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The littoral and shallow-water barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia) of south-eastern Queensland
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| Author | Jones, Diana S. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Seventy-four littoral and shallow-water (0–100 m) barnacle species from south-eastern Queensland are documented. Data from new collections of littoral and shallow-water barnacle species made during the February 2005 workshop, are combined with older SE Queensland barnacle collection data from Australian museums. South-eastern Queensland represents a transitional area between southern temperate and tropical zones and this transitional position is reflected in the composition of the barnacle fauna. The number of Australian endemic species (12) is relatively high, reflecting the influence of the southern fauna, but the fauna is dominated by species with Indo-west Pacific (25), cosmopolitan (22) and, to a lesser extent, Indo-Japanese (9) affinities, with Australasian (2), western Pacific (2) and Indo-Australasian (1) species minor components. One new species, Arcalepas brucei Jones & Morton, 2009, was collected during the Workshop. Neonrosella subgen. nov. is proposed to replace Rosella Ross & Perreault, 1999, which is preoccupied. q Cirripedia, Queensland, checklist, biogeography, littoral, shallow-water. First collections of Australian barnacles were made from temperate waters by the early French expeditions of discovery at the begin ning of the 19th century. However, Darwin’s monographs (1852; 1854) first documented the barnacles of temperate Australian waters (Jones 1991). Darwin (1854) made collections and records of barnacles from Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland, describing two new species, Chthamalus antennatus sp. nov. and Austrobalanus imperator sp. nov. (as Balanus). He also recorded Tetraclita rosea (Krauss, 1848), now placed in Tesseropora; Platylepas bissex lobata (de Blainville, 1824), now recognised as a synonym of Platylepas hexastylos (Fabricius, 1798), from a dugong, and the sponge barnacle, Acasta sulcata Lamarck, 1818. During the late 19th and early part of the 20th century, knowledge of the Australian cirripede fauna was increased, often through investig ations by various expeditions, and barnacles collec ted from south-eastern Queensland waters were again briefly detailed in some of their reports. For example, Austrobalanus imperator (Hoek 1883; Challenger Expedition, 1873–1876; as Balanus imperator Darwin, 1854); Amphibalanus amphitrite (Weltner 1897; Ham burg Expedition, 1905; as Balanus amphitrite var. communis Darwin, 1854); and Striatobalanus amaryllis (Hoek 1907; 1913; Siboga Expedition 1899–1900, as Balanus amaryllis Darwin, 1854). In 1869, MacDonald described an 'apparently new genus of minute parasitic cirripede', Para dolepas neptuni (now recognized as Octolasmis n. neptuni), on the gills and respiratory appen dages of the swimming crab Portunus pelagicus (as Neptunus pelagicus Linnaeus) in Moreton Bay. Nineteen barnacle species from the rocky shores and islands of Queensland were listed by Endean et al. (1956a, 1956b), including nine from southeastern Queensland waters: Ibla cumingii Darwin, 1852; I. quadrivalvis (Cuvier, 1817); Catophragmus polymerus Darwin, 1854; Chthamalus antennatus Darwin, 1854; Austrobalanus imperator (Darwin, 1854); Tetraclita purpurascens (Wood, 1815); Tessero Memoirs of the Queensland Museum — Nature 2010 54(3) www.qm.qld.gov.au 199 Citation: Jones, D.S. 2010 12 30. The littoral and shallow-water barnacles (Crustacea: Cirri pedia) of south-eastern Queensland. In, Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (Eds), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 54(3): 199-233. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. pora rosea (Krauss, 1848); Striatobalanus amaryllis (Darwin, 1854); and Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818). In a review of all intertidal species of the family Chthamalidae known from Australian shores, Pope (1965) documented five species from south-eastern Queensland waters: Cato phrag mus polymerus Darwin, 1854 (now in Cato phrag midae), Caudoeuraphia caudata Pilsbry, 1916 (as Chthamalus caudatus), Microeuraphia withersi Pilsbry, 1916 (as Chthamalus withersi), Chtham alus antennatus Darwin, 1854 and C. malayensis Pilsbry, 1916. Stephenson et al. (1970: 492) recorded three species, Smilium peronii (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834), Striatobalanus amaryllis (Darwin, 1854) and Amphi balanus amphitrite (Darwin, 1854), in a survey of the macrobenthos of Moreton Bay. Seventeen barnacle species associated with turtles in southern Queensland were recorded by Monroe & Limpus (1979), including three new species, Platylepas coriacea sp. nov., Stomato lepas eretmochelys sp. nov. and Tubicinella [now Chelolepas] cheloniae sp. nov. Monroe (1981) discus sed shell morphology, growth and function and their bearing on subfamily classification in the Coronulidae. Various ecologi cal studies in southern Queensland have also documented distributions of intertidal barnacles (e.g. Coates & McKillup 1995; Coates 1998). In 1990, the shallow and deep-water barnacle faunas of Australia were documented for the first time, from museum holdings and liter ature records (Jones et al. 1990). Twelve littoral, three neustonic, 29 sublittoral (to 200 m) and four deep-water (> 200 m) cirripede species were identified as occurring along the coast of central eastern Australia (northern NSW and south-eastern Queensland). The present report amalgamates the results of Jones et al. (1990) with records of shallow water barnacles collected during the 13th International Marine Biological Workshop held at the Moreton Bay Research Station and Study Centre, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland (2005), plus more recent cirripede additions in collections of Australian museums, to produce a checklist of the littoral and shallow water barnacle species of the waters of south-eastern Queensland (latitudes 23oS and above). METHODS AND MATERIALS Specimens were collected at low tide by hand from a wide variety of habitats (e.g. rocks, mangrove trees, hard substrata and animate hosts). Subtidal samples were collected by SCUBA or by dredging. Cirripedes contained in the collections of the Queensland Museum and other Austra lian muse ums, were reviewed for records from southeastern Queensland. Museum acronyms are: AM, Australian Museum, Sydney; NMV, Museum Victoria, Melbourne; NTM, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin; QM, Queensland Museum, Brisbane; SAM, South Australian Museum, Adelaide; WAM, Western Australian Museum, Perth. The general arrangement of taxa follows Newman (1996). Genera are listed alphabetically within families, and species alphabetically within genera. Primary synonyms and some key secondary literature are included. Abbreviations used in the text are as follows: GAB, Great Australian Bight; GBR, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; NSW, New South Wales; NT, Northern Territory; Qld, Queensland; SA, South Australia; Tas., Tasmania; Vic., Victoria; WA, Western Australia. SYSTEMATICS Subclass CIRRIPEDIA Burmeister, 1834 Superorder THORACICA Darwin, 1854 Order IBLIFORMES Buckeridge & Newman, 2006 Suborder IBLOMORPHA Newman, 1987 Family IBLIDAE Leach, 1825 |
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