Australian Museum Journal Biogeographical relationships of some southern African benthic Crustacea
- Shortform:
- Kensley, 1984, Aust. Mus. Mem. 18(16): 173–181
- Author(s):
- Kensley, Brian
- Year published:
- 1984
- Title:
- Biogeographical relationships of some southern African benthic Crustacea
- Serial title:
- Australian Museum Memoir
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 16
- Start page:
- 173
- End page:
- 181
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1967.18.1984.383
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 March 1984
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1983
- ISSN:
- 0067-1967
- CODEN:
- AUNMA5
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA; BIOGEOGRAPHY
- Digitized:
- 09 September 2009
- Reference number:
- 383
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (108kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (706kb PDF)
Abstract
A brief discussion of benthic amphipods, isopods, and decapods deals with the distribution of the Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, and endemic components of each group around the southern African coastline. This distribution is related to faunal provinces of the area. It is concluded that for the two peracaridan groups, the South Coast Warm Temperate province was an evolutionary centre. Although there is a considerable number of endemic species in the decapods, recruitment from the Indo-Pacific accounts for the major component of this group.