Project information
Project aim
Three soil animals, a land shrimp, a slater and a flat worm, were all introduced to Macquarie Island early last century. The three species were probably imported accidentally with sealers and their supplies from New Zealand. This study will investigate the origins and methods of dispersal of these animals and what factors limit their spread in order to advise on possible removal and improved quarantine risk management for the island.
Related publications
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Tracking the origins of the introduced terrestrial amphipod, Puhuruhuru patersoni, on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2023
(Ref: 17073)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The terrestrial amphipod Puhuruhuru patersoni (Amphipoda: Talitridae) was discovered on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island in 1992. The species is only known to naturally occur on New Zealand's South Island and some associated offshore islands.
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Terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Kanunnah, 2005
(Ref: 12458)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Redescription of the Antarctic springtail Desoria klovstadi using morphological and molecular evidence. Polar Biology, 2006
(Ref: 12365)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Abstract Isotoma klovstadi Carpenter, 1902 was one of … the first Collembola described from the Antarctic continent. It was first collected in November 1899 during the … British Antarctic Expedition on the north coast of Victoria … Land in the Ross Sea region.
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Proceedings of the SMBE Tri-National Young Investgators' Workshop 2005 -
Southern Hemisphere Springtails: Could any have survived glaciation of Antarctica? Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2006
(Ref: 12364)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Throughout the Southern Hemisphere many terrestrial taxa have circum-Antarctic distributions. This pattern is generally … attributed to ongoing dispersal (by wind, water, or migrating birds) or relict Gondwanan distributions. Few of these … terrestrial taxa have extant representatives in Antarctica…
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The status of two exotic terrestrial Crustacea on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island Polar Record, 2008
(Ref: 13355)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Two terrestrial Crustacea, Puhuruhuru patersoni (Amphipoda: Talitridae) and Styloniscus otakensis … (Isopoda: Styloniscidae), were discovered on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island in 1991 and 1992, respectively. Each … species was identified as having been described, and previously only known…