SeaLifeBase
References Used for Ryukyu Islands (RYU)
n = 84
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2922 Oliver, P.G., A.M. Holmes, I.J. Killeen, J.M. Light and H. Wood 2004 Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues. Journal of Natural History 38:3229-3272.
2926 Willan, R.C. 1993 Taxonomic revision of the family Psammobiidae (Bivalvia: Tellinoidea) in the Australian and New Zealand region. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl., 18:1-132.
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3675 Southward, A.J. and W.A. Newman 2003 A review of some common Indo-Malayan and western Pacific species of Chthamalus barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83:797-812.
3778 Oka, A.T., M. Suetsugu and E. Hirose 2005 Two new species of Diplosoma (Ascidiacea: Didemnidae) bearing prokaryotic algae Prochloron from Okinawajima (Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan). Zoological Science 22(3):367pp.
7989 Nakano, T. and T. Ozawa 2005 Systematic revision of Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860) (Gastropoda: Lottiidae), with a description of a new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies 71:357-370.
74688 Masunaga, G. and H. Ota 2003 Growth and reproduction of the sea snake, Emydocephalus ijimae, in the central Ryukyus, Japan: a mark and recapture study. Zoological Science 20:461-470.
75711 Mao, S. and B. Chen 1980 Sea Snakes of Taiwan: A natural history of sea snakes. The National Science Council. NSC Publication No. 4. v-57pp.
75831 Bernard, F.R., Y.Y. Cai and B. Morton 1993 Catalogue of the living marine bivalve molluscs of China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 121 p.
76997 Komai, T. 2000 A check list of Thalassinidea and Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 8:343-376.
77646 Paulay, G. 1996 New records and synonymies of Hawaiian Bivalves (Mollusca). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 45:18-28.
77944 Li, X., A.J. Bruce and R.B. Manning 2004 Some Palaemonid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) from northern South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2):513-553.
78407 Baba, K. 1982 Galatheids and pagurids of the Palau Islands (Crustacea: Anomura). Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 23:56-70.
81533 Li, X. and J.Y. Liu 2004 Report of Pontoniinae shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) collected by joint Chinese-German Marine Biology Expeditions to Hainan Island, South China Sea. III. Periclimenes. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 22(1):89-100.
81548 Purwati, P. and D.J.W. Lane 2004 Asteroidea of the Anambas Expedition 2002. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 11:89-102.
81749 Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey 2000 A checklist of the Cirripedia of the South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 8:233-307.
81752 Norman, M.D. and C.C. Lu 2000 Preliminary checklist of the cephalopods of the South China Sea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 8:539-567.
81753 Rahayu, D.L. 2000 Hermit crabs from the South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae, Paguridae, Parapaguridae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 8:377-404.
81754 Rahayu, D.L. 2004 Hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura) of the Anambas Expedition 2002. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 11:73-78.
82585 Houbrick, R.S. 1985 Genus Clypeomorus Jousseaume (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 403:1-131.
82590 Galil, B.S. 2003 Contribution to the knowledge of Leucosiidae I. The identity of Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758), and redefinition of the genus Leucosia Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Brachyura). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 77(8):181-191.
84934 Enticott, J. and D. Tipling 1997 Seabirds of the World: the complete reference. Singapore: New Holland (Publishers) Ltd. 234 p.
85138 Bruce, A.J. 1991 Shallow-water palaemonid shrimps from New Caledonia (Crustacea: Decapoda). Le Benthos des Fonds Meubles des Lagons de Nouvelle-Calédonie, 1. p. 221-279. In B. Richer de Forges (ed.) Etudes et Théses. ORSTOM, Paris.
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87041 de Celis, A.K. 1981 Survey of class Ophiuroidea in Tayabas Bay. National Museum Zoological Papers 5:1-24.
87884 Rehder, H.A. 1980 The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289:1-167.
88066 Toriba, M. 1994 Sea snakes of Japan. pp. 206-211, In Gopalakrishnakone, P. (ed.). Sea Snake Toxinology. Venom &​ Toxin Research Group. National University of Singapore. 251 p.
91561 Asahina, S. 1964 New and little known dragonflies from the Ryukyus. Kontyu 32(1): 1-11.
91564 Asahina, S. 1951 New dragonflies from the northeastern Asia (Odonata). Kontyu. 19(1):15-22 incl. pl. 1-3.
95875 Nomura, K., S. Nagai, A. Asakura and T. Komai 1996 A preliminary list of shallow water decapod Crustacea in the Kerama Group, the Ryukyu Archipelago. Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan 51(2):7-21.
96667 CRUSTA 2012 Species from French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society, Austral, Tuamotu, Gambier). http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/iles.php?ile=Polynes [Accessed 21/07/2014].
96968 Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn 2014 Cephalopods of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated catalogue of Cephalopod species known to date. Vol. 3. Octopods and vampire squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 3(4):370p.
97142 Jereb, P. and C.F.E. Roper 2010 Cephalopods of the world. An Annotated and Illustrated catalogue of Cephalopod species known to date. Vol. 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes 2(4):605p.
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98591 Takeda, J. 1994 Plant phenology, animal behaviour and food-gathering by the coastal people of the Ryukyu Archipelago. Humans and Nature (3):117-137.
98852 Utinomi, H. 1956 On some Alcyonarians from the west-pacific islands (Palau, Ponape and Bonins). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 5(2):221-242.
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116024 Haig, J. 1965 The Porcellanidae (Crustacea, Anomura) of Western Australia, with descriptions of four new Australian species. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48(4):97-118.
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