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Scleractinian corals of the erstwhile Travancore Coast (Southwest of India)

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Title Scleractinian corals of the erstwhile Travancore Coast (Southwest of India)
 
Creator Pillai, C S G
Jasmine, S
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description Patchy growths of hard corals are found to occur along the coast of erstwhile Travancore at the
southwest coast of India. The formation extends from Enayam to Quilon. The most common genus is
Pocillopora and is represented by five species. Massive genera like Porites, Favia, Favites, Goniastrea
and Platygyra as well as Leptastrea are nonconspicuous in this area. The ahermatypes are lillte studied,
but from the information gathered during the present study by dredging off Quilon indicates that they
are well respresented. A total of 29 species belonging to 17 genera of scleractinians is reported in this
work Out of these, 13 species divided among six genera are hermatypes and the rest, 16 species of 11
genera is ahermatypes. The coral fauna in structure and composition is more related to that of the Gulf
of Mannar than Lakshadweep.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1995
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/634/1/Gopi_109-125.pdf
Pillai, C S G and Jasmine, S (1995) Scleractinian corals of the erstwhile Travancore Coast (Southwest of India). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 37 (1&2). pp. 109-125.