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Locomotion of anthocyathus mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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Title Locomotion of anthocyathus mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
 
Creator Mondal, Tamal
Raghunathan, C.
 
Subject Anthocaulus
Free-living
Solitary
Fungiidae
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 
Description 818-824
Present experimental work carried out on three species of free-living, solitary mushroom corals such as Fungia paumotensis Stutchbury, 1833, Fungia repanda Dana, 1846 and Ctenactis echinata (Pallas, 1766) to compare their mobility pattern and active influencers for this activity. Smooth under-surfaced mushroom coral with granular costae move faster than echinose type of costae as this resistor against the mobility by gripping of anchorage with the bottom surface. The elongated and oval shaped structure reduces the friction against the bottom surface and expedites migration. Individuals with flat morphology tolerate higher degree of water pressure in comparison with the oval shaped animal and reduce the locomotion rate as a result of higher friction by touching entire costal surface with the bottom.
 
Date 2016-07-20T10:49:09Z
2016-07-20T10:49:09Z
2015-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34818
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(06) [June 2015]