In zoogeography, this is the distribution boundary line of animals proposed as the boundary separating the Oriental and Australian regions. It runs from the west of the Tanimbar Islands in the Pacific Ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, around the west of Buru Island, and passes north between Sula Island and Halmahera Island, so it is located quite east of the Walas Line and crosses the eastern part of the area that transitions from Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It was named after the Dutch biologist Weber, who studied freshwater fish in the Malay Archipelago, but there are many exceptions and it is not absolute. [Ueno Shunichi] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
動物地理学上、東洋区とオーストラリア区とを区分する境界として提唱された動物の分布境界線。南半球の太平洋のタニンバル諸島の西側からブル島の西側を回り込み、スラ島とハルマヘラ島の間を北へ抜けるので、ワラス線よりかなり東に位置し、東南アジアからニューギニアへ移行する地域の東部を横切る。マレー諸島の淡水魚を研究したオランダの生物学者ウェーバーによって提唱されたのでこの名がついたが、例外が多く、絶対的なものではない。 [上野俊一] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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