Browsing by Subject "new records"
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A first report on a bloom of the marine prymnesiophycean, Phaeocystis globosa from the Arabian Sea
(Ifremer/ CNRS/ IRD/ Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. Tous droits reserves, 2000)A thick bloom of the marine prymnesiophycean, Phaeocystis globosa was observed in the central Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon period (July-August, 1996). The cells were mostly in colonial form, embedded in gelatinous ... -
A new distributional record for the sea cucumber Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens (Brandt) from Goa coast
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1986)Occurrence of sea cucumber, Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens from intertidal region of Anjuna (Goa) along central west coast of India is reported. Notes on morphological characteristics are given -
A new record of Cnidocodon leopoldi Bouillon (Anthomedusae, Hydrozoa) from Indian Ocean with a note on its variation
(Department of Marine Sciences, 1986)A new record of Cnidocodon leopoldi belonging to the family Corymorphidae is presented. The specimens were collected from Kerala and Karnataka coasts on the west coast of India. The specimens of the present study show some ... -
A new record of marine wood-borer (Mollusca: Teredinidae) from waters off Bombay
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1986)The occurrence of Teredona princesae (Sivickis) has been reported for the first time from the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Bombay. A brief description of the pallet and distribution of this species is presented -
A new record of Morula anaxares with a description of the radula of three other species from Goa, Central West Coast of India (Gastropoda: Muricidae)
(Central Fisheries Research Institute (CFRI) Trabzon, 2012)The present paper describes a new record of Morula anaxares (Kiener 1835) (Muricidae) from Goa, Central West coast of India aided by spiral cord ontogeny, aperture morphology of shell and SEM of radula. This species was ... -
A new record of two penaeid species from Goa Coast
(Indian Fisheries Association, 1993)Adults of Penaeus japonicus (Bate) and juveniles of P. canaliculatus (Olivier) were recorded for the first time from the coastal estuarine regions of Goa, (India) respectively. Their presence in Goa waters suggests that ... -
A new report on the occurrence of zeolitites in the abyssal depths of the Central Indian Basin
(Society for Sedimentary Geology, 1993)Forty-two indurated slabs of zeolites collected from the abyssal depths of the Central Indian Basin have been studied. The slabs show characters similar to harmotome-rich scorias of the Society Ridge and phillipsite slabs ... -
A note on the fouling hydroids from the offshore waters of Bombay
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1986)This short communication brings out the preliminary results of the studies on fouling hydroids from an offshore region of the Arabian sea. A total of ten species falling under four different families have been collected ... -
A note on the Pavonina flabelliformis D'Orbigny (benthic foraminifera) from the Arabian Sea
(Association of Korean Geoscience Societies, 1994)The detailed study of the inner shelf surface sediments off Karwar (India) revealed the occurrence of a benthic foraminiferal species Pavonina flabelliformis. This is the first report of this species in the Arabian Sea. ... -
A study of medusae from Andaman and Nicobar waters
(Zoological Society of Kerala, 1993)The results obtained from 14 cruises undertaken by FORV Sagar Sampada during the period 1986-1990 from Andaman and Nicobar waters are detailed. 346 zooplankton collections were made during this period and medusae were found ... -
A study on the zooplankton of the Burhabalanga Estuary, Orissa Coast
(Indian National Science Academy, 1996)Annual variations in the zooplankton biomass and composition during 1991-92 were studied from the inshore, mouth and upstream regions of the Burhabalanga Estuary located in the Orissa Coast (India). Zooplankton biomass was ... -
Ammolagena clavata (Jones and Parker, 1860), an agglutinated benthic foraminiferal species - first report from the Recent sediments, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean region
(Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, 2004)The rare presence of the agglutinated foraminiferal species Ammolagena clavata is presented for the first time from the Recent sediments of the Indian Ocean region. This species has previously been reported in Recent ... -
Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from seamounts in the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean): first account, with descriptions of new species
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2012)Brittle stars were collected on two seamounts in the Andaman Back-arc Basin. Of the six species, two were new to science and are described herein as Ophioleuce longispinum sp. nov. and Ophiophyllum minimum sp. nov., in the ... -
Chytridium polysiphoniae - a fungal pathogen on the Red alga Centroceras clavulatum (C. Agardh) Montagne, from Goa
(CSIR-NISCAIR, 1986)Centroceras clavulatum collected from rocky shores was found to harbour an epiphytic fungus identified as Chytridium polysiphoniae. Maximum infection of the host alga occurred during June-July 1984. Under laboratory ... -
Composition of heteropods in the Arabian Sea
(Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi (India), 1996)Distribution of species of Atlantidae, Carinariidae and Pterotracheidae in the Andaman Nicobar Sea is discussed in this paper based on samples of FORV Sagar Sampada. Oxygrus Keraudreni and Protatlanta souleyeti are reported ... -
Decapod Larvae from the Nearshore Waters of Karwar
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1980)Abundance of decapod larvae at three stations in Binge Bay, Karwar has been reported based on surface collections taken during the period October 1975 to September 1976. The larvae were very common in the Bay and the ... -
Descriptions of Indoerythrops typicus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pleureythrops inscita new record from Indian waters (Crustacea: Mysidacea)
(Cambridge University Press, 1998)Descriptions of Indoerythrops typicus, new genus and new species, and Pleurerythrops inscita, new record, from Indian waters are given. The new genus is distinguishable from the allied genera of the tribe Erythropini in ... -
Distribution of calanoid copepods in the Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1984)The distribution of calanoid copepods from the northern Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal is discussed in relation to thermocline. The inshore offshore zonation of a neritic, shelf an oceanic communities was traced based on ... -
Diurnal variation in zooplankton in the Zuari Estuary, west coast of India
(Marine Biological Association of India, 1997)Variations in zooplankton biomass and population density in relation to the prevailing hydrographical conditions were studied in Zuari Estuary, Goa. The physico-chemical parameters showed limited variations. Zooplankton ... -
First record of larvae of Arnoglossus imperialis (Rafinesque, 1810) (Bothidae, Pieces) Atlantic species from the Indian Ocean
(Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, 1998)Larvae ranging from 7.7 mm NL to 12.2 mm SL were found in zooplankton from the Agulhas Bank. The long leaf-like larval body, the presence of spiny discoid scutes distributed along the bases of median fin rays, cleithra ...