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- Title
Observations on the fauna from submarine and associated anchialine caves in Christmas Island, Indian Ocean Territory, Australia.
- Authors
Tan Heok Hui; Tohru Naruse; Yoshihisa Fujita; Tan Siong Kiat
- Abstract
We report on opportunistic sampling and/or observations of the fauna of five submarine and six associated anchialine caves in Christmas Island conducted over a total of five weeks from 2010 to 2012. The surveys were conducted mainly via hand picking, overturning of coral rubble, baited fish traps (using baitfish and fish food pellets) and with the use of clove oil. A total of 54 species of cnidarian, gastropod, crustacean, echinoderm, enteropneusta and teleost fish were observed or obtained, with some uncommon species; and interesting taxa including Neoliomera cerasinus, Palinurellus wieneckii, Enoplometopus voigtmanni, Carupa ohashii, Carupa tenuipes, Pagurixus nomurai, and cave Paguridae species.
- Subjects
CHRISTMAS Island (Indian Ocean); MARINE animals; LANDLOCKED tide pool ecology; MARINE caves; SURVEYS
- Publication
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2014, p406
- ISSN
0217-2445
- Publication type
Article