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Bibliographic resource

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Journal article

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AS

Title

A survey of marine mollusc diversity in the southern Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar

Abstract

A coral reef ecosystem assessment and biodiversity survey of the Southern Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar was conducted during 3–10 February 2014 and 21–30 January 2015. Marine molluscs were surveyed at 42 stations: 41 by SCUBA and one intertidal beach survey. A total of 279 species of marine molluscs in three classes were recorded: 181 species of gastropods in 53 families, 97 species of bivalves in 26 families and a single species of cephalopod (Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831). A mean of 21.8 species was recorded per site. The range was from 4 to 96 species. The highest diversity site was at Kyun Philar Island. The most widespread species were the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) (33 sites), muricid Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (21 stations), turbinid Astralium rhodostomum (Lamarck, 1822) (19 sites) and the wing shell Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) (16 sites). Data from this study were compared with molluscan studies from the Gulf of Thailand, the Andaman Sea sites in Thailand and Singapore. Fifty-eight mollusc species in Myanmar were not found in the other areas. Data from the present study can be used as a baseline to further examine marine mollusc diversity in Myanmar in the future.

Bibliographic citation

Sanpanich, K.; Duangdee, T. (2018). A survey of marine mollusc diversity in the southern Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar. Phuket Mar. Biol. Cent. Res. Bull. 75: 45-60

Topic

Marine

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