Browsing by Subject "new records"
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First records of three Paraprionospio species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Indian waters
(Station Biologique de Roscoff, 2012)new records; geographical distribution; animal morphology; taxonomy; Paraprionospio cordifolia; Paraprionospio cristata; Paraprionospio patiens Abstract :The spionid polychaete Paraprionospio pinnata (Ehlers, 1901) has ... -
Metamastophora flabellata (Sonder) Setchell (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) a new addition to the coaral reef flora, from the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean)
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1997)Stray occurrence of Metamastophora flabellata is recorded, for the first time from the Andaman Sea, India. Earlier this alga was reported to be confined only to the coasts of southern Australia and Africa. The specimen is ... -
New record of Scleractinian coral Astrangia sp. from Indian waters
(Current Science Association, 1984)The scleractinian coral Astrangia was found to have settled on aluminium and mild steel panels exposed at the two stations at Cortalim beach and oil jetty of Marmugao harbour, Goa, India. This is a new record of the specimen ... -
New record of the sympatric distribution of two Asian species of the horseshoe crab
(Current Science Association, Bangalore, India, 1999)The co-existence of two species of horseshoe crabs Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda along the Orissa and West Bengal Coast, India is reported. The study revealed that the two species were sympatric. The ... -
New records of epibiont Ciliates (Ciliophora) from Indian coast with descriptions of six new species
(Station Biologique de Roscoff, 2013)Six epibiont ciliates Cothurnia palkensis, C. nova, C. disper, C. dovgali, C. mannaerensis and C. clampi are described as new for science from the Indian coast. Acineta truncata Collin, 1909 and A. tuberosa Ehrenberg, 1834 ... -
Occurrence and distribution of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(Bombay Natural History Society, 1996)Occurrence and new distributional records for 26 species of Alcyonaceans are given. These include 12 species of Sinularia, 6 of Lobophytum, 6 of Sarcophytum, one of Cladiella and one of Nephthea. Their ecological information ... -
Occurrence of Green Alga Ernodesmisverticillata (Kuetzing) Boergesen at Malvan (Maharashtra coast)
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1981)The occurrence of Ernodesmis verticillata belonging to Chlorophyta has been recorded for the first time from Malvan, along the Maharashtra Coast. The general distribution, habit and habitat of this species are given. During ... -
Occurrence of Hydroclathrus tenuis Tseng and Baoren, (Phaeophyta) from Gulf of Kutch, northwest coast of India
(NISCAIR, CSIR, 1996)Hydroclathrus tenuis (C. Agardh), a marine brown alga was considered to be a monotypic, till H. tenuis Tseng and Baoren was reported during 1983 from south China Sea. Recently the same alga was noticed to be abundant from ... -
Some ciliates from the marine wood boring isopod Sphaeroma treubia
(Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 1985)Seven ectocommensalic ciliates, namely, Vorticella companula, Zoothamnium rigidum, Cothurnia gammari, Legenophrys cochinensis sp. nov., Epistylis gammari, Folliculina producta and Foliculina boltoni, all first-time recorded ... -
Studies on the associates and parasites of zooplankton from southwest and southeast coasts of India
(Marine Biological Association of India, 1997)Associates and parasites of zooplankton from southwest and southeast coasts of India were studied. Among the epizoic forms two species of ciliates infesting copepods were new records from Indian waters. Eight species of ... -
The ecology and distribution of alcyonaceans at Mandapam (Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar), South India
(Bombay Natural History Society, 1997)New distribution records for 27 species of Alcyonaceans are given. These include major genera Sinularia (12 spp.), Lobophytum (7 spp.), Sarcophyton (6 spp.), Dampia (1 sp.) and Nephthya (1 sp.). The factors that influence ...