Diversity and distribution of fiddler crabs (Brachyura: Ocypodidae: Uca) from China, with new records from Hainan Island in the South China Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2640 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HSI-TE SHIH ◽  
PETER K. L. NG ◽  
SHOU-HUA FANG ◽  
BENNY K. K. CHAN ◽  
KINGSLEY J. H. WONG
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fiddler Crab ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
First Record

The fiddler crab fauna (Brachyura: Ocypodidae: Uca) of China is reviewed. Thirteen species are recognised here, viz. Uca acuta (Stimpson, 1858), U. annulipes (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), U. arcuata (De Haan, 1835), U. borealis Crane, 1975, U. coarctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1852), U. crassipes (Adams & White, 1848), U. dussumieri (H. Milne Edwards, 1852), U. lactea (De Haan, 1835), U. paradussumieri Bott, 1973, U. tetragonon (Herbst, 1790), U. triangularis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), U. typhoni Crane, 1975, and U. vocans (Linnaeus, 1758). Two females of U. typhoni collected from southern Hainan Island represent the first record of this species from China and East Asia. Two males of U. tetragonon collected from southern Hainan also represent a new record for China. The Uca fauna of southern Hainan is biogeographically distinct being different from those of northern Hainan and continental China, with U. annulipes, U. tetragonon, U. typhoni, and U. vocans common in Southeast Asia. In addition, continental China also lacks some insular species such as U. coarctata, U. formosensis Rathbun, 1921, U. jocelynae Shih, Naruse & Ng, 2010, U. perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), and U. tetragonon which are common in the East Asian islands of Taiwan and the Ryukyus.

First record of the rare stenopodidean shrimp Odontozona spongicola (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) (Decapoda: Stenopodidea: Stenopodidae) from Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4915 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-584
Author(s):  
CHIEN-LIN CHEN ◽  
TIN-YAM CHAN
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea

The stenopodidean shrimp Odontozona spongicola (Alcock & Anderson, 1899) collected by the South Java Deep-Sea Biodiversity Expedition 2018 (SJADES 2018) is a new record from Indonesia. The specimen of O. spongicola recently listed from the South China Sea is also formally reported here in. The characteristcs and coloration of this rare species are described and illustrated. 

The Maritime Routes Between China and the Indian Ocean During the Second to Ninth Centuriesc.e.

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN G. HAW
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Malay Peninsula ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Indian Ocean

AbstractThe interpretation of history is often a complex task. All too often, sources are misinterpreted because of historians’ preconceptions. This article takes issue with one such misinterpretation, the anachronistic view that the Strait of Melaka has been the principal sea route connecting the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea throughout most of recorded history. Beginning at a period when an overland journey across the Malay Peninsula was an essential link in the routes connecting South, Southeast and East Asia, it is suggested that the first entirely maritime itinerary to be used regularly passed through the Sunda Strait. Changes in itineraries affected the fortunes of the states of Southeast Asia, particularly of Funan and Srivijaya.

Two new records of species of Leptochela Stimpson, 1860 (Decapoda, Caridea, Pasiphaeidae) from China

Crustaceana ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 601-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqin Wang ◽  
Zhibin Gan ◽  
Xinzheng Li
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
Chinese Waters ◽  
First Time

Two pasiphaeid shrimps, Leptochela (Leptochela) irrobusta Chace, 1976 and Leptochela (Leptochela) chacei Hayashi, 1995, were collected in samples from the South China Sea, marking the first time these species have been found in Chinese waters and thus as Chinese fauna. These two pasiphaeid species belong to the genus Leptochela Stimpson, 1860. L. (L.) chacei was previously known to be distributed in tropical regions: Viet-Nam, New Caledonia and Madagascar. This paper represents its first record from a temperate zone, which is unusual for its habitation. These two species are redescribed in detail and their current zoogeographical distributions are discussed. In addition to these two species, five species of Leptochela have previously been recorded from China. We used these species to provide a key to the Leptochela species from China.

Russia will try to expand influence in South-east Asia

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type

Subject South-east Asia's relations with Russia. Significance Russia’s ties with the West are deteriorating. South-east Asia offers Moscow important diplomatic and economic opportunities. Impacts As Russia-China strategic alignment strengthens, Moscow and Beijing will increase coordination and cooperation in South-east Asia. Advanced Russian defence technology will further strengthen Beijing against South-east Asian claimants in the South China Sea dispute. Washington will try to encourage South-east Asian countries to buy US rather than Russian weapons.

ASEAN-China defence ties will survive UNCLOS, just

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Technological Support ◽  
Defence Cooperation

Significance The announcement came days after an international ruling under the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) dismissing China's maritime claims and island-building in the South China Sea -- a ruling that Beijing has rejected. This will affect an aspect of China-South-east Asia relations that has gone under-noticed amid the maritime controversies: security and defence cooperation. Impacts Despite growing Chinese interest, Thailand will still seek security ties with Washington. As a beneficiary of competing Chinese and US diplomacy, Myanmar will try to balance the two powers' advances. The further China pushes defence interests and ties in ASEAN, the harder ASEAN will find reaching common security positions. South-east Asian countries will stay ready for maritime skirmishes; they will need Western military and technological support.

US Coast Guard will counter China in South-east Asia

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
China Sea

Subject US Coast Guard's aims in South-east Asia. Significance As part of US President Donald Trump’s push for full-spectrum competition with China, the US Coast Guard (USCG) has been tasked with a more active role in the western Pacific. The United States promotes ‘freedom of navigation’ in the South China Sea, waters in which there are conflicting claims between China, Taiwan and several South-east Asian countries. Impacts China’s ability to coerce South-east Asian claimants in the South China Sea will grow as its navy and coast guard deploy more vessels there. As ASEAN’s chair for 2020, Vietnam will try to push back against Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea while maintaining ASEAN unity. Negotiations next year between ASEAN and China for a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea in will be impeded by contentious issues.

Ascidians collected during the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4933 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
GRETCHEN LAMBERT ◽  
SERINA SIEW-CHEN LEE ◽  
SERENA LAY-MING TEO
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Singapore Strait

During the 2013 Singapore Strait International Marine Biodiversity Workshop, hundreds of ascidians were collected along with numerous other marine phyla. Collections were made intertidally as well as subtidally by snorkel, SCUBA, trawling and dredging. While many ascidian specimens remain unidentified, 14 aplousobranchs, nine phlebobranchs and 17 stolidobranchs have been identified; a surprising 50% of these comprise 20 new records for Singapore. An additional new record of the phlebobranch Perophora namei collected from the same area in 2014 and 2015 is included here. Of the 21 new records, Aplidium cf. grisiatum, Distaplia regina, Euherdmania cf. digitata, Cnemidocarpa irene, Monandrocarpa monotestis and Polyandrocarpa rollandi are also first records for the entire South China Sea region. 

On the Porcellanid Genera Raphidopus Stimpson, 1858, and Pseudoporcellanella Sankarankutty, 1961, With Description of a New Mangrove Species, Raphidopus Johnsoni From Singapore (Decapoda, Anomura)

Crustaceana ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter K.L. Ng ◽  
Yukio Nakasone
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
South China ◽  
First Record ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
Mangrove Species ◽  
The Gulf Of Thailand ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe porcellanid species Raphidopus ciliatus Stimpson, 1858, and Raphidopus indicus Henderson, 1893, are reported from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia respectively for the first time. This is the first record of the genus Raphidopus Stimpson, 1858, from Southeast Asia. A third species of Raphidopus, R. johnsoni sp. nov., is also described from Singapore mangroves. Pseudoporcellanella manoliensis Sankarankutty, 1961, a rare and unusual taxon, is also recorded from Peninsular Malaysia, the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand for the first time. Detailed redescriptions and extensive figures are provided for all four species, and their taxonomy and ecology discussed.

scholarly journals Evaluation of HRCLDAS and ERA5 Datasets for Near-Surface Wind over Hainan Island and South China Sea

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 766
Author(s):  
Yi Jiang ◽  
Shuai Han ◽  
Chunxiang Shi ◽  
Tao Gao ◽  
Honghui Zhen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Wind Data ◽  
The South ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
China Sea

Near-surface wind data are particularly important for Hainan Island and the South China Sea, and there is a wide range of wind data sources. A detailed understanding of the reliability of these datasets can help us to carry out related research. In this study, the hourly near-surface wind data from the High-Resolution China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Land Data Assimilation System (HRCLDAS) and the fifth-generation ECMWF atmospheric reanalysis data (ERA5) were evaluated by comparison with the ground automatic meteorological observation data for Hainan Island and the South China Sea. The results are as follows: (1) the HRCLDAS and ERA5 near-surface wind data trend was basically the same as the observation data trend, but there was a smaller bias, smaller root-mean-square errors, and higher correlation coefficients between the near-surface wind data from HRCLDAS and the observations; (2) the quality of HRCLDAS and ERA5 near-surface wind data was better over the islands of the South China Sea than over Hainan Island land. However, over the coastal areas of Hainan Island and island stations near Sansha, the quality of the HRCLDAS near-surface wind data was better than that of ERA5; (3) the quality of HRCLDAS near-surface wind data was better than that of ERA5 over different types of landforms. The deviation of ERA5 and HRCLDAS wind speed was the largest along the coast, and the quality of the ERA5 wind direction data was poorest over the mountains, whereas that of HRCLDAS was poorest over hilly areas; (4) the accuracy of HRCLDAS at all wind levels was higher than that of ERA5. ERA5 significantly overestimated low-grade winds and underestimated high-grade winds. The accuracy of HRCLDAS wind ratings over the islands of the South China Sea was significantly higher than that over Hainan Island land, especially for the higher wind ratings; and (5) in the typhoon process, the simulation of wind by HRCLDAS was closer to the observations, and its simulation of higher wind speeds was more accurate than the ERA5 simulations.

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