A checklist of tintinnids (loricate ciliates) from the coastal zone of India

dc.contributor.author	Elangovan, S.S.
dc.contributor.author	Gauns, M.
dc.date.accessioned	2019/03/31
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-30T12:44:22Z
dc.date.available	2018/11/25
dc.date.available	2019-04-30T12:44:22Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.citation	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol.190(11); 2018; Article no: 672
dc.identifier.issn	0167-6369
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-7039-y
dc.identifier.uri	http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8051
dc.description.abstract	We report here a checklist of tintinnids (loricate ciliates) for the coastal zone of India. Based on available literature (1978 to 2017), a total of 25 stations were studied from 5 distinct areas of Indian coastal waters. A total of 151 species of 33 genera belonging to 14 families of tintinnids were documented. Diversity patterns of tintinnids were recorded higher along the west coast (30 genera and 106 species) than the east coast of India (20 genera and 93 species). Among tintinnids families, the Codonellidae (2 genera and 52 species, 20%) and the Tintinnidae (8 genera and 21 species, 19%) are the major contributors to the total tintinnids diversity in the Indian coastal zone
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer International Publishing
dc.relation.isreferencedby	SCI
dc.title	A checklist of tintinnids (loricate ciliates) from the coastal zone of India
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.affiliation.author	CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India