Land reclamation in Penang began two decades ago and is still rampant with large reclamation projects planned to be executed in the near future. The present study provides the first information on effects of land reclamation in Penang towards the coastal macroinvertebrates. This study assessed the abundance, diversity, and evenness of coastal invertebrates assumed to be the foremost affected wh...

Zoological collections are major treasures representing the history of animal biodiversity on Earth and an important resource for conservation research. The Canadian Museum Nature (CMN) has one oldest crustacean in North America. Here, we provide illustrated catalogue superfamily Sphaeromatoidea Latreille, 1825, deposited Nature’s Crustacea Collection (CMNC). In this paper, report 18 species, b...

Rock fragment fields are important habitat for biodiversity maintenance in coastal regions, particularly when located in protected areas dominated by soft sediments. Researches in this habitat have received surprisingly little attention on the Amazon Coast, despite rock fragments provide refuges, nursery grounds and food sources for a variety of benthic species. The present survey describes the...