Glasby, Christopher J.; Lee, Yen-Ling; Hsueh, Pan-Wen. (2016). Marine Annelida (excluding clitellates and siboglinids) from the South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 34: 178-234.

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Glasby, Christopher J.; Lee, Yen-Ling; Hsueh, Pan-Wen

2016

Supplement 34: 178-234

Publication

https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/S34rbz178-234.pdf

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

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An annotated checklist of 1257 species (73 families) of Annelida from the South China Sea (SCS) is presented, including 289 species originally described from the region. The remaining extralimital records (968) are likely to represent a mixture of species complexes, misidentifications or truly widespread species, and therefore should be targets for future taxonomic study. The occurrence of each species within each of seven subregions is reported, with the majority (72%) of species only occurring in a single region. The annelid diversity of Singapore is estimated to be 121 species and 37 families. Families showing the highest levels of diversity in the SCS are the Nereididae (134 species), Syllidae (100), Polynoidae (76), Serpulidae (72), Spionidae (60), and Eunicidae (59). By comparison, both Nereididae and Syllidae are found to be more diverse in the SCS than the Australia region. For the Nereididae, this is likely to be the result of this group’s capacity to tolerate low salinities, which would give its members a selective advantage over other annelids in a region that experiences high freshwater input (river flow and precipitation). In the case of Syllidae, it may be the result of taxonomic bias. The SCS region is home to 19 species that are utilised directly by humans, either as bait, food for penaeid aquaculture or, in few cases, human consumption.

South China Sea

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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