On the status and relationships of the gecko species Gehyra barea Kopstein 1926, with description of new specimens and a range extension

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2354 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL OLIVER ◽  
MARK SISTROM ◽  
BURHAN TJATURADI ◽  
KELIOPAS KREY ◽  
STEPHEN RICHARDS
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
The West ◽  
Banda Islands ◽  
The Status ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Distinct Taxon

Gehyra barea is a poorly known gecko species from the southern Banda Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia, that has received scant attention since it was described in 1926. A combination of morphological characters distinguish the types of this species from all other described Gehyra, and suggest that it is a distinct taxon. These same morphological characters occur in two recently collected specimens from the Raja Ampat Islands, just off the west coast of New Guinea, that we assign to this species, extending the known range of the taxon by over six hundred kilometres. We provide a revised and extended diagnosis and description of the species based on these new specimens. Morphological and genetic data from these specimens indicate G. barea is closely related to Gehyra baliola from further east in southern New Guinea, and that these species form a clade with Geyhra oceanica. Gehyra is a taxonomically challenging group, and the status of most species from the Melanesian region is in need of review.

Melanodothis caricis, n. gen., n. sp. and ‘Hyalodothis? caricis’

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 2187-2196 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Horner Arnold
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Potato Dextrose Agar ◽  
The West ◽  
Full Size ◽  
Nomen Dubium

The structure and development of Melanodothis caricis n. gen., n. sp. (Dothideales, Dothideaceae), a fungus that parasitizes florets of Carex and Kobresia, are described and illustrated. Its relationship to ‘Hyalodothis? caricis’ Pat. & Har., herein considered a nomen dubium, is discussed. M. caricis is reported from the west coast of Canada, U.S.A. (Alaska), Japan, China, and New Guinea, on 14 species of Carex, one Carex hybrid, and one species of Kobresia. In Canada, the florets are infected in the spring at anthesis and the stromata reach their full size the same year, but asci and ascospores do not mature until the following spring. Mature asci were seen in stromata on four species of Carex, C. capillacea from New Guinea, and C. livida, C. pauciflora, and C. sitchensis from Canada, from field collections of mature stromata, and (or) from stromata brought to maturity under artificial conditions. The remaining records are of stromata with immature hymenium. Cultures from ascospores on potato dextrose agar are described.

Differentiating Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica) with Description of the Sexual Castes of Formica (Serviformica) gerardi Bondroit, 1917 stat. rev.

Sociobiology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 463
Author(s):  
Kiko Gómez ◽  
Pedro Lorite ◽  
Federico García ◽  
Xavier Espadaler ◽  
Teresa Palomeque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Data ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Status

A list of morphological characters to separate Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica) (F. fusca species group) is provided. Sexual forms of Formica gerardi Bondroit are described based on Iberian material and reinstated into the subgenus Serviformica based on genetic data and morphological characters. The status of †F.horrida Wheeler, 1915 is assessed.

Social Change on the Kru Coast of Liberia

Africa ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merran Fraenkel
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
The West ◽  
The Status ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThe Kru people of Liberia are well known as deck-hands and fishermen all down the west coast of Africa, and they have established ‘colonies’ in most ports from Dakar to Douala—as well as in such distant centres as London, Liverpool, and New York. Little, however, has been published on their history and social structure, and the first part of this article is a contribution towards filling this gap. The second part concerns socio-economic change in one Kru town, Grand Cess, during the present century, and in particular its fission into two geographically and culturally distinct sections: the traditional town and the modern Municipality. The outline of the development of Grand Cess, of present interrelationships between its two main sections, and of the status of each vis-à-vis the central government, serves as an illustration of the Republic's unusual system of local administration. The account is based on three weeks' stay in Grand Cess in 1958, and on discussions with Kru people over a period of a year in Monrovia (1958–9).

The Governor-General and the Sultan An Attempt to Restructure a Divided Amboina in 1638

Itinerario ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Gerrit Knaap
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Dutch East India Company ◽  
The West ◽  
Banda Islands

On 3 May 1638, Anthonie van Diemen, Governor-General of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), the Dutch East India Company, met Hamzah, Sultan of Ternate, in the roadstead of Kambelo. Kambelo was one of the principal settlements on the west coast of Hoamoal, the western peninsula of the island of Seram. As such it was part of the Ternatan dependencies in the Amboina Islands, present-day Maluku Tengah. Van Diemen had arrived in Amboina at the end of February with a capital fleet of seventeen ships, carrying about 1,700 men on board. After he had been apprised that Hamzah had not yet arrived, in March Van Diemen continued his journey to the Banda Islands to inspect and arrange the VOC affairs in that area. In April he returned to Amboina, where, after a short stop at Hila, he sailed to Kambelo because word had reached him that some fifteen ‘junks’ from Java and Sulawesi had arrived there. As these ships were considered to be interlopers, suspected of carrying away cloves, thus violating the VOC monopoly, Van Diemen planned to attack them. However, as soon as Hamzah arrived, accompanied by a fleet, a hongi, of ten kora-kora, indigenous galley-like war vessels, the proposed action was postponed. For the time being diplomacy won the upper hand over violence. There was hope that the meeting of ‘these two great personalities’ could resolve long-standing conflicts in the area.

scholarly journals Analysis of Leading Sector in Disadvantaged Regions of Pesisir Barat Regency as an Economic Development Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-138
Author(s):  
Feri Hardani ◽  
Toto Gunarto ◽  
Neli Aida ◽  
Yudastio Yudastio
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Economic Development Strategy ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Government

Pesisir Barat Regency is the youngest regency in Lampung Province. Pesisir Barat Regency is the result of the division of West Lampung Regency, which was ratified based on Law Number 22 of 2012 concerning the Establishment of the West Coast Regency of Lampung Province on October 25, 2012 then inaugurated on April 22, 2013. West as an underdeveloped district in Indonesia, As a new autonomous region, West Coast District continues to improve to catch up, align itself or even surpass other areas in Lampung Province. Efforts to improve are carried out in a synergistic and simultaneous manner covering all fields and sectors, both in the government, economic, and cultural sectors. These efforts lead to the goal of prospering the people of Pesisir Barat Regency. West coast district has a lot of regional potential that can be developed to improve the status of the area and carry out development for progress. This study aims to look at the leading sectors in the disadvantaged areas of the west coast district. Based on the results of the analysis and calculation results that have been carried out, there are several leading sectors in the west coast district, namely the Location Question> 1. Shortly, the west coast district as a disadvantaged district has the potential to be developed based on its superior sector.

On the Status of Golfingia intermedia (Sipuncula)

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
Water Zone ◽  
The Status ◽  
European Seas

The taxonomy and distribution of sipunculan species in the shallow-water zone (< 200 m depth) of European seas are fairly well-documented. One notable exception is Phascolosoma intermedium, a small-sized species described by Southern (1913 a) from material dredged off the west coast of Ireland at 44–143 m depth. Since its description, no further specimens of P. intermedium have been reported in the region and the species was not considered by Stephen (1960) in his synopsis of the British species.

Species of Gnathophausiidae (Crustacea, Lophogastrida) collected off the west coast of Baja California, Mexico, during the TALUD cruises

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4609 (3) ◽  
pp. 449
Author(s):  
MICHEL E. HENDRICKX
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Large Series ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Mexico ◽  
Individual Size

During a survey of the deep-water fauna off western Mexico a large series of specimens of Gnathophausiidae was collected in a benthic sledge operating between 296 and 2136 m. Five species known to occur in the area were collected: Gnathophausia scapularis Ortmann, 1906, G. zoea Willemoes-Suhm, 1873, Neognathophausia gigas (Willemoes-Suhm, 1873), N. ingens (Dohrn, 1870), and Fagegnathophausia gracilis (Willemoes-Suhm, 1875). Additional distribution data are provided for these species in the area. A sixth species, G. childressi Casanova, 1996, previously known only from the type locality, off California, was also collected in three localities. Several external morphological characters in F. gracilis are analyzed according to individual size. The general and regional (off western Mexico) distributions of these six species is analyzed. 

Piracy and Empire: The Campaign against Piracy, the Development of International Law and the British Imperial Mission

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-92
Author(s):  
Michael Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The West ◽  
The Status ◽  
Peremptory Norm ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Jus Cogens ◽  
The 19Th Century

This article will examine the issue of piracy and how the prohibition of piracy developed in international law from the 19th century onwards. The campaigns against piracy in the 19th century influenced the development of international law into the 21st century with the prohibition on piracy achieving the status of peremptory norm ‘jus cogens’ under international law. The anti-piracy campaign of the British led to the signing of treaties which, although ostensibly designed to prohibit the trade, had the effect of consolidating British power and influence over the Gulf States and furthered imperial interests there. The campaign also further contributed to the notion of the ‘civilising mission’. The legacy of the campaigns reverberate in the contemporary debates about piracy, particularly in relation to the so-called pirates who operate off the west coast of Africa.

scholarly journals Neodiplopeltula gen. nov. from the west coast of Sweden and reappraisal of the genus Diplopeltula Gerlach, 1950 (Nematoda, Diplopeltidae)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Holovachov ◽  
Sven Boström
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The West ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Taxonomic Changes

The new genus Neodiplopeltula gen. nov. is proposed to accommodate those species from the genus Diplopeltula Gerlach, 1950 that possess the following morphological characters: amphids in the shape of an elongated loop, a well-developed subcylindrical stoma and outstretched ovaries. The genus Diplopeltula is considered genus inquirendum et incertae sedis. Four species placed in Neodiplopeltula gen. nov. are redescribed. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: Neodiplopeltula asymmetrica (Allgén, 1935) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula barentsi (Steiner, 1916) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula bathmanni (Jensen, 1991) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula cuspidiboja (Leduc, 2017) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula indica (Gerlach, 1962) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula intermedia (Gerlach, 1954) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula obesa (Nguyen Vu Thahn, Nguyen Thahn Hien & Gagarin, 2012) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula onusta (Wieser, 1956) gen. et comb. nov.; Neodiplopeltula ovalis (Ditlevsen, 1928) gen. et comb. nov. and Neodiplopeltula tchesunovi (Fadeeva & Mordukhovich, 2013) gen. et comb. nov. New synonyms include: Diplopeltis asymmetricus Allgén, 1935 and Diplopeltis ovalis Ditlevsen, 1928 are synonimised with Neodiplopeltula barentsi (Steiner, 1916) gen. et comb. nov.; Diplopeltula tchesunovi Fadeeva & Mordukhovich, 2013 is synonimised with Neodiplopeltula onusta (Wieser, 1956) gen. et comb. nov.; the male of Diplopeltula cuspidiboja Leduc, 2017 is synonimised with Neodiplopeltula barentsi gen. et comb. nov. and the female with N. bathmanni gen. et comb. nov. A key to the species of Neodiplopeltula gen. nov. is provided.

The status of Plumularia lagenifera Allman, 1885 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) and related species

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3613 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER SCHUCHERT
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Outer Wall ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The West ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Ne Pacific

The current status of Plumularia lagenifera Allman, 1885, a common thecate hydroid of the west coast of the USA and Canada, is problematic as it is difficult to distinguish from the near cosmopolitan and very variable Plumularia setacea. Type material of P. lagenifera and newly collected material of P. lagenifera and P. setacea from the region of the type locality of the former was used to compare it to P. setacea from the Atlantic. Measurements of a number of morphological traits were made and analysed using principal components analyses. Type material of the Californian Plumularia palmeri Nutting, 1900 was also included in the comparisons and confirmed the view of earlier workers that it is indistinguishable from P. setacea. Additionally, South African material referred to P. lagenifera by Millard (1975) was compared to the ma-terial from the NE Pacific. Plumularia lagenifera remains difficult to separate from P. setacea. The convex outer wall of the hydrotheca offers the only operational character to distinguish P. lagenifera from P. setacea, which always has straight or even concave hydrothecae. For morphological and biogeographic reasons, South African P. lagenifera sensu Millard (1975) should be referred to P. gaimardi (Lamouroux, 1924). 

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