamlessly from about half its length to a slightly up-curved slender part, again widening towards three well-defined lips, distal one-third of tubiform part with abundant wispy, simple setae; lips fringed with a dense field of short, tangled setae Fig. 1E, Plate 1 A–C). The lumen of the narrow distal part of the proboscis appears to be composed of parallel fibrous muscular strands. Abdomen unsegmented at base, directed obliquely upwards, inflated and strongly cleft distally, two strong spines on outer distal margins.</p> <p>Palp absent.</p> <p>Chelifore scape with strong depression on outer surface near base (Fig. 1A. Plate 1A). Chela carried in line with scape with fixed finger dorsal to the moveable finger, scissor-like, fixed finger more robust and slightly over-reaching moveable finger, terminating in a beak-like process, outer margin swollen, bearing four short peg-like spines or teeth (Fig. 2F); movable finger curved, pointed, appearing to cross to the inside of the fixed finger due to the swollen outer surface of the fixed finger (Plate 1D), cutting edge smooth; palm and fingers with numerous fine, robust spines on outer surface.</p> <p>Oviger ten-segmented (Fig. 2A), implanted at base of first lateral processes. Segment 5 longest, segment 4 slightly shorter, segments 9 and 10 subequal, strigilis spines compound, two pair of stronger basal teeth followed by about six pairs of much smaller dorsolateral teeth, compound spines on segments 7 to 10 arranged 11:9:7:7. Terminal claw well-developed, approximately half length of segment 10, six teeth along inner margin (Fig 2B).</p> <p>Legs linear (Fig. 2D), with few scattered setae, tibia 2 longest, femur marginally longer than tibia 1. Propodus slightly curved, heel with three robust spines followed by six strong sole spines and several lesser spines, distal-most heel spine more robust than remainder (Fig. 2C), terminal claw about two-thirds propodus length, auxiliary claws absent. Genital pores large, located on ventrodistal surface coxa 2 all legs.</p> <p>Subadult (specimen P71966). Oviger bud-like and unsegmented. Number of propodal spines varies between legs; heel with 1 to 3 spines, sole 2 to 4 spines. All setae strongly curved at tip.</p> <p> Measurements (female holotype, mm). Trunk length (frontal margin of cephalic segment to tip of 4 th lateral process), 1.29; trunk width (across 2 nd lateral processes), 0.76; proboscis length (ventral), 1.01. Third leg; coxa 1, 0.22; coxa 2, 0.57; coxa 3, 0.30; femur, 1.60; tibia 1, 1.50; tibia 2, 2.27; tarsus, 0.10; propodus, 0.45; claw, 0.30. Oviger: seg. 1, 0.07; seg. 2, 0.21; seg. 3, 0.30; seg. 4, 0.36; seg. 5, 0.46; seg. 6, 0.22; seg. 7, 0.22; seg. 8, 0.10; seg. 9, 0.17; seg. 10, 0.17; claw, 0.08.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Specific name derived from <i>vibrissae</i> –sensory hairs or whiskers found growing especially around the mouths of many mammals and alluding to the setae found around the mouth opening in this species.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The two gravid females in this collection carry 2 to 5 well-developed ova and many smaller oocytes in each femur.</p> <p> The absence of chitinized oral lips in <i>Labrumoides</i> is unique in the Callipallenidae. The mouth opening appears to be formed solely by soft petal-like lips fringed with dense, tangled setae (Plate 1A, C) suggesting that they may be incapable of grasping, crushing or tearing food with their mouth parts. It is conjectured that this species may belong to a wider group of selective or non-selective deposit feeders that vacuum and ingest their food whole with perhaps epiphytes such as diatoms and foraminifera being possible food sources. Whilst the mouth parts adequately distinguish the new genus from its congeners, overlapping morphological similarities warrant brief comparisons with five other genera found in Australian waters; <i>Bamberene</i> Staples, 2014b, <i>Cheilopallene</i> Stock, 1955, <i>Meridionale</i> Staples, 2014a, and <i>Stylopallene</i> Clark, 1963. The mouth openings in all of these genera are formed by three acute oral plates composed of thin pliant chiton. These plates are glabrous and protrude forward from the main body of the proboscis. They are in fact, most developed in <i>Stylopallene tubirostris</i>, the species to which this new species was originally assigned and where they form a long probe-like extension to the proboscis. The joining of the plates to the inflated part of the proboscis is evidenced by a dark transverse suture line. S <i>tylopallene</i> is further distinguished by a combination of eight eye lenses arranged in four groups of two, an oval trunk with lateral processes touching or almost touching, a wide neck region that hardly narrows throughout its length, and female scapes each with a proximolateral process or flange. All species of <i>Stylopallene</i> appear to have an obligate association with arborescent bryozoans (Staples 2005, 2014b). The new genus shares a similar chela shape and orientation with the monotypic genus <i>Bamberene</i>, but that genus is readily distinguished by a compact, almost discoid-shaped trunk with tall dorsomedian tubercles and the absence of an oviger claw. <i>Meridionale</i> is distinguished by a number of characters, the most conspicuous of which is the general habitus, where the strongly downward or posterior-facing proboscis and chelifores are hardly visible in dorsal view. The chela fingers of <i>Meridionale</i> have heavily sclerotized margins suggesting that they may be used to crush their food; perhaps bryozoan zooids. <i>Cheilopallene</i> shares a tiny body size with the new genus but the fixed finger of the chela is truncate and nodulous, a diagnostic character of the genus. Female <i>Cheilopallene</i> also have a proximolateral process or flange on the scape, not dissimilar to that in <i>Stylopallene</i>, but which is not present in <i>Labrumoides.</i> Some species in the genus <i>Austropallene,</i> only known from Antarctic and Subantarctic localities, also share morphological similarities with <i>Labrumoides</i> but the absence of an oviger claw and the presence of characteristic ‘horns’ on the cephalon of specimens belonging to that genus are sufficient to distinguish the genera. The tapering proboscis of <i>Queubus jamesanus</i> Barnard 1946 from South African waters bares a similarity to the new species but the absence of chelifores and the presence of palps in <i>Queubus</i> are sufficient to distinguish the genera. Unfortunately, Barnard did not comment on the jaw structure.</p> <p> <i>Cheilopallene hirta</i> Child, 1988: 65 is one of three species of <i>Cheilopallene</i> that does not share characteristics typical of that genus and were considered <i>incertae sedis</i> by Staples (2015). <i>Cheilopallene hirta</i> and <i>L</i>. <i>vibrissa</i> are both recorded from shallow waters in tropical seas and share significant morphological characters; in particular they share the same distal proboscis morphology. They are also of about the same size (leg span about 11 mm) and carry four broad spines on a distal outer bulge of the chelae fixed finger (Child 1988, Fig. 5F; Fig. 2F, Plate 1D herein). It appears also that the fixed finger of both species terminates in a beak-like process (Child 1988, Fig 5F). The presence of bifurcate and trifurcate setae found on the proboscis tip of <i>C. hirta,</i> as opposed to the simple setae in <i>L. vibrissa,</i> represents a point of difference but this is of uncertain significance at generic level. A further difference in the shapes of the male and female oviger claws would be considered more significant had I not been aware of similar sexual dimorphism in another closely related, but as yet, undescribed species. Child described the male chelae of <i>C. hirta</i> as massive, but noted that the chela palm of the female is less inflated and more triangular than the male bringing it more in line with this female of <i>L. vibrissa</i>. It is unfortunate that Child did not provide a figure of the female chelifore of <i>C. hirta</i> for comparison and although both sexes were represented in the collection from Aldabra Atoll he did not comment on sexual dimorphism of the scape. Based on Child’s (1988, Fig. 5A) figure, the orientation of the chela relative to the scape appears to be a significant point of difference but the wide membrane at the base of the chela palm of <i>L. vibrissa</i> indicates that the chela is capable of considerable movement inwards and downwards (Fig. 1B, Plate 1B) in which case the illustrations of the chela may only reflect the particular orientation of the chelae at the time of preservation. In light of the aforementioned observations, <i>C. hirta</i> is only provisionally assigned to the new genus, but for the time being it is best placed in <i>Labrumoides</i> rather than left hanging as a spe- cies of uncertain status. The further collection of a male specimen of <i>L. vibrissa</i>, preferably from the type locality, will give greater confidence to the assignment of <i>C. hirta</i> to the new genus. <i>Cheilopallene trappa</i> Clark, 1972 from subantarctic waters is another of the three species that Staples (2015) removed from the genus <i>Cheilopallene</i> and one that also shares a similar proboscis structure with <i>Labrumoides</i>. Clark compared his species to a small group of callipallenids known at that time but was not convinced that his species belonged in <i>Cheilopallene</i>. The status of that species and others sharing similar characteristics will be the subject of a separate paper.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Only known from the type locality. Depth 41 m.</p> <p> <b>Acknowledgments</b></p> <p>I am most grateful to Dr Stephen Keable at the Australian Museum for entrusting the specimens for examination. A big thank you to the Marine Sciences collection management team at Museums Victoria for their ongoing support and to the reviewers of my manuscript for their constructive deliberations. I express my gratitude to my son Aaron for formatting the figures and plates.</p>Published as part of <i>Staples, David A., 2020, Labrumoides vibrissa (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), new callipallenid genus and new species from north Western Australia, pp. 575-581 in Zootaxa 4751 (3)</i> on pages 576-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3714805">http://zenodo.org/record/3714805</a>
FIGURE 1 in A New Endemic Thai Species of Argyreia (Convolvulaceae)
No full textFIGURE 1. Argyreia suddeeana: A. flowers in side view, Staples et al. 1414 (photo B. Bongcheewin). B. habit with young fruit, Suddee et al. 3860 (photo P. Karaket). C. Habitat, Staples et al. 1414 (photo B. Bongcheewin). D. young fruit, Suddee et al. 3860 (photo P. Karaket).Published as part of Traiperm, Paweena & Staples, George W., 2014, A New Endemic Thai Species of Argyreia (Convolvulaceae), pp. 281-285 in Phytotaxa 164 (4) on page 282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.164.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/513762
Tanystylum tiara Staples 2019, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Tanystylum tiara</i> sp. nov. <p>Figure 8 A–I; Plate 3 A–C</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype, female (NHMUK 2018.18), Southwest Indian Ocean, Coral Seamount, 41˚ 22.37'S, 42° 54.60'E, ROV, 745 m, specimen JC066-1068, stn 4.12, parent 736, 16 November 2011. Right palp and right oviger are mounted in Euparal on glass slides.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Female holotype. Trunk (Fig. 8A, B. Plate 3A, B) discoid, unsegmented, cephalon with thickened anterior rim, prominent dorsolateral processes each coalesced into single flange divided into three spine-tipped peaks, each peak decreasing in size from inner to outer margin (Fig. 8C. Plate 3C); lateral processes touching, each with a distal anterior and posterior tubercle. Ocular tubercle taller than wide, apical one-third conical, circumscribed with an apparent suture line, lateral papillae about level with top of eyes; four eyes, large, pigmented.</p> <p>Proboscis cylindrical, longer than trunk, stained black distally, truncate, oral surface recessed, rim irregular, bubbly.</p> <p>Abdomen with low dorsal bulge at base, unarticulated, enlarged at about two thirds length, tapering distally to pointed tip, several distal spines.</p> <p>Chelifore scapes separated at bases, each one-segmented, directed upwards, tapering from base towards tip, one very long terminal spine about half length of scape and two lesser spines, chelae absent.</p> <p>Palp (Fig. 8G) seven-segmented, segment 4 longest, almost 30% longer than segment 2, distal three segments with long ventral setae.</p> <p>Oviger (Fig. 8I) nine-segmented, segment 4 longest, segment 9 with two simple terminal spines.</p> <p>Third leg; (Fig. 8E) femur with dorsodistal fringe of setae on low swelling, first tibia with two proximal spinetipped dorsal swellings; propodus gently curved, proximal half with four robust spines, tips blunt, rounded, distal half with field of much shorter, sharp spines; auxiliary claws slightly longer than half length terminal claw, flared outward from bases. Gonopore ventrodistal, coxa 2, all legs.</p> <p> Measurements of holotype (mm). Trunk length (frontal margin of cephalic segment to tip of 4 th lateral process), 1.520; width across 2 nd lateral processes, 1.120; proboscis length (lateral), 1.840; greatest diameter proboscis, 0.736; abdomen length (lateral), 1.024. Palp: seg. 1, 0.160; seg. 2, 0.272; seg. 3, 0.144; seg. 4, 0.664; seg. 5, 0.160; seg. 6, 0248; seg. 7, 0.224.</p> <p>Oviger: seg. 1, 0.120; seg. 2, 0.184; seg. 3, 0.184; seg. 4, 0.328; seg. 5, 0.280; seg. 6, 0.112; seg. 7, 0.104; seg. 8, 0.48; seg. 9, 0.80. Third leg: coxa 1, 0.400; coxa 2, 0.440; coxa 3, 0.280; femur, 0.520; tibia 1, 1.680; tibia 2, 2.528; tarsus, 0.120; propodus, 0.800; claw, 0.352; auxiliary claws 0.232.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Tiara (Tiara–ornamental headband worn on front of head). Alluding to the ornate tiara-like flanges on the anterolateral margin of the cephalon; a noun in apposition.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> When viewed under high power the <b>e</b> ntire surface is seen to be covered in bifurcate setae. Tubercles on lateral process are mostly irregular in shape with minute spines on lateral margins (Fig. 8H). Whilst some <i>Tanystylum</i> have a thickened anterior rim on the cephalon, this species is unique in possessing a tiara-like flange on the anterolateral margins.</p>Published as part of <i>Staples, David A., 2019, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) from the Southwest Indian Ridge, pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 4567 (3)</i> on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2598945">http://zenodo.org/record/2598945</a>
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