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Identification of seven scleractinian corals from Andaman and Nicobar Islands as new record to IndianWater

Identification of seven scleractinian corals from Andaman and Nicobar Islands as new record to... Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the most diverse areas with enriched marine organisms. Presence of corals in any area shows the enriched productivity of marine ecosystem of that area. The coral helps the other associated faunal communities for their survival as well as their way of life towards the future generation. Seven species of scleractinian corals are recognized as the new records to Indian water as the survey made in Neil, Tarmugli and Car Nicobar Islands of Andaman & Nicobar Archipelago. They are — Acropora tanegashimensis (Veron, 1990), Acropora insignis (Nemenzo, 1967), Favites paraflexuosa (Veron,2002), Favites spinosa (Klunzinger, 1879), Solenastrea bournoni (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849), Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) and Seriatopora aculeate (Quelch, 1846). These scleractinian corals belong to Acroporidae, Faviidae, Poritidae and Pocilloporidae families. The present investigation deals with their morphological characteristics with relative nomenclatural attributes to draw the ideal identifying remarks. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Proceedings of the Zoological Society Springer Journals

Identification of seven scleractinian corals from Andaman and Nicobar Islands as new record to IndianWater

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Zoological Society, Kolkata
Subject
Life Sciences; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Biodiversity; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology; Zoology ; Life Sciences, general
ISSN
0373-5893
eISSN
0974-6919
DOI
10.1007/s12595-010-0008-2
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Abstract

Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the most diverse areas with enriched marine organisms. Presence of corals in any area shows the enriched productivity of marine ecosystem of that area. The coral helps the other associated faunal communities for their survival as well as their way of life towards the future generation. Seven species of scleractinian corals are recognized as the new records to Indian water as the survey made in Neil, Tarmugli and Car Nicobar Islands of Andaman & Nicobar Archipelago. They are — Acropora tanegashimensis (Veron, 1990), Acropora insignis (Nemenzo, 1967), Favites paraflexuosa (Veron,2002), Favites spinosa (Klunzinger, 1879), Solenastrea bournoni (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849), Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) and Seriatopora aculeate (Quelch, 1846). These scleractinian corals belong to Acroporidae, Faviidae, Poritidae and Pocilloporidae families. The present investigation deals with their morphological characteristics with relative nomenclatural attributes to draw the ideal identifying remarks.

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Proceedings of the Zoological SocietySpringer Journals

Published: Aug 15, 2010

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