Browsing Scholarly literature by Subject "taxonomy"
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Insect drift over the northern Arabian Sea in early summer
(Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1999)Air borne insects, mostly carried by wind currents, were trapped over the northern Arabian Sea (16 degrees to 20 degrees N; 68 degrees to 72 degrees E), in the course of cruise No. 111, ORV Sagar Kanya (March 14 to April ... -
Larval and Postlarval Stages of Sicyonia H. M. Edwards (Decapoda, Penaeidea: Sicyoniidae)
(Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1982)A third protozoeal stage and a late postlarval stage of a species belonging to the genus @iSicyonia@@ are described here with illustrations. The protozoea of @iSicyonia@@ can be easily distinguished by the presence of the ... -
Marine macrophytes of Minicoy (Lakshadweep) coral atoll of the Arabian Sea
(Elsevier, 1984)Thirty-seven species of marine algae, belonging to 31 genera 5 seagrass species and one mangrove species, were recorded from Minicoy Atoll. The predominant seaweeds observed were Enteromorpha clathrata, Caulerpa species, ... -
Marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) from Taiwan, Korea and India, with the first description of the male of Pontarachna australis Smit, 2003
(Systematic & Applied Acarology Society, 2008)he hitherto unknown male of the marine water mite Pontarachna australis Smit, 2003 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Pontarachnidae) is described and recorded from Taiwan for the first time. Another marine water mite, Litarachna denhami ... -
Mariniradius saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae isolated from marine aquaculture pond water, and emended descriptions of the genus Aquiflexum and Aquiflexum balticum
(International Union of Microbiological Societies, 2013)A novel marine, Gram-stain-negative, oxidase- and catalase- positive, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain AK6 sup(T), was isolated from marine aquaculture pond water collected in Andhra Pradesh, India. The fatty acids ... -
Medusae from the sea around Laccadive group of islands (7 degrees-18 degrees N/69 degrees-76 degrees E)
(Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi (India), 1996)Forty-four specie of hydromedusae belonging to 20 families were obtained from the samples collected during the period 1985-1987. Studies on abundance, diurnal variation and distribution are investigated. High densities ... -
Meiobenthos of Saphala salt marsh, west coast of India
(CSIR-NISCAIR, 1987)Benthic fauna of the salt marsh comprised 10 taxonomic groups, dominated by nematodes (63.9%), harpacticoids (18.5%), turbellaria (5.6%), crustacean nauplii (5.4%) and polychaetes (4.1%). The population density varied from ... -
Morphology, taxonomy and ecology of Thraustochytrids and Labyrinthulids, the marine counterparts of zoosporic fungi
(M D Publications, New Delhi, India, 1996)The most common zoosporic fungi, or to use a compromising, term which seems right according to the current perspective, the fungi-like protists, in the marine environment are the thraustochytrids and labyrinthulids. According ... -
Mysids (Crustacea) from the salt pans of Mumbai, India, with a description of a new species
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of mysids collected from the salt pans of Mumbai, India, were studied. Two mysid species are represented, of which one species, Indomysis nybini, is described as new to science. The ... -
New mysids from the South Australian coastal waters: Paranchialina secunda sp. nov.; Leptomysis longisquama sp. nov. and Doxomysis johnsoni sp. nov.
(Cambridge University Press, 1986)Three new species are described, Paranchialina secunda, Leptomysis longisquama and Doxomysis johnsoni from the coastal waters of South West Australia -
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 ... -
Observations on biofilm bacteria isolated from aluminium panels immersed in estuarine waters
(Herwood Academic, 1995)Microfouling biomass generally increased on aluminium panels immersed in the surface waters of a tropical estuary over a period of 30 d. A hundred bacterial colonies were randomly isolated, purified and morphologically, ... -
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 ... -
Occurrence of the Tharaustochytrid, @iCorallochytrium limacisporum@@ gen. et. sp. nov. in the coral reef lagoons of the Lakshadweep Islands in Arabian Sea
(Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 1987)A new thraustochytrid protist, @iCorallochytrium limacisporum@@ gen. et sp. nov. is described from the waters of the coral reef lagoons of Agatti, Kavaratti and Bingaram belonging to the Lakshadweep group of islands in the ... -
On a new species of Xenophthalmus White, (Crustacea; Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) from Cochin
(Bombay Natural History Society, 1969)The paper describes a new species of the genus Xenophthalmus White, X garthii and compares it with the other two known species, X pinnotheroides White and X obscurus Henderson -
Ostracods of Andaman Sea
(Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi (India), 1996)Distribution of 12 species of ostracods was studied from the waters around Andaman-Nicobar area. Euconchoecia aculeata was the most abundant species occurring mostly as swarms with a maximum density of 9732 specimens/1000 ... -
Oxycephalus longipes Spandl, 1927 a valid species of the genus Oxycephalus (Amphipoda, Hyperiidea, Oxycephalidae)
(BRILL, 1988)This is the first description on an adult of @iOxycephalus longipes@@ Spandl, 1927. The original record was based on juvenile females. Since its description, the species has not been recorded again, hence its validity ... -
Redescription of Pseudodiaptomus jonesi (Copepoda: Calanoida) with notes on its distribution
(Cambridge University Press, 1989)Pseudodiaptomus jonesi Pillai 1970 is redescribed; several previously undescribed features are included and a few errors in the original description corrected. This species is assignable to the Ramosus group and ... -
Rediscovery of Bugulella clavata Hincks 1887 (Ectoprocta)
(Current Science Association, 1969)The species Bugulella clavata collected from the Krusadai island, Gulf of Mannar is redescribed Description is based on the three fragments of a colony at a depth of 5 m Redescription has helped to important features such ... -
Sarcophyton andamanensis, a new species of soft coral from Andaman Islands
(Andaman Science Association, 1994)A systematic and morphological description of a new species of soft coral, Sorcophyton andamanensis collected from Andaman Islands is given. A comparative study made between the new species of sarcophyton and other related ...