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Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia

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Recent research efforts have significantly advanced our knowledge on Asian freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) diversity and distribution. Here we provide a modern consensus of the diversity, biogeography and conservation of Unionida in the region comprising East and Southeast Asia (excluding Wallacea) and Asian Russia. A data review confirmed the presence of 228 native and 3 non-native Unionida (98% Unionidae, 2% Margaritiferidae), rendering the region a global hotspot of freshwater mussel diversity. Species richness was highest in China (particularly Yangtze basin) in absolute numbers and Cambodia when correcting for country area, and decreased gradually towards the south and steeply towards the north and east. Six of the seven unionid subfamilies are native to the region, with species richness peaking in Southeast Asia for Rectidentinae, Gonideinae, Parreysiinae and Modellnaiinae, China for Anodontinae and Unioninae, and Asian Russia for Margaritiferidae. Conservation status and data collected after 1980 were not available for 61 and 24% of species, respectively. Dams, deforestation and pollution are likely the major threats to mussels in the region, though data in this respect are scarce. The Philippines, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar and Malaysia are among the countries with the poorest data availability and urgently require research.

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AZ was supported by a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship by the School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. EF was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under grant SFRH/BPD/108445/2015.

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  1. School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500, Semenyih, Malaysia

    Alexandra Zieritz

  2. Research Laboratory, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, MSC 1626, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1626, USA

    Arthur E. Bogan

  3. CIIMAR/CIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Elsa Froufe & Manuel Lopes-Lima

  4. Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nedorezova 16a, 672014, Chita, Russia

    Olga Klishko

  5. Division of Natural Sciences, Osaka Kyoiku University, 4-698-1 Asahigaoka, Kashiwara, Osaka, 582-8582, Japan

    Takaki Kondo

  6. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Uthaiwan Kovitvadhi

  7. Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok, 10600, Thailand

    Satit Kovitvadhi

  8. Department of Life Science, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu, 702-701, Korea

    Jin Hee Lee

  9. CIBIO/InBIO - Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal

    Manuel Lopes-Lima

  10. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    John M. Pfeiffer

  11. CBMA - Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Ronaldo Sousa

  12. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Vietnam

    Tu Van Do

  13. IBIGER – Institute of Biogeography and Genetic Resources, Federal Centre for Integrated Arctic Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Severnaya Dvina Emb. 23, 163000, Arkhangelsk, Russia

    Ilya Vikhrev

  14. Biology Department, Institute of Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48859, USA

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Zieritz, A., Bogan, A.E., Froufe, E. et al. Diversity, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in East and Southeast Asia. Hydrobiologia 810, 29–44 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3104-8

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