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1993 R. S. Wilson R. S. Wilson. Systematics of the Perinereis nuntia complex (Polychaeta: Nereididae) in south-eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 45: 241-252.
The two species are distinguished by fixed differences at 4 of 8 enzyme loci, by non-overlapping ranges ...
1929 T. Hodge-Smith T. Hodge-Smith. The occurrence of Zeolites at Kyogle, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 17: 279-290.
Woolnough visited the district in 1923 that it was known that this quarry was a prolific producer of ... Friend, visited the quarry with a view to collecting and examining the occurrence. ... The visit was made possible by the generosity of Mr. ...
2019 Graeme B. Smith; Andrew Mitchell; Timothy R. C. Lee; Luis Espinasa Graeme B. Smith; Andrew Mitchell; Timothy R. C. Lee; Luis Espinasa. DNA barcoding and integrative taxonomy of the Heterolepisma sclerophylla species complex (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Heterolepismatinae) and the description of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 71: 1-32.
Five lineages are recognized within the remaining NSW material but as reliable (non-overlapping) morphological ...
2023 Tammy Horton; et al. Tammy Horton; et al.. The World Amphipoda Database: history and progress. Records of the Australian Museum 75: 329-342.
training workshop in 2016, together with data input for the superfamily Lysianassoidea and for a number of non-marine ...
2011 Trevor H. Worthy; Walter E. Boles Trevor H. Worthy; Walter E. Boles. Australlus, a new genus for Gallinula disneyi (Aves: Rallidae) and a description of a new species from Oligo-Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 63: 61-77.
are the only gruiforms known from Riversleigh and, with a single species of stork, are the only small non-passerine ...
1999 Harry Parnaby Harry Parnaby. An interim guide to identification of insectivorous bats of south-eastern Australia. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 8: 1-33.
The key is designed for use by non-specialists. ...
2019 Val Attenbrow; Nina Kononenko Val Attenbrow; Nina Kononenko. Microscopic revelations: the forms and multiple uses of ground-edged artefacts of the New South Wales Central Coast, Australia. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum online 29: 1-100.
Non-woody plant material was processed by both hatchets and hammer/pounders. ...
1895 Edgar R. Waite Edgar R. Waite. The skull of Dendrolagus dorianus, Ramsay. Records of the Australian Museum 2: 85-87.
Dorianus in all described particulars except the non-reversal of the hair. ...
2003 Karin Meissner; Pat Hutchings Karin Meissner; Pat Hutchings. Spiophanes species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Eastern Australia—with descriptions of new species, new records and an emended generic diagnosis. Records of the Australian Museum 55: 117-140.
The generic diagnosis of Spiophanes is revised based on type and non-type material of all species in ...
2011 Paul S. C. Taçon; Wayne Brennan; Ronald Lamilami Paul S. C. Taçon; Wayne Brennan; Ronald Lamilami. Changing Perspectives in Australian Archaeology, part XI. Rare and curious thylacine depictions from Wollemi National Park, New South Wales and Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 23: 165-174.
online) Publisher The Australian Museum Abstract Thylacines have long fascinated both Indigenous and non-Indigenous ...
1936 Joyce K. Allan Joyce K. Allan. Mysticoncha, a new generic name for Caledoniella Basedow, non Souverbie. Records of the Australian Museum 19: 391-396.
Mysticoncha, a new generic name for Caledoniella Basedow, non Souverbie Author Joyce K. ...
1959 J. W. Evans J. W. Evans. The Peloridiidae of Lord Howe Island (Homoptera, Coleorrhyncha). Records of the Australian Museum 25: 57-62.
Although during the intervening years several entomologists have visited the island, so far as is known ... their particular interest and because of their significance from the point of view of zoogeography, a visit ...
1983 A. J. Bruce A. J. Bruce. The pontoniine shrimp fauna of Australia. Australian Museum Memoir 18: 195-218.
Palaemoninae are conspicuous in tropical freshwater and temperate marine habitats and are almost entirely free-living ...
1901 T. Whitelegge T. Whitelegge. Description of a new hermit crab (Calcinus imperialis), from Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 48-51.
Numerous examples were obtained during the visit of Mr. R. Etheridge, Junr., Mr. J. A. ... During the visit of the "Thetis" to Lord Howe Island in March, 1898, Messrs. ...
1998 R. A. Armitage; B. David; Libbie H. Hyman; M. W. Rowe; C. Tuniz; E. Lawson; G. Jacobsen; Q. Hua R. A. Armitage; B. David; Libbie H. Hyman; M. W. Rowe; C. Tuniz; E. Lawson; G. Jacobsen; Q. Hua. Radiocarbon determinations on Chillagoe rock paintings: small sample accelerator mass spectrometry. Records of the Australian Museum 50: 285-292.
change in the geographical distribution of rock art styles across north Queensland—from widespread non-figurative ...
1987 Pat Hutchings; Jos van der Velde; Steve Keable Pat Hutchings; Jos van der Velde; Steve Keable. Guidelines for the conduct of surveys for detecting introductions of non-indigenous marine species by ballast water and other vectors—and a review of marine introductions to Australia. Published by the Australian Museum, Sydney 0: 1-147.
Guidelines for the conduct of surveys for detecting introductions of non-indigenous marine species by ...
1990 Glenn S. Hunt Glenn S. Hunt. Hickmanoxyomma, a new genus of cavernicolous harvestmen from Tasmania (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae). Records of the Australian Museum 42: 45-68.
Free lateral sclerites are recorded for the first time in the Triaenonychidae and their significance ...
2011 Gail Robertson Gail Robertson. Changing Perspectives in Australian Archaeology, part VII. Aboriginal use of backed artefacts at Lapstone Creek rock-shelter, New South Wales: an integrated residue and use-wear analysis. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 23: 83-101.
Evidence for the use of backed artefacts for bone-working and wood-working, as well as non-woody plant ...
1992 George D. F. Wilson; Winston F. Ponder George D. F. Wilson; Winston F. Ponder. Extraordinary new subterranean isopods (Peracarida: Crustacea) from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 44: 279-298.
These features include free pleonites that are subequal except for an enlarged fifth pleonite, broad ...
1983 Wim Vader Wim Vader. Associations between amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) and sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Australian Museum Memoir 18: 141-153.
Sex ratios are normal, sexual dimorphism small, and fecundity low compared to related free-living species ...
2001 Richard N. Holdaway; Atholl Anderson Richard N. Holdaway; Atholl Anderson. Avifauna from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island: a preliminary account. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 27: 85-100.
elements such as vertebrae of small petrels, and the good condition of material of apparent natural (non-cultural ...
2003 Edward B. Daeschler; Anna C. Frumes; C. Frederick Mullison Edward B. Daeschler; Anna C. Frumes; C. Frederick Mullison. Groenlandaspidid placoderm fishes from the Late Devonian of North America. Records of the Australian Museum 55: 45-60.
The Australian Museum Abstract Two new taxa of groenlandaspidid fish (Placodermi: Arthrodira) from non-marine ...
1986 Niel L. Bruce Niel L. Bruce. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239.
Annotated lists for all non-Australian genera and species are provided, and brief notes on the natural ...
2026 Frank Köhler; Jackson Waneagea; SaleLaefi; Betefanalamo; Ifibata; Luke Susufia; Ledison Fa`amae; David Esau; Fiaringi Made’e; Alex Fo’ori; Calvin Jimmy; Siosi Meke’; Peter Alabai; Masafi Alabai; Kobu John; Gibson Ipa; James Kukiabo; Wilson Langa; Asuari’i Kwaiofo; Dobata Mongabo; Bukele Alabai; Fane’eri’i Laete’esafi; John Laete’esafi; Harrison Nominiti; Jeverlyn Gesia; Raymond Guleabe’u; Tagwa Laete’esafi; Julie Esau; Telegeni Laete’esafi; Mamaniasusu Maabo; Dickson Kwaiofo; DyLin Tome; Mageni Frank Köhler; Jackson Waneagea; SaleLaefi; Betefanalamo; Ifibata; Luke Susufia; Ledison Fa`amae; David Esau; Fiaringi Made’e; Alex Fo’ori; Calvin Jimmy; Siosi Meke’; Peter Alabai; Masafi Alabai; Kobu John; Gibson Ipa; James Kukiabo; Wilson Langa; Asuari’i Kwaiofo; Dobata Mongabo; Bukele Alabai; Fane’eri’i Laete’esafi; John Laete’esafi; Harrison Nominiti; Jeverlyn Gesia; Raymond Guleabe’u; Tagwa Laete’esafi; Julie Esau; Telegeni Laete’esafi; Mamaniasusu Maabo; Dickson Kwaiofo; DyLin Tome; Mageni. Community-driven survey of land snails in three communal conservation areas in East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands.. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 44: 1-8.
This report is based on three visits to the region in April 2019 and November 2023. ...
1941 Frederick D. McCarthy Frederick D. McCarthy. An axe quarry at Moor Creek, Tamworth District, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 19-20.
informed me that there was an aboriginal axe quarry on his property, and in May, 1940, I was able to visit ... Powell, who was absent at the time of my visit. One of his employees, Mr. ...
2010 Gareth J. Dyke; Gary W. Kaiser Gareth J. Dyke; Gary W. Kaiser. Cracking a developmental constraint: egg size and bird evolution. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy. Records of the Australian Museum 62: 207-216.
Attributes of precociality were already present in a number of lineages of non-avian maniraptoran theropods ...
1979 Allen E. Greer Allen E. Greer. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from northern Queensland, with remarks on the origin of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 32: 383-388.
dwelling species of Ctenotus, however, the species of Lerista are small, attenuate forms with reduced or non-existent ...
1971 Huzio Utinomi Huzio Utinomi. Intertidal alcyonarians in the vicinity of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 87-110.
nomenclature of common tropical Australian alcyonarians in earlier decades, mainly due to the lack of free ...
1993 L. J. V. Compagno; J. D. Stevens L. J. V. Compagno; J. D. Stevens. Hemitriakis falcata n.sp. and H. abdita n.sp., two new houndsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 45: 195-220.
Hemitriakis falcata and H. abdita are sibling species separated by wide, non-overlapping differences ...
1891 T. Whitelegge T. Whitelegge. On the organism discolouring the waters of Port Jackson. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 144-147.
Year 1891 Journal Records of the Australian Museum Publisher The Australian Museum Abstract I have visited ... At all the places I have visited, from Hunter's Hill, on the Parramatta River, down to Watson's Bay, ...
2004 Anthony C. Gill; Susan L. Jewett Anthony C. Gill; Susan L. Jewett. Eviota hoesei and E. readerae, new species of fish from the Southwest Pacific, with comments on the identity of E. corneliae Fricke (Perciformes: Gobiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 56: 235-240.
fifth segmented pelvic-fin ray lacking; cephalic sensory-pore system pattern 1; male genital papilla non-fimbriate ...
2002 J. K. Lowry; H. E. Stoddart J. K. Lowry; H. E. Stoddart. The Amaryllididae of Australia (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea). Records of the Australian Museum 54: 129-214.
Amaryllidids form two natural groups: a presumed free-living deep-water group with a subquadrate mouthpart ...
1989 M. Pietrusewsky M. Pietrusewsky. A Lapita-associated skeleton from Natunuku, Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum 41: 297-325.
mandibular measurements further suggest Melanesian affinities while similar analyses of a limited number of non-metric ...
1998 Zerina Johanson Zerina Johanson. The Upper Devonian fish Bothriolepis (Placodermi: Antiarchi) from near Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 50: 315-348.
This event occurred in a non-reproductive period, which, along with predation in the temporary pool, ...
2007 David K. McAlpine David K. McAlpine. Review of the Borboroidini or Wombat Flies (Diptera: Heteromyzidae), with reconsideration of the status of families Heleomyzidae and Sphaeroceridae, and descriptions of femoral gland-baskets. Records of the Australian Museum 59: 143-219.
A revised key to the Australian non-sphaerocerine genera of Heteromyzidae is given. ...
2001 John R. Paxton; G. David Johnson; Thomas Trnski John R. Paxton; G. David Johnson; Thomas Trnski. Larvae and juveniles of the deepsea whalefishes Barbourisia and Rondeletia (Stephanoberyciformes: Barbourisiidae, Rondeletiidae), with comments on family relationships. Records of the Australian Museum 53: 407-425.
notochord flexion occurs between 6.5 and 7.5 mm sl, and by 7.5 mm sl the body is covered with small, non-imbricate ...
1910 Walter E. Roth Walter E. Roth. North Queensland Ethnography. Bulletin No. 15. Decoration, deformation, and clothing. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 20-54.
Each sex would have the entire limbs and body, except the genitalia, rendered free from hair by singeing ...
1897 T. Whitelegge T. Whitelegge. The Echinodermata of Funafuti. VII. The Echinodermata. Australian Museum Memoir 3: 155-164.
The Culcita acutispinosa has been noticed at some length, and the non-specific value of external form ...
1983 B. A. Marshall B. A. Marshall. A revision of the Recent Triphoridae of southern Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 2: 1-119.
Isotriphora amethystina new name replaces Triphora lilacina Verco non Dall. ...
1890 R. Etheridge R. Etheridge. General notes made during a visit to Mount Sassafras, Shoalhaven District, by Messrs. R. Etheridge, Junr., and J.A. Thorpe. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 17-26.
General notes made during a visit to Mount Sassafras, Shoalhaven District, by Messrs. R. ...
2011 David K. McAlpine David K. McAlpine. Observations on antennal morphology in Diptera, with particular reference to the articular surfaces between segments 2 and 3 in the Cyclorrhapha. Records of the Australian Museum 63: 113-166.
In discussing relationships of some taxa, a few non-antennal features, some needing further study, are ...
2004 Stephen D. Cairns Stephen D. Cairns. The Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 259-329.
method of attachment, and depth range: 187 species are colonial, 516 solitary; 373 are attached, 265 free ...
2016 Kate Khan Kate Khan. Looking back: the story of a collection. The Papunya Permanent Collection of early Western Desert paintings at the Australian Museum. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 25: 1-95.
Pty Ltd in 1983 on condition that it remain together for future generations of Aboriginal people to visit ...
1943 Frederick D. McCarthy Frederick D. McCarthy. An analysis of the knapped implements from eight Elouera industry stations on the South Coast of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 21: 127-153.
descriptive, as far as possible, although native names are accepted in some cases, because they are non-committal ...
2021 Rhys Richards; Peter J. Matthews Rhys Richards; Peter J. Matthews. Barkcloth from the Solomon Islands in the George Brown Collection. In From Field to Museum—Studies from Melanesia in Honour of Robin Torrence, ed. Jim Specht, Val Attenbrow, and Jim Allen. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum online 34: 245-258.
knowledge of their material foundations.Over three decades, from 1879 to 1911, the missionary George Brown visited ...
1955 Harold O. Fletcher Harold O. Fletcher. Graptolite localities of the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 229-237.
The information embodied in this report was gained during several visits to the Snowy Mountains with ... The information embodied in this report was gained during several visits to the Snowy Mountains with ...
1956 Frederick D. McCarthy Frederick D. McCarthy. Rock engravings of the Sydney-Hawkesbury District. Part 1: Flat Rocks Ridge: a Daruk ceremonial ground. Records of the Australian Museum 24: 37-58.
He visited the site (Group 6) during his work as a surveyor and had it reserved as a national monument ... I first visited Flat Rocks in 1947 with Mr. ...
1991 Glenn S. Hunt; J. C. Cokendolpher Glenn S. Hunt; J. C. Cokendolpher. Ballarrinae, a new subfamily of harvestmen from the Southern Hemisphere (Arachnida: Opiliones: Neopilionidae). Records of the Australian Museum 43: 131-169.
Cladistic analysis is used to explore relationships among Southern Hemisphere non-entapophysate taxa, ...
1964 E. F. Riek E. F. Riek. Merostomoidea (Arthropoda, Trilobitomorpha) from the Australian Middle Triassic. Records of the Australian Museum 26: 327-332.
Three well preserved non-insect arthropod specimens, apart from the xiphosuron, Austrolimulus ftetcheri ...
1996 J. K. Lowry; Penelope B. Berents J. K. Lowry; Penelope B. Berents. The Ericthonius group, a new perpective on an old problem (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophioidea). Records of the Australian Museum 48: 75-109.
Within this group there are three non-aligned genera (Ericthonius, Pseudericthonius and Pseudischyrocerus ...