A new species of the sentinel crab Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) Barnes, 1967 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1807 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. K. BARNES ◽  
PETER J. F. DAVIE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Shark Bay ◽  
Macrophthalmus Japonicus ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Leg Morphology

Specimens previously identified as Macrophthalmus japonicus from Shark Bay, Western Australia, are described as a new species, M. pistrosinus. The new species differs both in behaviour and morphology from its closest relatives, particularly in characters such as proportions of male abdomens, setation patterns of claws, carapace dentition and leg morphology.

A new species of Parasesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from the mangroves of Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2564 (1) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. F. DAVIE ◽  
L. PABRIKS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Shark Bay ◽  
A New Species

A new species of intertidal sesarmid crab, Parasesarma hartogi, is described from the upper mangrove zone in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It differs from its four closest relatives in the P. plictatum species-complex by being broader between the epibranchial angles than between the exorbital angles; showing differences in the number and form of the dorsal dactylar tubercles of the male cheliped, a relatively broader gape between the fingers of the adult male chelae, proportions and shape of the male abdomen, and shape of the male first gonopod.

scholarly journals A new species of Underwoodisaurus (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3010 (1) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL DOUGHTY ◽  
PAUL M. OLIVER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Shark Bay ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
A New Species

Ongoing surveys and systematic work focused on the Pilbara region in Western Australia have revealed the existence of numerous unrecognized species of reptiles. Here we describe Underwoodisaurus seorsus sp. nov., a new species similar to U. milii, but differing in its relatively plain dorsal and head patterns with only sparsely scattered pale tubercles, a much more gracile build, including longer snout, limbs and digits, smaller and more numerous fine scales on the dorsum, and the enlarged tubercles on the tail tending not to form transverse rows. The new species is known from few specimens and has only been encountered at mid elevations in the Hamersley Ranges, widely separated from the closest populations of U. milii in the northern Goldfields and Shark Bay in Western Australia. Given its rarity and small (potentially relictual) distribution this species may be of conservation concern.

A NEW SPECIES OF CTENOPHORUS (LACERTILIA: AGAMIDAE) FROM LAKE DISAPPOINTMENT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Herpetologica ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Doughty ◽  
Brad Maryan ◽  
Jane Melville ◽  
Jeremy Austin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Philocheras (Decapoda: Caridea: Crangonidae) from Western Australia, with a key to all species of this genus worldwide

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (1) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
QINGXI HAN ◽  
JOHN K. KEESING
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Middle Line ◽  
Lateral Carina ◽  
The Family ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Antennal Scale

One new species and three new distribution records for the family Crangonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) are reported from Western Australia. A new species, Philocheras gardenensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from the Western Australia. The new species closely resembles Philocheras fasciatus (Risso, 1816), but can be distinguished easily by the absence of lobe-like folds on either side of the middle line of the carapace, the presence of a lateral carina extending from the branchiostegal spine, the longer middorsal carina and distolateral tooth of the antennal scale. A key for the genus Philocheras is provided, including currently, a total of 58 species and subspecies reported worldwide. Range extensions of three Crangonid shrimps are reported within Australia, and they are Philocheras obliquus (Fulton & Grant, 1902), Pontocaris arafurae (Bruce, 1988) and Vercoia gibbosa Baker, 1904. 

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