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A new scleractinian coral <i> Lobophyllia hemprichii</i> (Family Mussidae) reported first time from the Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh, India

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Title A new scleractinian coral Lobophyllia hemprichii (Family Mussidae) reported first time from the Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh, India
 
Creator Kumar, J. S. Yogesh
Satyanarayana, Ch.
Venkataraman, K.
 
Subject Mussidae
Lobophyllia hemprichii
Pirotan Island
New record
Marine National Park
Gulf of Kachchh
 
Description 738-741
An extensive survey to explore the diversity and distribution of coral and associated faunal community around the Gulf of Kachchh Islands in India, yielded a new zoogeographical record of a coral species namely, Lobophyllia hemprichii from Pirotan Island, Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh. Literature reveals that 56 species of scleractinian corals have been recorded from the Gulf of Kachchh. Detailed description, distribution and variation in morphological characters of this species were presented in this account.
 
Date 2017-04-05T10:38:19Z
2017-04-05T10:38:19Z
2017-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/41103
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.46(04) [April 2017]