Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia

This study provides the first marine gastropod checklist from the Sarawak Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Gastropod samples were collected from selected stations in the Sarawak EEZ using an otter trawl net with a stretched mesh size of 38 mm at the cod end. The trawling operations were conducted more...

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Main Authors: Wan Zabidii, Wan Morni, Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim, Richard, Rumpet, Jamil, Musel, Ruhana, Hassan
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017
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author Wan Zabidii, Wan Morni
Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim
Richard, Rumpet
Jamil, Musel
Ruhana, Hassan
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Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim
Richard, Rumpet
Jamil, Musel
Ruhana, Hassan
author_sort Wan Zabidii, Wan Morni
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description This study provides the first marine gastropod checklist from the Sarawak Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Gastropod samples were collected from selected stations in the Sarawak EEZ using an otter trawl net with a stretched mesh size of 38 mm at the cod end. The trawling operations were conducted more than 12 nautical miles from the coast, and the area was divided into three depth strata: I) 20–50 m, II) 50–100 m and III) 100–200 m. A total of 23 gastropod species were identified during the two-month sampling period from 16 August until 6 October 2015, representing 8 superfamilies, 15 families and 20 genera. Superfamily Tonnoidea was represented by 7 species, followed by Muricoidea (5 species), Cypraeoidea (4 species), and Buccinoidea and Conoidea (both with 2 species). Other superfamilies were represented by a single species. Only 3 species were obtained in 2 depth strata, namely Melo melo, Murex aduncospinosus and Tonna galea. In addition, 9, 13 and 4 species of gastropods were found in strata I, II and III, respectively. The information on gastropod distributions at different depth strata in the Sarawak EEZ could be useful in updating the Malaysian species diversity database
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spelling unimas-154342021-06-04T07:14:24Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15434/ Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia Wan Zabidii, Wan Morni Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim Richard, Rumpet Jamil, Musel Ruhana, Hassan GE Environmental Sciences This study provides the first marine gastropod checklist from the Sarawak Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Gastropod samples were collected from selected stations in the Sarawak EEZ using an otter trawl net with a stretched mesh size of 38 mm at the cod end. The trawling operations were conducted more than 12 nautical miles from the coast, and the area was divided into three depth strata: I) 20–50 m, II) 50–100 m and III) 100–200 m. A total of 23 gastropod species were identified during the two-month sampling period from 16 August until 6 October 2015, representing 8 superfamilies, 15 families and 20 genera. Superfamily Tonnoidea was represented by 7 species, followed by Muricoidea (5 species), Cypraeoidea (4 species), and Buccinoidea and Conoidea (both with 2 species). Other superfamilies were represented by a single species. Only 3 species were obtained in 2 depth strata, namely Melo melo, Murex aduncospinosus and Tonna galea. In addition, 9, 13 and 4 species of gastropods were found in strata I, II and III, respectively. The information on gastropod distributions at different depth strata in the Sarawak EEZ could be useful in updating the Malaysian species diversity database Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15434/1/Checklist.pdf Wan Zabidii, Wan Morni and Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim and Richard, Rumpet and Jamil, Musel and Ruhana, Hassan (2017) Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia. Tropical Life Sciences Research, 28 (1). pp. 117-129. ISSN 1985-3718 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011949784&doi=10.21315%2ftlsr2017.28.1.8&partnerID=40&md5=790418e07172f10390ca20baf125d39e DOI: 10.21315/tlsr2017.28.1.8
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
Wan Zabidii, Wan Morni
Siti Akmar Khadijah, Ab Rahim
Richard, Rumpet
Jamil, Musel
Ruhana, Hassan
Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia
title Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort checklist of gastropods from the exclusive economic zone (eez), sarawak, malaysia
topic GE Environmental Sciences
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15434/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15434/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15434/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15434/1/Checklist.pdf