Editorial Board 
Dr Shane Ahyong 
Dr Don Colgan 
Dr Elena Kupriyanova 
Dr Andrew Mitchell 
Dr Robin Torrence 
Editor 
Dr Shane McEvey 
Journal compilation © 2017 Australian Museum, Sydney 
No part of this publication may be reproduced without 
permission of the Editor. 
Volume 69 Number 3 
Published (print and online) 23 August 2017 
Price: AU$70.00 
Printed byRodenprint Pty Ltd, Sydney 
ISSN 0067-1975 (print) 
ISSN 2201-4349 (online) 
The Australian Museum is a statutory authority of, 
and principally funded by, the NSW State Government. 
NSW 
GOVERNMENT 
The Australian Museum houses some of the world’s most 
important collections of Australian animal, fossil and geological 
specimens and cultural objects. Research on these millions 
of specimens and artefacts yields insights into how our world 
changes through time and how its diversity can be classified, 
interpreted, and appreciated. This knowledge, when shared 
among the scientific and broader community — initially through 
formal publication — helps us understand the significance of the 
impact we have on our environment. The collections represent 
key research infrastructure that will have increasingly significant 
value through the rest of this century and into the distant future. 
From this resource, we come to know what reasonable steps 
society can take now for the well-being of future generations. 
Our responsibility is also to inspire the exploration of nature and 
cultures. Our vision is a beautiful and sustainable natural world 
with vibrant and diverse cultures that we are able to experience 
first-hand and appreciate deeply. 
For 190 years, since 1827, the results of studies on Australian 
Museum collections, or studies that more generally lead to a 
better understanding of nature and cultures in Australia and 
the Pacific, have been published by the Museum. Our leading 
science journal. Records of the Australian Museum, was 
first published in 1889. In 1999 we began releasing PDF of 
published articles through our open access website. In 2008 
we adopted DOI registration for our online content to facilitate 
persistence and cross-linking in the scientific literature. In 
2009 we digitized, articalized and DOI-registered the entire 
legacy of all science published by us since 1851, and made 
that huge searchable resource permanently and freely available 
online. Since 2016 authors are ORCID-registered. To accelerate 
publication of peer-reviewed science we adopted (from volume 
65, 2014) a one- or several-article per publication model and we 
are limiting, but not abandoning, print production. There were 
seven issues published in 2016. All that is published in print is 
immediately and freely available online. 
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts to the Editor. 
Manuscripts meeting subject and stylistic requirements outlined 
in the Instructions to Authors (see inside back cover) are peer- 
reviewed by external referees to meet standards of excellence 
set by the Editorial Board. 
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Records of the Australian Museum is covered in the Thomson 
Reuters Scientific services: Current Contents®/Agriculture, 
Biology, and Environmental Sciences, and Science Citation 
Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch®) 
We promote cross-linking in the scientific literature by using DOI for 
all Australian Museum scientific publications, article-by-article back 
to 1890. Metadata in CrossRef ® 
From September 2016 authors are ORCID® registered. 
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