Bursaria (Pittosporaceae): a morphometric analysis and revision

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. W. Cayzer ◽  
M. D. Crisp ◽  
I. R. H. Telford

Bursariais an endemic Australian genus of mostlyspinescent, scruffy shrubs and trees, found in all but the most arid or alpineareas. Previous classifications include many infraspecific taxa and haveproved unworkable in eastern Australia. This paper presents a revision of thegenus. On the basis of phenetic analyses of morphometric characters thefollowing taxa are now recognised: B. calcicolaL.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford, B. incana Lindl.,B. longisepala Domin,B. occidentalis E.M.Benn.,B. reevesii L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford,B. spinosa Cav. subsp. lasiophylla (E.M.Benn.) L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford, B. spinosasubsp. spinosa and B. tenuifoliaF.M.Bail. Two are described as new(B. calcicola, B. reevesii), and one is changed in rank:B. spinosa subsp. lasiophylla(formerly B. lasiophylla E.M.Benn.). None of the otherinfraspecific taxa recognised previously is supported by our analyses.

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofwan Noerwidi

In 2014 there was found two "enigmatic" specimens of mandible, which named as Semedo 3417 and 3418. Both mandibles are morphologically similar but twice bigger than common primate’s jaw. In this research, we use morphology and morphometric analysis to determine the species identity and taxonomic position of those specimens. For comparison study we use some samples from Homo erectus (Java and China), Gigantopithecus (blacki and bilaspurensis), Australopithecines (robust and gracile). Based on morphology and morphometric characters on the mandible and teeth, it is concluded that Semedo specimen tends to be close to Gigantopithecus blacki. The discoveries of Gigantopithecus fossil in Java has implication on some research problem, especially regarding the adaptation pattern of this species which known only found at high latitudes environment. Furthermore this discovery has reinforced the perspective that tropical environment has a very high biodiversity, particularly on primate fossils.


Author(s):  
Alexander Germanovich Selyukov ◽  
Ekaterina Vladimirovna Efremova ◽  
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Selyukova ◽  
Leonid Alexandrovich Shuman

The article presents the results of a production experiment with the embryos of Coregonus nasus, delivered at the Sobsk fish hatchery (settlement Kharp, YaNAO). The plant is taking compensatory measures to restore the number of valuable species of whitefishes in the Ob river basin. The purpose of our study was to increase the biological potential of juvenile broad whitefish for their subsequent release to the Ob river. At the last stage of the embryonic period, the embryos were treated with ultra-weak pulsed magnetic fields for several days. In the postembryonic period, the control and experimental juveniles of broad whitefish were fixed for subsequent morphometric and cytological-histological analysis. After conducting a morphometric analysis, we found that already at the early stages of the postembryonic period, the experimental larvae and fry exceeded the control ones in most parameters. Later, these differences persisted. At the same time, the juveniles of the experimental batch showed, as a rule, less variability of morphological characters. Also, the weight of the experimental fry before release to the Ob significantly exceeded the weight of the control fry. We calculated the degree of correlation of morphometric characters in juvenile broad whitefish of both parties in the process of rearing and found that during the first month the correlation of most parameters in the experimental juveniles was lower than in the control. However, with further development, the degree of relationship between the parameters in juveniles in the experiment increased and reached it in the control. Later, the allometric growth of the experimental juveniles began, which caused a decrease in the connection between some characters. We are discussing the features of the development of experimental juvenile fish; activation of its natural mechanisms of autorehabilitation by using weak physical factors. We explain the reasons for the stable, but insignificant differences between the experimental fish fry over the control treatment with an ultra-weak pulsed magnetic field at the last stages of embryogenesis, when the main organ systems are already formed. We conclude that this approach is advisable, starting with fertilization and early embryogenesis.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 2376-2383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford W. Zeyl ◽  
Leslie A. Lowcock

Six morphometric characters and one meristic character were measured on 96 adult and 88 juvenile Ambystoma from Kelleys Island, where extensive hybridization involves three species. Canonical variates, discriminant functions, and size-constrained principal components analyses showed that A. laterale (represented only in hybrids on Kelleys Island), A. texanum, A. tigrinum, and A. laterale–texanum–tigrinum are distinguishable from each other and from a complex of hybrids involving A. texanum and A. laterale. Within the latter complex, different ploidies are not distinct morphologically. Introgression may explain isolated atypical individuals. Adults differ from juveniles in both size and shape, demonstrating allometry.


1989 ◽  
Vol 121 (12) ◽  
pp. 1103-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Lockwood

AbstractMorphometric analysis of 16 body measurements of migratory and solitary Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) and M. spretus (Walsh) was used to determine if M. spretus was, in fact, the migratory phase of M. sanguinipes. Migratory M. sanguinipes was found to be more similar to its own solitary phase than to M. spretus. Melanoplus spretus resembled migratory M. sanguinipes, but in 14 comparisons M. spretus differed significantly from both solitary and migratory M. sanguinipes. Despite the potential for environmental variation obscuring differences in morphology, the divergent morphometric characters of M. spretus and the phases of M. sanguinipes appear to justify the status of M. spretus as a true species.


2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale J. Dixon ◽  
B. R. Jackes ◽  
L. M. Bielig

A revision of the Ficus obliqua—F. rubiginosa complex (Moraceae: Urostigma sect. Malvanthera Corner) is presented. A phenetic analysis of morphometric characters using clustering techniques and multidimensional scaling was used to identify the taxa in this complex. Three taxa are recognised, F. obliqua G.Forst., F. rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent. f. rubiginosa and F. rubiginosa f. glabrescens (F.M.Bailey) D.J.Dixon. Each taxon is redescribed. The epithet glabrescens of F. rubiginosa f. glabrescens is resurrected with a change in status. The data from the pollinator wasps strongly supports the taxonomy, with F. obliqua pollinated by Pleistodontes greenwoodi (Grandi) and F. rubiginosa sens lat. pollinated by P. imperialis Saunders. A key to the species and infraspecific taxa of F. rubiginosa as well as notes and distribution maps are provided for both species.


2019 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Boudaya ◽  
M. Feki ◽  
N. Mosbahi ◽  
L. Neifar

Abstract Assessing fish stocks has important implications for fisheries management and conservation biology. Gurnards are marine demersal fish that commonly occur in the Mediterranean, but their population in this region remains to be quantified. This study examines the population structure of the longfin gurnard Chelidonichthys obscurus (Walbaum, 1792) in waters off eastern Tunisia, using morphometry and parasite assemblages. A total of 134 fish are investigated from two studied zones – the Gulf of Hammamet and the Gulf of Gabès. Discriminant analysis is used to compare gurnard populations in the two studied zones using 13 morphometric characters and the infection parameters of seven parasites. Morphometric analysis reveals strong spatial variations between the studied zones, providing evidence for the existence of an ecological differentiation along the eastern Tunisian coast. Mahalanobis distances show that body height, pectoral fin length and first dorsal fin length are the most salient morphometric characters for determining the position of samples from the Gulf of Gabès. The effectiveness of using parasites to study longfin gurnard stocks is uncertain. The use of short-lived parasites as biological tags is questionable, at least in the present case. Future research, based on complementary approaches such as otolith microchemistry and genetics, may improve our understanding of the global stock structure of longfin gurnard to suitably inform regional organizations involved in fisheries management.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Femy M. Sahami ◽  
Rene Charles Kepel ◽  
Abdul Hafidz Olii ◽  
Silvester Benny Pratasik ◽  
Ridwan Lasabuda ◽  
...  

Abstract. Sahami FM, Kepel RC, Olii AH, Pratasik SB, Lasabuda R, Wantasen A, Habibie SA. 2020. Morphometric and genetic variations of species composers of nike fish assemblages in Gorontalo Bay Waters, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 4571-4581.  Nike is Gobioidei fish at the post-larval and juvenile stages whose habitat is still in seawater before they migrate to the freshwater, grow up, and spawn to fulfill their life cycle as an amphidromous species. This study aims to identify the species composers of Nike fish in Gorontalo Bay waters based on their morphometric and molecular characters. 2,523 samples were collected from the catches of fishermen during three periods of their appearance in Gorontalo Bay waters from January to March 2019. The samples were grouped based on their similarity of melanophore patterns, and morphometric characters of 10 units were then measured. This study found 20 different groups of melanophore patterns; 15 of them were new melanophore patterns. DNA samples from each group of new melanophore patterns were then isolated for molecular analysis. The morphometric analysis grouped the 20 melanophore patterns into three separate clusters that were confirmed through molecular analysis. The results of Gen Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) sequences indicate that the new melanophore patterns of Nike fish assemblages consisting of six species; five species in the Gobiidae family (i.e. Sicyopterus parvei, S. cynocephalus, S. longifilis, S. lagocephalus, and Stiphodon semoni) and a species in the Eleotridae family (Belobranchus belobranchus).


2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Sofwan Noerwidi ◽  
Siswanto Siswanto ◽  
Harry Widianto

In 2014 there was found two "enigmatic" specimens of mandible, which named as Semedo 3417 and 3418. Both mandibles are morphologically similar but twice bigger than common primate’s jaw. In this research, we use morphology and morphometric analysis to determine the species identity and taxonomic position of those specimens. For comparison study we use some samples from Homo erectus (Java and China), Gigantopithecus (blacki and bilaspurensis), Australopithecines (robust and gracile). Based on morphology and morphometric characters on the mandible and teeth, it is concluded that Semedo specimen tends to be close to Gigantopithecus blacki. The discoveries of Gigantopithecus fossil in Java has implication on some research problem, especially regarding the adaptation pattern of this species which known only found at high latitudes environment. Furthermore this discovery has reinforced the perspective that tropical environment has a very high biodiversity, particularly on primate fossils.


2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Maynard ◽  
Darren Crayn ◽  
Maurizio Rossetto ◽  
Robert Kooyman ◽  
Mark Coode

To assess the status of a putative new species of Elaeocarpus L. (Elaeocarpaceae) from north-eastern New South Wales (NSW), with respect to the morphologically similar E. blepharoceras Schltr. from New Guinea, we undertook morphometric analysis of 11 vegetative attributes measured on 11 specimens of the putative new species and eight of E. blepharoceras. Cluster analysis (flexible UPGMA) and ordination (PCC) separates highland specimens of E. blepharoceras from the NSW material plus lowland E. blepharoceras. Furthermore, the ordination shows some separation of the NSW material into Koonyum Range and Nightcap Range groups. Although it is not clearly differentiated from lowland E. blepharoceras on morphometric analysis, description of the NSW material as E. sedentarius D.J.Maynard & Crayn is justified by (1) additional features such as the anther awns (short and sparsely hairy in E. sedentarius and much longer and densely bristly in E. blepharoceras), variation in the number of locules (3(–4) in E. sedentarius and (2–)3 in E. blepharoceras), leaf margin features (short setae terminating veins on leaf margins of E. blepharoceras, lacking in E. sedentarius) and (2) geographic isolation (>2000 km) is likely to prevent gene flow. The distribution, relationships and conservation status of E. sedentarius are discussed.


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