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Branchinella hearnii Timms, 2012, sp. nov.
No full textBranchinella hearnii sp. nov. Figs. 1 F, 5 B, 7. Etymology. This species is named for Roger Hearn of Manjimup, who first collected this species from Little Unicup Lake, near Lake Muir in southwest Western Australia in 2005 and then displayed beautiful live specimens to the staff and myself as a visiting scientist at the Department of Environment and Conservation’s aquatic laboratory at Wanneroo. Type locality. Western Australia, ca. 12 km N of Lake Muir, Little Unicup Lake, 34 o 19 ’ 46.9 ”S, 116 o 42 ’ 51.8 ”E, 19 August 2009, BVT Holotype. Male deposited in the Western Australian Museum. Total length: 28 mm Accession number: WAM C 49896. Allotype. Female. Total length: 28 mm. Accession number: WAM C 49897. Paratypes. 1 male, 5 females same data, WAM C 49898; 2 male, 7 females, Western Australia, ca. 10 km N of Lake Muir and 1 km S of Unicup Lake, ‘Branchinella’ Lake, 34 o 21 ’ 41 ”S, 116 o 43 ’ 22 ”E, 6 October 2008, BVT, WAM C 49899. Other Material. Numerous juveniles, Western Australia, ca. 12 km N of Lake Muir, Little Unicup Lake, 34 o 19 ’ 46.9 ”S, 116 o 42 ’ 51.8 ”E, 5 September 2007, R. Hearn, WAM C 49900; 1 male 9 females, Western Australia, ca. 14 km N of Lake Muir, Tolkerup West Lake, 34 o 19 ’ 59.4 ”S, 116 o 43 ’ 21.1 ”E, 6 September 2007, R. Hearn, WAM C 49901; 1 male, 1 female, Western Australia, ca. 10 km N of Lake Muir and 1 km S of Unicup Lake, ‘Branchinella’ Lake, 34 o 21 ’ 41 ”S, 116 o 43 ’ 22 ”E, 2 November 2007, R. Hearn, WAM C 49902; 12 juveniles, Western Australia, ca 18 km N of Lake Muir, ‘Cricket Ground Lake,’ 34 o 16 ’ 17.5 ”S, 116 o 42 ’ 03.8”E, 4 September 2008, R. Hearn, WAM C 49903; 2 males, 4 females, Western Australia, ca. 14 km N of Lake Muir, Tolkerup West Lake, 34 o 19 ’ 59.4 ”S, 116 o 43 ’ 21.1 ”E, 6 October 1908, BVT, WAM C 49904; many juveniles, 2.4 km SW of Watheroo, ‘Bentonite Lake,’ 30 o 18 ’ 46 ” S, 116 o 02’ 33 ”E, 5 September 2009, BVT, WAM C 49905; 6 males, 2 females, 4.7 km W of Coomberdale, 30 o 28 ’ 02”S, 115 o 59 ’ 18 ”E, 6 September, 2009, BVT, WAM C 49906. Diagnosis. Frontal appendage short and forked and not reaching beyond the bases of the second antennae. Second antenna medial surface of proximal antennomere with large plate like tumidity on each side. Each gonopod flanked by a lateral swelling with a central hollow. Females with a lateral tumidity on each genital segment and paired dorsal tumidities on the first genital segment. Anterior setae of fifth thoracopod with endites 4 and 5 anterior setae naked and more than twice as long as second anterior setae on endites 4–6 which carry a pecten of fine spines. Description. Male. Eyes freely projecting on peduncles about the same length as eye diameter. First antennae filiform, a little longer than second antenna proximal antennomere, and terminating in 3–5 long sensory setae. Second antennae. Proximal antennomere slightly shorter than distal antennomere. Proximal antennomeres usually well separated from each other and fused basally at about 45 o. Each proximal antennomere with a large lamellar projection aligned ventrally. This projection, lacking sensory denticles or spinules, supported posteriorly by a ventrally narrowing ridge. Distal antennomeres of uniform diameter, gently arcing medially, and with weakly developed transverse medial ridges. Frontal appendage small, bifurcated, not protruding beyond the fused basal antennomeres. Fifth thoracopod with endite 1 + 2 and 3 evenly curved, the former about three times the size of the later. Anterior setae of endite 1 naked, of similar length to adjacent posterior setae. Anterior setae of endite 2 a little shorter than first anterior setae, bearing a pecten of spines and attended at its base by a small smooth spine. Endite 3 with an anterior setae longest of the three anterior setae on endites 1 to 3, about 7 / 8 th the length of the adjacent posterior setae, and bearing a pecten of spines. This anterior setae also attended by a small spine at its base. Endites 4–6 asymmetrical and covered with small spines. Endites 4 and 5 with two anterior setae and endite 6 with one anterior seta, representing two types. The first of all three endites, about 1 / 3 rd the length of the adjacent anterior setae and with a fine pecten most of their length. The second type on endites 4 and 5 only, 3 / 4 the length of adjacent posterior setae and naked. Posterior setae of all endites long and numbering about 27 on endites 1 + 2, about 9 on endite 3, then 4, 3, 4 respectively on endites 4–6. Those on endites 1 + 2 increasing in length basally to apex. Endopod broadly triangular shaped but with two closely spaced apices; straightest medial surface bearing about 12 spaced setae and curved lateral surface bearing numerous (ca 70) closely spaced setae. Exopod unevenly oval (medial edge more rounded than lateral edge) bearing about 90 closely spaced posterior setae. Setal bases with 3–6 minute spines. Epipodite elongate oval and unadorned. Praeepipodite large and broad, larger than endopod and exopod combined, and with a finely serrated margin. Genital segments about same width as adjacent thoracic and abdominal segments. Bases of gonopods a little longer than one abdominal segment each flanked by a lateral swelling with a central hollow. Everted gonopod with a long row of about 15 triangular spines medially and a wide field of longer thin spines on opposite side. Cercopods typical for Branchinella. Female. Eye plus peduncle about half the width of the head. First antenna filiform, a little longer than eye plus peduncle. Second antenna lamellar, about three times the head width on each side and narrowing to a sharp symmetrical apex. Second antennae fused together medially. Genital segments larger than adjacent thoracic and abdominal segments and with distinctive swellings and projections First genital segment with a large bulbous lateral tumidity each side and two adjacent asymmetrical pyramid shaped projections dorsally. Apices of these projections produced posteriorly and laterally. Second genital segment with another lateral tumidity on each side but it is sac-like and directed dorsally. Brood pouch bulbous anteriorly with a marked ventral swelling, but tubular posteriorly and terminating at about the third abdominal segment. Fifth thoracopod and cercopods as in male. Egg diameter 485 µm, with about 13 polygonal depressions, each shallow with sharp ridges and concave floor with dimples (Timms and Lindsay, 2011). Variability. Some variability in features was noticed in the material available. Fusion of the second antennal proximal antennomeres ranges from almost 90 o to about 50 o. In males the two ventral tumidities may be up to 25 % smaller than in the holotype and the triangular spines on the gonopod may number up to 24 (see Figs 2 A, B, Timms, 2008). In females the lateral tumidities on the genital segments may be smaller than in the allotype and the apices of the second antennae asymmetrical (see Figs 2 C, D, Timms, 2008), and there may be two weak ventral hooks pointing posteriorly on the brood chamber. The paired dorsal pyramid-shaped projections are invariable. Size. Mature B. hearnii sp.nov. are relatively large. There are 10 males in collections from the Lake Muir area ranging in size from 24 to 30 mm and averaging 26.7 mm, and 13 females in the same collections ranging in size from 19 to 38 mm and averaging 34.6 mm. Generally it is the smaller (immature?) males and females with the smaller tumidities. Differential diagnosis. Branchinella hearnii sp. nov. is almost identical with B. compacta Linder, with which it was initially confused (Timms, 2008), but its 16 SmtDNA differs by 12.8 % (Pinceel et al., 2012). It is separable from this species by many morphological features, including: (a) in males, the ventral lamellar projection on the second antennal proximal antennomere is much larger in B. hearnii sp.nov. than in B. compacta where it is hardly present at all (Fig 4 A, B); (b) most B. compacta males have small sensory spines lining much of the medial surface of the proximal antennomere, whereas this surface is smooth in B. hearnii sp.nov.; (c) in female, B. compacta lateral tumidities on its genital segments are significantly smaller than the large ones in B. hearnii sp.nov. (Fig. 4 C, D, 7 F, G); (d) The anterior setae on endites 4–6 are different in the two species, in B. compacta there are three longer setae each with pectens of spines and two very short naked setae, whereas in B. hearnii sp.nov. there are two longer naked setae and three shorter setae with pectens (Fig. 5 A, B); (e) in B. compacta the medial endopodal setae are feathered and have 10–14 small spines basally whereas in B. hearnii sp.nov. the medial endopodial setae are short, naked and basally spineless (Fig. 5 A, B); and (f ) B. compacta occurs in southeastern Australia, mainly in western Victoria (Geddes, 1981) but including some lakes on the Monaro, NSW (see above), while B. hearnii n.sp, inhabits sites in southwestern Western Australia, both north and south of Perth. Resting eggs of these two species are easily differentiated: those of B.hearnii sp.nov. have fewer depressions than eggs of B. compacta ( 25) and their walls are sharp compared to rounded in B. compacta (Fig. 1 D, F) (Timms and Lindsay, 2011). Given the genital segment tumidities and projections in females and the ventral lamellar projection in the clasper apparatus of males (reminiscent of males of Parartemia — Timms, 2012), it most likely exhibits lock and key amplexus (sensu Rogers, 2002). The male claspers would appress the genital segments perhaps either anterior or posterior to the dorsal pyramid shaped projections, to form a tight union. While all species of the Australian brine shrimp (Parartemia) use lock and key amplexus (Rogers, 2002; Timms, 2011), B. hearnii sp.nov. is the only second known species in Branchinella to possibly use it, its close relative B. compacta being the other candidate. The advantage to it is not clear in the Unicup area as no other species of Branchinella is known from this area, but in the Coomberdale — Watheroo area, B. hearnii sp.nov. shares its known sites with B. erosa sp. nov. Distribution and Ecology. B. hearnii sp.nov. occurs in a few hyposaline lakes to 8 g /L to the north of Lake Muir in southwestern Western Australia as well as in a few lakes, also hyposaline to 12 g /L, in the Coomberdale — Watheroo area north of Moora, Western Australia. In both areas the lakes in which it is found contain clear waters, turbidities 200 NTU.Published as part of Timms, Brian V, 2012, Further studies on the fairy shrimp genus Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Australia, with descriptions of five new species, pp. 35-60 in Zootaxa 3595 on pages 46-49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.25459
Branchinella herrodi Timms, 2012, sp. nov.
No full textBranchinella herrodi sp. nov. Figs. 1 G, 8, 9A. Etymology. This species is named for the Herrod family longtime proprietors of Yarromere Station, via Pentland, North Queensland, in particular patriarch Kevin Herrod for his assistance and concern for my well being as I collected shrimp in remote parts of the property. Type locality. Queensland, Lake Buchanan northwest beaches, pool 1.3 km sw of Lake Constant southern shore, 21 o 34 ’ 31 ”S, 145 o 47 ’ 32 ”E, 24 February, 2008, BVT Holotype Male deposited in Australian Museum. Total length 9.5 mm. Accession number: AM P 88354. Allotype Female deposited in Australian Museum. Total length 11.2 mm. Accession number: AM P 88353. Paratypes. Queensland, Lake Buchanan northwest beaches, pool 1.3 km NE of Lake Constant northern shore, 21 o 32 ’ 38 ”S, 145 o 48 ’ 29 ”E, 26 February, 2008, BVT, AM P88355, 4 males, 3 females. Other Material. Queensland, Lake Buchanan northwest beaches, pool 1.3 km w of Lake Buchanan northwest shore, 21 o 32 ’ 00”S, 145 o 48 ’ 13 ”E, 26 February, 2008, BVT, AM P88356, 5 males, 3 females. Diagnosis. Frontal appendage branched, each branch with ca 10 lateral subbranches and 5 lateral medial branches plus a larger one basomedially. Branches terminate in a mixture of small spines and epidermal outgrowths. Male fifth thoracopods distinct with various anterior setae and endopod lack basal knob-like extensions (as in B. wellardi) but with 6–8 spinules on their base. Females unremarkable. Description. Male. Eyes freely projecting on peduncles about the same length as eye diameter. First antennae filiform, slightly longer than second antenna proximal antennomere, and terminating in 3–5 long sensory setae. Second antennae with proximal antennomere subequal in length to distal antennomere. Proximal antennomeres well separated on each side, being fused basally at 90 o and medially with a long shallow swelling covered in very small denticles. Distal antennomeres of uniform diameter and with transverse ridges medially. Frontal appendage larger than the second antennae, consisting of short trunk and two ramified branches almost three times trunk length. Each branch with 9–10 subbranches laterally and 4–5 medially, but with one larger branch of different structure basomedially. These subbranches about the same size medially and laterally and decreasing in length towards the branch apex. Each branch terminating in a short spine apically attended by 2–4 smaller spines subapically. Narrow conical outgrowths randomly distributed ventrally along each branch, mainly posteriorly to the larger medial subbranch. Similar outgrowths but smaller along the subbranch generally in pairs. Largest medial branches smooth, each consisting of a short thick trunk and an oval plate at about 60 o to the trunk, so overall the axis of the plate and branch trunk similar. Fifth thoracopod with endite 1 + 2 and 3 evenly curved, the former about three times the size of the later. Anterior setae of endite 1 smooth, and about half the length of adjacent posterior setae. Anterior setae of endite 2 about half the length of anterior seta and bearing a strong pecten of spines and attended at its base by a small smooth spine. Endite 3 with an anterior setae similar on length to the first anterior seta, and bearing a strong pecten of spines and attended at its base by a short smooth spine. Endites 4–6 asymmetrical and covered with small spines. Endites 4 and 5 with two anterior setae and endite 6 with one anterior seta, representing two types. The first on all three endites with a fine pecten most of their length and a few spines basally; the seta on endites 6 a little longer than the other two. The second seta type on endites 4 and 5 only, comparatively short (half length of adjacent anterior seta) and naked. Posterior setae of all endites long and numbering about 60 on endites 1 + 2, near 18 endite 3, then 3,2, 2 respectively on endites 4–6. Endopod squarish with a shallow wide notch apically. It bears 10 spaced feathered setae medially to the notch and 18 closer together apically and laterally. Setae larger on the apex than proximal sides. The ca 40 feathered setae on the exopod each about 50 % longer than endopod setae. Basal attachment of endopod setae with 6–8 spinules compared with 3–4 on the exopod setae base. Epipod broadly oval and naked. Praeepipodite large (about equivalent to exopod + endopod) and with smooth edges. Genital segments about same width as nearby thoracic and abdominal segments. Bases of gonopods about half the length of the first abdominal segment. No specimens with gonopod everted. Cercopods typical for Branchinella. Female. Eye plus peduncle on each side about head width. First antenna filiform, almost as eye plus peduncle. Second antenna with a wide base and narrowing to an asymmetrical sharp apex and longer than the labrum. Genital segments subequal to posterior thoracic and adjacent abdominal segments. No tumidities. Brood pouch expanded ventrally and tubular posteriorly and terminating at about the second abdominal segment. Fifth thoracopod and cercopods as in male. Egg diameter 175 µm. Depressions average number 35 and irregularly polygonal to constricted and linear, inter-depression walls wide and ridge crests rounded and with minute pores (Timms and Lindsay, 2011). Variability. There is some variability in the number of subbranches of the frontal appendage, but only one either way from the number in the holotype. The larger basomedial branch can be of various sizes, perhaps associated with the developmental stage of the specimen. As indicated for this holotype the placement of the narrow epidermal outgrowths is quite variable in other frontal appendages examined, but always they are ventral and lateral and most common in the apical half of each subbranch. Differential diagnosis. Branchinella herrodi sp. nov. is most similar to B. multidigitata Timms 2008, B. campbelli Timms 2001 and B. wellardi. Branchinella multidigitata has frontal appendage branches with subbranches reminiscent of those in B. herrodi sp. nov., but with 6 laterals, 3 terminals, 3–5 very small medials and no larger basomedial in B. multidigitata compared to 9–10 laterals, 0 terminals, 4–5 fully developed medials and a large basomedial subbranch in B. herrodi sp.nov. The basomedial subbranch in B. herrodi sp.nov. is similar to that in B. campbelli, but that is the only feature of resemblance. Given that there is <4 % variation in 16 SmtDNA (Pinceel et al., 2012) between B. herrodi sp.nov. and B. wellardi, this is the species it is most likely similar too, or indeed conspecific. While their frontal appendages are superficially similar, there are many morphological differences between the two: (a) B. wellardi has a bilobed lamellar outgrowth between the two branches, B. herrodi sp.nov. does not (Figs. 8 A, 12 A); (b) B. wellardi has 9–10 pairs of lateral and medial subbranches to the branches, whereas B. herrodi sp.nov. has 9–10 laterals and 4–5 medials (Figs. 8 B, 12 B); (c) the branches of B. wellardi are usually pseudosegmented but not in B. herrodi sp.nov. (Figs. 8 B, 12 B); (d) the subbranches have paired thickenings each terminating in a chitinous epidermal outgrowth in B. wellardi, while in B. herrodi sp.nov. the branches are of more uniform thickness, terminate in a spine attended subapically by 2–4 smaller spines and the epidermal outgrowths are scattered (Figs. 8 B, 12 B); and (e) only B. herrodi sp.nov. has a larger basomedial branch (Fig. 8 B). The second antennae of both species are very similar, though that in B. herrodi sp.nov. has a shallow tumidity covered in minute denticles medioapically, whereas the medial surface in B. wellardi lacks denticles and spinules (Figs. 8 A, 12 A). The thoracopods are also very similar, as they are in many of the smaller species of Branchinella, but four medial endopod setae are inserted on knob-like protrusions in B. wellardi compared to 6–7 medial setae inserted normally in B. herrodi sp.nov. Their bases have 6–8 spinules whereas those in B. wellardi are smooth (Figs. 9 A, B). Resting eggs of B. herrodi sp.nov. are like the undistinctive eggs of B. affinis, B. anatinorhyncha sp. nov., etc, whereas eggs of B. wellardi have markedly concave and regular polygonal depressions (Figs. 1 G, J). Thus the conclusion is inescapable that despite the being similar molecularly (in the 16 Smt segment), B. herrodi sp.nov. is distinct from B. wellardi. Distribution and Ecology. B. herrodi sp.nov. is common in many of the clear freshwater pools in old swales between the fossil high beaches of Lake Buchanan. They have not been found in hyposaline/mesosaline pools associated with Lake Buchanan and its inflowing streams, nor in the saline lake itself (the domain of Parartemia minuta Geddes 1973 and Branchinella buchananensis Geddes 1981) (Timms, 1987), nor in claypans in the greater region. Most of the pools only contain water after heavy summer rains.Published as part of Timms, Brian V, 2012, Further studies on the fairy shrimp genus Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Australia, with descriptions of five new species, pp. 35-60 in Zootaxa 3595 on pages 49-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.25459
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.
Deux ouvrages sur les structures urbaines : R. J. Johnston, Urban Residential Patterns et D. W. G. Timms, The Urban Mosaic towards theory of residential differentiation
No full textChaline Claude. Deux ouvrages sur les structures urbaines : R. J. Johnston, Urban Residential Patterns et D. W. G. Timms, The Urban Mosaic towards theory of residential differentiation. In: Annales de Géographie, t. 82, n°454, 1973. pp. 760-761
Prof. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack.
No full textProf. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack at a reception of Insel Verlag, Buchmesse Frankfurt 1966LB
Eulimnadia canalis Timms, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textEulimnadia canalis sp. nov. (Figs 3 G, 7) Etymology. The specific name ‘canalis’ is Latin and means canal or groove and refers to the egg of this species which has many long grooves in the tertiary layer. Type locality. New South Wales, 120 km NE of Bourke, Bloodwood Station, a clay pan locally known as ‘Dead Ram,’ 5 km W of homestead, 29 o 31 ’ 46.7 ”S, 144 o 52 ’ 2.5 ”E, 21 February 2011, BVT. Type material. Holotype. Hermaphrodite deposited in Australian Museum, 6.8 mm long, 4.6 mm high, registration number AM P 97832. Paratypes. Hermaphrodites deposited in Australian Museum, 7.3 mm long by 5.0 mm high and 6.6 mm by 3.9 mm, registration number AM P 97833. Other material. New South Wales: Ten hermaphrodites, 120 km NE of Bourke, Bloodwood Station, Homestead Blackbox Swamp, 29 o 31 ’ 29 ”S, 144 o 53 ’ 28 ”E, 21 February 2011, BVT and MS, AM P 97834. Diagnosis. Egg with about 35 narrow, deep grooves, length of each about 40 % the egg diameter. 18 trunk segments. Telson with about 15 dorsal spines and cercopod with about 16 long (about 2.5 x cercopod diameter) setae. Description. Egg. (Fig 3 G) Spherical, 148 Μm (range 144–153 ìm, n= 5) in diameter, with about 35 narrow, deep grooves each about 40 % of the diameter and most curved longitudinally. Ridges between grooves broad, rounded. Tertiary layer spongiform and and surface microporous. Hermaphrodite. Head (Fig 7 B) with ocular tubercle prominent, the compound eye occupying most (ca. 70 %) of it. Rostrum broadly rounded protruding a little less than ocular tubercle with ocellus almost as large as the eye basodorsally. Frons-rostrum angle about 110 o. Dorsal organ posterior to eye by a little more than is height; height about two-thirds ocular tubercle height. First antennae a little longer than peduncle of second antennae and with about five lobes each with many small sensory setae. Second antennae with 9 antennomeres dorsally and 10 ventrally, each antennomere with 1–7 dorsal spines and 3–6 ventral setae, most with 4–6 spines and 4–5 setae. Basal and two distal antennomeres with most aberrant numbers. Carapace (Fig 7 A) pellucid, elongated oval with dorsal edge vaulted, maximum height at about 2 / 5 ths length. About 4 growth lines. Adductor muscle about 40 o to long axis of carapace, but difficult to see. Thoracopods Eighteen a pairs of typical Eulimnadia structure. Trunk dorsum with 1–9 setae terminally, these setae few, short and stout on distal few segments, numerous and longer on segments 8–15 and hardly any setae on anterior trunk segments 1–7. Telson with 15 pairs of dorsal spines, anterior spines, particularly 4–7 more spaced than posterior spines; most spines with denticles. Caudal filaments on a mound between spines 4 and 5. Telsonic floor posterior to mound with a marked declivity, then sloping away gently to cercopod base. Cercopod a little longer than telson with basal 80 % hardly narrowing and with about 16 setae of moderate length, each about twice its diameter and feathered. Distal 20 % of cercopod narrowing to an acute apex and with many denticles dorsolaterally. The two zones of the cercopod demarked with a small spine. Prominent spiniform projection beneath the cercopod at the ventroposterior corner of the telson. Variability. With only three specimens available and all from one site, the full range of variation is unrecorded. Flagella of second antennae had 8–10 antennomeres, average near 9. In some specimens there were few dorsal spines and ventral setae. Telsonic spines ranged from 13 to 16 with those at about 3–7 always spaced a little more. Cercopod setae varied in number from 14–18, with sometimes the first one or two shorter than the rest. Comments. This species besides occurring at two sits on Bloodwood Station in the NSW part of the Paroo, has a distinctive egg which was seen in material from a swamp south of Thargomindah in the adjacent Bulloo catchment but not assignable for sure to respective specimens. Otherwise it is most similar to E. dahli and E. taroomaensis sp. nov. in that it has many (> 14) moderate to long cercopod setae. However E. dahli has> 18 setae and 20 trunk segments whereas E. canalis sp. nov. has <16 setae and 18 trunk segments, and in E. taroomaensis sp. nov. the setae are shorter distally while in E. canalis sp. nov. all setae are similar in length. Distribution. Paroo and Bulloo catchments, northwestern NSW and southwestern Queensland.Published as part of Brian V Timms, 2016, A partial revision of the Australian Eulimnadia Packard, 1874 (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae), pp. 351-389 in Zootaxa 4066 (4) on pages 363-365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/26423
Seminar on equal pay for equal work: offered by Industrial Relations Centre, 12-14 October, 1970
No full textHistory and implementation of equal pay in New Zealand State Services / L.A. Atkinson -- Legal and procedural problems of equal pay in the private sector / N.S. Woods -- Economics of equal pay / W.D. Rose -- Social implications of equal pay / Elizabeth Timms
Nowe spojrzenie na planowanie architektury mieszkaniowej w afryce subsaharyjskiej
No full textThe author shares his reflections on state of art in housing and urban planning, deficiencies, expectations and possibilities in the Sahel region of Africa. He notices, that the housing problem in Africa is one of the challenges, which should be solved in order to recover life dignity of African people and secure their rights to traditional family life in acceptable conditions. The paper describes the studies on the typical dispersed urban structures and the need to foster this type of settlement structure and proposals of introduction of new on light steel frame housing system in the area of Sahel, combining the traditional way of building houses with modern technology. The particularly analysed case, is the housing problem in the Republic of Chad. The author presents the basic discussion on this topic and his architectural proposals. Unfortunately, the gap between the needs and the financial feasibility of housing construction in this area, makes this project already at the starting point extremely difficult to be realized without external subventions.Problem mieszkaniowy w Afryce jest jednym z wyzwań, które należy rozwiązać, aby Afrykanie mogli odzyskać godność życiową i zabezpieczyć swoje prawa do tradycyjnego życia rodzinnego w akceptowalnych warunkach. W artykule opisano badania nad typowymi rozproszonymi strukturami miejskimi i potrzebą wspierania tego typu struktur osadniczych oraz propozycji wprowadzenia nowego systemu konstrukcji domów, opartym na lekkim szkielecie stalowym, łączącym tradycyjny sposób budowania domów z nowoczesną technologią. Przypadkiem szczególnie analizowanym jest problem mieszkaniowy w Republice Czadu. Autor przedstawia podstawową dyskusję na ten temat i swoje propozycje architektoniczne. Niestety luka między potrzebami mieszkaniowymi w Czadzie a finansową wykonalnością budownictwa mieszkaniowego w tym obszarze sprawia, że projekt ten, już w punkcie wyjścia, jest niezwykle trudny do realizacji bez uzyskania zewnętrznych dotacji
Eulimnadia australiensis Timms, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textEulimnadia australiensis sp. nov. (Figs 3 C,D; 4,5) Etymology. The species is named for the country in which it occurs. Type locality. New South Wales, Moonbi Ranges, prominent rounded peak known locally as ‘Flynns Rock,’ 5.4 km NNE of Moonbi township, 30 o 58 ’ 36.8 ”S; 151 o 05’ 10.8 ”E; 11 March 2014, BVT guided by W. and M. Schofield and B. Moritz, a small southerly pan gnamma 225 cm by 160 cm by 10 cm deep when full, but only 2 cm deep on 11 March. Type material. Holotype. Male deposited in Australian Museum, Sydney, length 4.6 mm, height 3.0 mm, registration number AM P 97795. Allotype. Female deposited in Australian Museum, Sydney, length 4.2 mm, height 3.0 mm, registration number AM P 97796. Paratypes. Five males, 4.9 x 3.1 mm, 4.9 x 3.1 mm, 4.8 x 3.0 mm, 4.6 x 3.1 mm, 4.4 x 2.6 mm; five females 4.7 x 3.1 mm, 4.7 x 3.1 mm, 4.6 x 3.1 mm, 4.2 x 2.6 mm, 4.1 x 2.6 mm, registration number AM P 97797. Other material. New South Wales: A few males, many females, Moonbi Ranges, prominent rounded peak known locally as ‘Flynns Rock’, 5.4 km NNE of Moonbi township, 30 o 58 ’ 36.2 ”S, 151 o 05’ 10.6 ”E, 14 April 2014, BVT, AM P 97798; Queensland: Aramac district, vicinity of Lake Dunn, excavation on south side of lake, 22 o 36 ’ 12 ”S, 145 o 40 ’ 26 ”E, 15 February 2010, MS and BVT, AM P 91973; Brisbane, Nudgee, 8 March 1945, J.S. Hynd, AM P 56359; near Longreach, Thompson R., Yellow Lily Lagoon, 23 o 22 ’ 53 ”S, 144 o 14 ’ 40 ”E, 27 November 2000, ARIDFLO, SAM C 8460. Diagnosis. Egg cylindrical with near vertical ridges and expanded ends, these with 1 to a few ridges. 18 trunk segments. Cercopod with 5–7 short (about diameter of cercopod), spaced setae on basal 80 %; telson with 15–22 dorsal spines somewhat variable in size, and usually with a single spine anterior to the double telsonic row; male rostrum triangular; clasper palp with 5 spines at the palpomere junctions. Description. Egg (Figs. 3 C,D) cylindrical, diameter 136–145 Μm, height 176–185 Μm with 12–15 vertical grooves/ rounded ridges and ends slightly-moderately expanded to a diameter of 154–196 ìm (n= 10). Discoid ends with 1 ridge across one diameter or 2–4 shorter ridges on radii. Surface microporous. Male. Head (Fig 4 D) with ocular tubercle prominent, the compound eye occupying most (ca. 90 %) of it. Rostrum protruding similarly to the ocular tubercle, triangular in shape, with an acute apex and largely occupied by the ocellus, about 50 % the size of the compound eye. Frons-rostrum angle about 120 o. Dorsal organ posterior to eye by about half its height, pedunculate and asymmetrical and not quite as high as the ocular tubercle. First antennae (Fig 4 D) slightly longer than peduncle of second antennae, and with six lobes, each with numerous short sensory setae. Second antennae with a spinose peduncle and each flagella with 8 antennomeres, dorsally with 1–3 short spines and ventrally with 1–4 longer setae. Basal and distal antennomeres with minimal spines, while setae maximal distally. Carapace (Fig 4 A) elongated oval, pellucid and with hardly any indication of growth lines. Adductor muscle scar at about 45 o to carapace long axis, almost invisible. Thoracopods. Eighteen pairs, the first two modified as claspers (Fig 4 H). Palm trapezoidal with a rounded expansion distomedially. Apical bulb spherical with many denticles mediodistally and with many stout spines pointing medially, also laterally bearing a small palp with many short thin spines apically. Finger arcuate with a blunt apex bearing a suctorial disc apicoventrally and many rounded pits ventrally. Long palp inserted on apical edge of palm; two segmented and with 5 stout setae at the segmental junction and many thin limp setae terminally. Palp of first clasper about 1.5 x length of palm and 2 x length in second clasper. Basal palpomere a little longer than distal palpomere in both claspers. Other thoracopods of typical structure for Eulimnadia, decreasing is size and complexity posteriorly. Dorsal surface of trunk with 1–2 short spines medially or posteriorly on each of the posterior 12 trunk segments. Telson with about 16 pairs of dorsal spines, with a single spine anterior to the larger first pair. Spines tend to vary in size a little, and increase in length posteriorly. Most spines with spinules. Caudal filaments originating from a mound a little higher than the dorsal floor of the telson and between the 3 rd and 4 th spine after the largest anterior spine. Dorsal floor of telson posterior to the mound slopes evenly to base of the cercopod. Cercopods a little longer than dorsum of the telson, the basal 80 % hardly thinning to a small spine with spinules, then a rapid thinning to an acute apex. About five short (a little longer than diameter of cercopod) setae on basal half and many tiny denticles dorsolaterally on apical quarter. Setae two segmented and feathered. Prominent spiniform projection beneath the cercopods at the ventroposterior corner of the telson. Hermaphrodite. Head (Fig 4 F) with ocular tubercle prominent, with compound eye occupying most (ca 80 %) of it. Rostrum a smooth bulge at an angle of about 160 o to the frons and with the anteroventral part occupied by large ocellus, about 60 % the size of the compound eye. Dorsal organ posterior to eye by about its height, pedunculate and asymmetrical and subequal in height to ocular tubercle. First antennae (Fig 4 F) a little shorter than the peduncle of the second antennae, with five small lobes each with many short sensory hairs. Second antennae as in the male. Carapace (Fig 4 B) as in the male. Thoracopods. Eighteen of typical Eulimnadia structure. Trunk dorsum with 3–9 setae terminally, these setae few, short and stout on last few segments, numerous and longer on segments 8–15 and hardly any setae on anterior trunk segments 1–7. Telson (Fig 4 E) as in male, though with 17 pairs of dorsal spines, also a single spine anterior to the paired spines, and six setae on each cercopod. Variability. The position of the dorsal organ in the male from the type locality varies from half height to its total height from the ocular tubercle. One specimen had 6 spines at the junction of the palpomeres. Telsonic spines vary in number from 15–17, the small spine anterior to the long anterior spine is not always present in both sexes. Cercopod setae vary from 5–8 in both sexes. Material from the larger northern pan of Flynns Rock collected after the next rainy period was much larger, males about 7 mm long and females 8 mm. Notably, putative hermaphrodites outnumbered males 72: 6, implying an androdioecious mode of reproduction as in E. texana (Packard 1871) (Weeks et al., 2006). They were similar morphologically to the type material, but tended to have an extra lobe in the first antennae, an extra antennomere, 17–20 telsonic spines and up to 7 short cercopod setae (Fig. 4 G). Specimens (Figs. 3 E, 5 A, B) in the Nudgee collection (AM P 56359) were very similar to the type material, but the telsonic spines were more denticulate and there were even denticles on the large last telsonic spine (=anal spine). They had 8 cercopod setae, most up to 2 x cercopod diameter. While the eggs are typical in the Thompson River collection, telsonic spines number only 12 and there are 9 cercopod setae about 1.5 to 2 x times longer than the cercopod diameter (Fig 5 C, D). This material is included in E. australiensis sp. nov. based on its egg structure. Comments. This species is distinct by reason of its cylindrical eggs with ridges aligned to the vertical axis and the few spaced short setae of the cercopod, two characters not shared with other Australian species. There are, however, other collections in the museums with cylindrical eggs similar to those of E. australiensis sp. nov., but with the ridges quite twisted and the ends more elaborate (e.g. Fig 3 E). Most have many (16–18) long cercopod setae, eg AM P 55693 Rabaul, PNG; AM P 82488 Central Qld; AM P 85563 Bloodwood Station, NSW; AM P 85570 Carrols Swamp, Muella Station, NSW; AM P 82467 & AM P 91995 near Taroom, Qld; AM P 85563 & AM P 96480 Titanic Dam, Bloodwood; SAM C 8458, Gibb R Homestead, WA. These look more like some of the overseas species discussed below. Eulimnadia australiensis sp. nov. shares many features with the widespread American species E. texana Packard and its relatives, E. belki Martin, E. colombiensis Roessler, E. cylindrova Belk, E. ovisimilis Martin & Belk and also E. tauluoensis Hu in China and E. indocylindrova Durga Prasad and Simhachalam in India (Hu 1986; Belk 1989; Martin & Belk 1989; Roessler 1989; Brendonck et al. 1990; Pereira & García 2001; Durga Prasad and Simhachalam 2004; Padhye et al. 2015). The most important similarity, given the specific nature of egg morphology in Eulimnadia (Belk 1989; Martin & Belk 1989; Rabet 2010), is the almost identical egg structure in E. australiensis sp. nov. and E. texana, and also to a lesser extent in other members of the E. texana group. All these Eulimnadia are those with cylindrical eggs, with just minor variations between them. The eggs of E. australiensis sp. nov. are distinctive with grooves and ridges always vertical (i.e. not twisted) numbering about 12– 15 and expanded discoid ends with 1–3 ridges. Eggs of other E. texana species group often have twisted ridges/ grooves, fewer of them and ends not expanded as much or more (Hu 1986; Belk 1989; Martin & Belk 1989; Roessler 1989; Brendonck et al. 1990; Pereira & Garcia 2001). It is not known if there is a phylogenetic link between these types of cylindrical eggs, or whether the similar eggs are due to convergent evolution. The later possibility is suggested by E. australiensis sp. nov., for although its egg is similar to that of members of the E. texana group, its body morphology is distinctive. Most significant is the few ( 10) long strong setae in the members of the E. texana group and the nine odd collections mentioned above. Specimens with twisted cylindrical eggs were designated as species C and F in Schwentner et al. (2015), while specimens with vertical ridges from the type locality were later tested by Schwentner (pers.comm.) and found to be different again. Though the characteristics of E. australiensis sp. nov. are distinctive, those of other Australian forms with cylindrical eggs are not and they remain unidentified and undescribed. It would help if the validity of the above mentioned overseas species was resolved. Distribution and ecology. Northern half of NSW and throughout Qld. It has a very short life cycle in the Moonbi sites (Timms, in prep); from hatching to adults with eggs takes 8 days and after two weeks many individuals die. No living individuals could be found after four weeks in cultures or in situ after six weeks post filling.Published as part of Brian V Timms, 2016, A partial revision of the Australian Eulimnadia Packard, 1874 (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae), pp. 351-389 in Zootaxa 4066 (4) on pages 357-361, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/26423
Seeing the world anew : the radical vision of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 & 1516 world maps /
No full text9781929154470 (ISBN). 192915447X (ISBN). First edition 2012. Accompanied by 2 foldeds map in front and back pockets: 1507 map -- 1516 map.; Includes bibliographical references: pages 98-107.; Maps from pockets also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6254227; Original version of the 1507 map: Universalis cosmographiae secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru que lustrationes. [St. Dié, France? : s.n., 1507]; Original version of the 1516 map: Carta marina, navigatoria Portugallen, navigationes atque tocius cogniti orbis terre marisque formam naturamq[u]e situs et terminos nostris temporibus recognitos et ab antiquorum traditione differentes eciam quor[um] vetusti non meminerunt auctores hec generaliter indicat / consumatum est in oppido S. Deodati compositione et digestione Martini Waldseemuller Ilacomili. [St. Dié, France? : s.n., 1516]. Prologue: In a Renaissance Vision, a Glimpse of the Modern / John W. Hessler -- "An island surrounded on all sides by sea" : The World Map, 1507 / John W. Hessler -- "Land of Cuba, part of Asia" : The Carta marina, 1516 / Chet Van Duzer -- Epilogue: A Renaissance That Resonates Still / John W. Hessler -- Notes -- Afterword / Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- The Maps: The 1507 World Map, 12 sheets, with commentary -- Composite: front pocket -- The 1516 Carta marina, 13 sheets, with commentary -- Composite: back pocket
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