Abstract
BackgroundAn up-to-date checklist of the Peninsular Malaysian marine Anthuroidea is presented, based on previous taxonomic or ecological literature and recent collections. The present study, a part of the subproject on the Biodiversity of Sultan Iskandar Marine Park, recognised 24 species in 12 genera and 5 families from Peninsular Malaysia. An extensive list of bibliographical references, detailed information on habitat and distributional records, museum locations of type material are provided for each species. Amongst the listed species, 11 are recently discovered Malaysian species belonging to the genera Amakusanthura Nunomura, 1977, Apanthura Stebbing, 1900, Expanathura Wägele, 1981, Leptanthura G. O. Sars, 1897, Kupellonura Barnard, 1925, Pendanthura Menzies & Glynn, 1968 and Tinggianthura Chew, Rahim & bin Haji Ross, 2014. Our records were limited to shallow subtidal reefs of peninsular Malaysian coast, suggesting that the number of species in the list may rise with an extensive survey.New informationThe up-to-date checklist of marine Anthuroidea of the Peninsular Malaysia comprises 24 species in 12 genera and 5 families, including some new distributional data.
Highlights
Tropical reefs are known to support enormous biodiversity and portray a high priority for conservation action amongst marine ecosystems (Roberts 2002)
Five families of the marine Anthuroidea are known from the Malaysian Peninsular, comprising 12 genera and 24 species
In terms of faunistic composition, both the regions show a high proportion of Anthuridae species with 58.3% in the Malaysian region and 45.8% in the Indian Ocean region
Summary
Tropical reefs are known to support enormous biodiversity and portray a high priority for conservation action amongst marine ecosystems (Roberts 2002). Placed strategically within the Sundaland region of biodiversity hotspot and the coral Indo-Malaysian triangle (Hoeksema 2007, Myers et al 2000), Malaysia is expected to hold a high diversity of isopods, the anthuroids. The aim of this work is to update the knowledge the anthuroids inhabiting the shallow water reef of the Malaysian Peninsular (MP). An up-to-date checklist of the Peninsular Malaysian marine Anthuroidea is presented, based on previous taxonomic or ecological literature and recent collections. The present study, a part of the subproject on the Biodiversity of Sultan Iskandar Marine Park, recognised 24 species in 12 genera and 5 families from Peninsular Malaysia. Our records were limited to shallow subtidal reefs of peninsular Malaysian coast, suggesting that the number of species in the list may rise with an extensive survey
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