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Marine algal flora of submerged Angria Bank (Arabian Sea)

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Title Marine algal flora of submerged Angria Bank (Arabian Sea)
 
Creator Untawale, A.G.
Reddy, C.R.K.
Ambiye, V.
 
Subject Microbiology
distribution records
seaweeds
Asparagopsis
Sargassum
Dictyota
Dictyopteris
Microdictyon
Codium
Dictyurus purpurescens
Laurencia paniculata
Acanthophora muscoides
Antithamnion sp.
Botryocladia skottsbergii
Hypnea pannosa
G. lenta
G. lapidescens
Galaxaura marginata
Halimeda discoidea
Valonia ventricosa
Phaeophyta
Chlorophyta
Rhodophyta
ISW, Arabian Sea
ISW, India, West Coast
 
Description Submerged Angria Bank was surveyed for the deep water marine algal flora. About 57 species were reported from this bank for the first time. Rhodophyta dominated (30 species) followed by Chlorophyta (18 species) and Phaeophyta (9 species). A few species like Valonia ventricosa, Halimela discoidea, Galaxaura marginata, G.lapidescens, G.lenta, Hypnea pannosa, Botryocladia skottsbergii, Antihamnion sp., Acanthophora muscoides, Laurencia paniculata and Dictyurus purpurescens were the first records form the west coast of India. Other genera like Codium, Microdictyon, Dictyopteris, Dictyota, Sargassum, Galaxaura, Asparagopsis, Acanthophora and Laurencia were predominant at the Angria Bank
 
Date 1995-07-15T10:01:51Z
2017-09-30T01:29:56Z
1995-07-15T10:01:51Z
2017-09-30T01:29:56Z
1989
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.18; 1989; 207-209
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7226
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR