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Systematic Appraisal of Hard Corals (Family Acroporidae) from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve South-East India

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Title Systematic Appraisal of Hard Corals
(Family Acroporidae) from the
Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
South-East India
 
Creator George, Rani Mary
Sukumaran, Sandhya
 
Subject CMFRI Bulletins
Taxonomy
 
Description A most comprehensive account of coral fauna has been made by the authors, based
on a study on the hard corals of the south-east coast of India collected recently from
the various small islands extending from Vembar to Rameswaram (90 14’-90 09’N Lat.
and 790 14’-780 35’E Long.), in the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve and from the
two reefs (90 17’ N Lat. and 790 9-12’E Long.) in Palk Bay which are described in
depth and illustrated. The present account deals with 43 species of the family
Acroporidae belonging to 2 genera viz., Acropora and Montipora. Among the species
under genus Montipora, M. caliculata is new to India; under the genus Acropora
three species are new to India and four new to science.
A synopsis of the various species is provided under each genus, discussed, and
detailed descriptions are provided based on material collected. An attempt was made
to resolve many problems of synonyms that have resulted in a marked reduction of the
species recognised by earlier authors and addition of species and records new to science
and India. Ecological notes are provided under each species with specific location of
their occurrence to facilitate future collection and taxonomic identification.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2007
 
Type Monograph
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3928/1/CMFRI_Bulletin_No._50.pdf
George, Rani Mary and Sukumaran, Sandhya (2007) Systematic Appraisal of Hard Corals (Family Acroporidae) from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve South-East India. Technical Report. CMFRI, Kochi.