珊瑚礁隐居生物的研究现状和展望

珊瑚礁隐居生物是栖息于珊瑚礁隐匿空间中的后生动物群体,其群落的生物量巨大,在珊瑚礁生物多样性的构成中占据大多数,且在珊瑚礁营养动力学上有着不可或缺的作用。然而,目前国际国内对珊瑚礁生态系统的生物多样性的关注多集中在鱼类及甲壳类、棘皮动物等礁栖或底栖动物上,对珊瑚礁隐居生物的关注度不足,隐居生物的生物多样性构成不甚清楚,有些类别甚至从未被描述。本文结合国内外文献综述了珊瑚礁隐居生物的研究现状,并对基于珊瑚礁自动监测装置(Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures, ARMS)的隐居生物研究进行了展望。

Research Status and Prospect of Research on Cryptofauna in Coral Reef

Cryptofauna in coral reef are metazoan groups that inhabit the hidden space of coral reefs.The biomass of their communities is huge,accounting for the majority of the composition of coral reef biodiversity,and plays an indispensable role in coral reef trophic dynamics.However,at present,the international and domestic attention to the biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems is mostly focused on reef-dwelling or benthic animals such as fish and crustaceans,echinoderms,etc.,and there is insufficient attention to cryptofauna in coral reef.The composition of the biodiversity of cryptofauna is not clear,and some categories have never even been described.In this article,the research status of coral reef cryptofauna is reviewed in combination with domestic and foreign literature,and the research of cryptofauna based on Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) is prospected.