Additional Data on the Fauna of Bivalve Mollusks of the Russian Continental Coast of the Sea of Japan : Middle Primorye and Nakhodka Bay

Abstract

The bivalve molluscan fauna of Vrangel Bay, a small embayment in the eastern part of Peter the Great Bay (Nakhodka Bay), and in several localities along the coast of middle Primorye (Maritime Province, both in north-western part of the Sea of Japan, was studied based on 185 dredge and SCUBA-diving samples (in all, 40 stations). A total of 58 species of bivalves were identified. Eight species are recorded for the first time from the coast of middle Primorye. Comparative analysis ofbathymetric ranges of bivalve mollusks from different parts of the Sea of Japan is carried out, and presence of shells believed to be subfos~il and redeposition of Recent shell remains are discussed. Cold-water and relatively cold-water mollusks occur in Vrangel Bay, a protected bay, in shallow waters which can be explained by the influence of the cold Primorskoe Current. The faunal differences between eastern and western parts of Peter the Great Bay are emphasized. Taxonomic and biogeographic comments on some species are given.

Habitat Preferences and Growth ofRuditapes bruguieri(Bivalvia: Veneridae) at the Northern Boundary of Its Range

“…The marine Veneridae, which is the largest family of Bivalvia and one of the least studied and most poorly defined molluscan taxa, comprises approximately 800 species, including some of the most economically important and abundant ones [ 1 ]. Two species of the genus Ruditapes (Bivalvia: Veneroida: Veneridae) are found along the coasts of Korea: the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams et Reeve, 1848) and the clam Ruditapes bruguieri (Hanley, 1845) [ 2 – 5 ]. The commercial species R. philippinarum , including its populations in coastal waters of Korea, is considered in a variety of papers published, but studies on R. bruguieri are few in number, despite the latter species is widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific.…”

“…It is distributed in the tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean (West India and East India, Andhra Pradesh, Thailand, Andaman, and Nicobar), Indo-Malaysia (northwestern, northern, and northeastern coasts of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Oceania), Papua New Guinea, China (South China Sea, including Hong Kong and East China Sea), and Japan [ 6 – 9 ]. It also occurs in the Temperate West Pacific of the Northern Hemisphere: South Korea, Korea Bay, and North China [ 2 – 5 ]. Huber [ 10 ] believes that the range of R. bruguieri is limited to the Indian Ocean.…”

Bivalve mollusks in Ulsan Bay (Korea)

“…In the northern East Sea, T. fragilis plays a significant role in soft-bottom communities of semi-enclosed inlets in Possjet Bay with a density of up to 140 ind./m 2 (Golikov and Scarlato, 1967), and is also very abundant in muddy substrate in the innermost parts of Amursky and Nakhodka Bays (Lutaenko, 1999;2003 …”

“…(including Sado Isl. ; eastern East Sea) (Ito, 1978(Ito, , 1985(Ito, , 1989; Ishikawa Prefecture (Ito et al, 1986); Wakasa Bay and Hyogo Prefecture (eastern East Sea) (Ito, 1967(Ito, , 1990; Peter the Great Bay and Primorye (north-western East Sea) (Scarlato, 1981;Lutaenko, 1999;2003;2006) (Lee Y.G., 2005). This fauna can be compared with those described by G.A.…”

Musculus minutus Scarlato, 1960 (Mytilidae) – новый вид двустворчатого моллюска для российских вод Японского моря

“…В дальневосточных морях в самую последнюю очередь отмечен в Японском море. Причем первые указания на его нахождение здесь у берегов Кореи [Lee, Kim, 2002;Min et al, 2004] были подвергнуты сомнению [Lutaenko, Noseworthy, 2012]. Приведенная в этих публикациях фотография створки «M.…”