Recent ostracod distribution in western Kyushu, Japan, related to the migration of Chinese continental faunal elements

In this report, we describe the first discovery of two living ostracods from the Japanese archipelago, Sinocytheropteron ignobile and Sinocytheridea impressa, which are typically continental faunal elements from China, during our research on the distribution of ostracod assemblages in the Ariake and...

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Published in:Marine micropaleontology 2019-01, Vol.146, p.1-38
Main Authors: Tanaka, Gengo, Henmi, Yasuhisa, Masuda, Tatsuya, Moriwaki, Hiroshi, Komatsu, Toshifumi, Zhou, Baochun, Maekawa, Takumi, Niiyama, Sota, Nguyen, Phong D., Doan, Hung D., Ikeya, Noriyuki
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Language:English
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Chinese continental faunal elements
Glacial period
Japan
Lagoon
Migration
Ostracoda
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Summary:In this report, we describe the first discovery of two living ostracods from the Japanese archipelago, Sinocytheropteron ignobile and Sinocytheridea impressa, which are typically continental faunal elements from China, during our research on the distribution of ostracod assemblages in the Ariake and Yatsushiro Seas in southwest Japan. The (palaeo-) biogeographical data from recent and fossil records indicate that S. ignobile and S. impressa migrated through land bridges during past decreases in sea levels. We also discovered Xestoleberis ryukyuensis, which has been reported from the Ryukyu Islands; its discovery in our study area indicates the current northernmost distribution of the species and suggests that it migrated from the Ryukyu Islands to the study area using the Tsushima Warm Current, a branch of the main Kuroshio Current. This evidence suggests that the migration of shallow-marine ostracods between the continents and their adjacent islands affect not only global oceanic current but also global decreases in sea levels and the (palaeo-) geography of adjacent seas. Thus, ostracods living within the continental coasts provide powerful evidence for reconstructing the connection between the continent and its adjacent islands. •A total of 155 ostracode species were identified from the Ariake and Yatsushiro Seas.•We discovered living specimens of two Chinese continental taxa.•These Chinese continental taxa do not transported by oceanic current.•The continental taxa living in Japan migrated there during past geological periods.
ISSN:0377-8398
1872-6186
DOI:10.1016/j.marmicro.2018.12.002