Journal Article
The groundwater-dwelling fauna of Southeast Asia
Brancelj, A., Boonyanusith, C., Watiroyram, S. and Sanoamuang, L.
Record Number:
5004
Year:
2013
Journal:
Journal of Limnology
Pages:
327-344
Volume:
72
Abstract:
Groundwater fauna consists of organisms that are adapted to live their whole life-time in different types of groundwater (=aquifers):
with fissured (karstic) and porous (alluvium) types as the most common. About 3800 species of obligate groundwater species (stygobionts)
have been recorded worldwide and 2000 of them from groundwater in Europe. Before 1970, 19 species of stygobionts were known
from Southeast Asia. After 1980, the number of stygobionts from this region started to increase, and, at present, 122 stygobionts are
known here. Most of them are crustaceans, with the Copepoda, Isopoda, Amphipoda and Decapoda as the most abundant groups. Intensification
of research on groundwater fauna can considerably increase the total number of stygobionts known from the region, which
could rises up to several times the current tally if the intensity of research was comparable with that in Europe.
Key words: Caves, groundwater fauna, karst, Southeast Asia, stygobionts.
Times Cited:
14
Relevent Species:
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus Berti and Ercolini 1991Poropuntius speleops (Roberts 1991) Kottelat and Brehier 1999Cryptotora thamicola (Kottelat 1988) Kottelat 1998Schistura oedipus (Kottelat, 1988) Kottelat 1990Nemacheilus troglocataractus Kottelat and Gery 1989Neolissochilus subterraneus Vidthayanon and Kottelat 2003Schistura deansmarti Vidthayanon and Kottelat 2003Schistura jarutanini Kottelat 1990Schistura spekuli Kottelat 2004Schistura spiesi Vidthayanon and Kottelat 2003Troglocyclocheilus khammouanensis Kottelat and Brehier 1999Pterocryptis buccata Ng and Kottelat 1998Bostrychus microphthalmus Hoese and Kottelat 2005Diancistrus typhlops Nielsen, Schwarzhans and Hadiaty 2009