An annotated checklist of mangrove brachyuran crabs from Malaysia and Singapore
An annotated checklist of mangrove brachyuran crabs from Malaysia and Singapore
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来自马来西亚和新加坡的红树林短蟹附注释清单
作者：
C. Tan;P. Ng
新加坡和马来西亚的红树林短肢动物群通常被认为研究得很好。事实并非如此。现在在马来半岛和东马来西亚的红树林中发现了一百多种短尾鱼，这是这些水域已知动物群的很大一部分。例如，在新加坡，已知的大约350种短肢动物中，76种（即ca22%）是红树林物种。有几个群体的分类仍然很不令人满意。Sesarminae是Grapsidae中最大的亚科，也是大多数红树林的优势类群，但其分类学仍然很不稳定，许多生态上重要的属和种的身份仍然不清楚。修订版仍然不可用。直到最近，在红树林中还不知道膜虫科和柳蝇科的代表。详细的收集和研究导致在像新加坡这样被充分探索过的地区发现了新属和新种。沙捞越红树林短爪蟹的动物群几乎完全基于40年前写的一篇论文，而沙巴的动物群几乎是未知的。虽然马来西亚和新加坡的红树林系统状况仍处于探索阶段，但与周边地区相比，这两个国家的红树林相对知名。本清单旨在指导这些国家今后的系统工作，并为生态学家和其他红树林生物学家提供帮助。特别是考虑到螃蟹在红树林中的重要作用。
The mangrove brachyuran fauna of Singapore and Malaysia is generally regarded as well studied. This is not the case. Over a hundred brachyuran species are now known from mangroves in Peninsular and East Malaysia, a substantial part of the known fauna in these waters. In Singapore, for example, of the approximately 350 brachyurans known, 76 (i.e. ca22%) are mangal species. The systematics of several groups remain very unsatisfactory. The taxonomy of the Sesarminae, the largest subfamily of the Grapsidae and the dominant group in most mangroves, is still very unstable, with the identities of many ecologically important genera and species still unclear. A revision is still unavailable. Until recently, representatives of the families Hymenosomatidae and Leucosiidae were unknown from mangroves. Detailed collections and studies have resulted in the discovery of new genera and species from areas as purportedly well explored as Singapore. The Sarawak mangrove brachyuran crab fauna is based almost entirely on one paper written 40 years ago whilst that of Sabah is almost unknown. Although the state of mangal brachyuran systematics in Malaysia and Singapore is still in an exploratory phase, the mangroves in these two countries are relatively well-known compared to those of the surrounding regions. The present annotated checklist of mangal brachyuran species is intended to guide future systematic work in these countries, as well as to assist ecologists and other mangrove biologists. This is especially in view of the important role of crabs in mangroves.