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Composition of the coral fauna of the southeastern coast of India and the Laccadives

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Title Composition of the coral fauna of the southeastern coast of India and the Laccadives
 
Creator Pillai, C S G
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description Coral reefs of fringing nature are found both in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay on
the southeastern coast of India. In the Gulf of Mannar, they are scattered mostly
around the various islands lying between Tuticorin and Rameswaram. The reefs of
Palk Bay are confined to the northern and eastern costs of Rameswaram Island and the
northern side of Mandapam. Investigations on the corals of this area, between Long.
79'4% and 7g015'E and Lat. 9'10'N and g018'N, have revealed the occurrence of 117
species divided among 33 genera. Of these, 110 species of 26 genera are hermatypic and
the rest ahermatypic. The most conspicuous components of the coral fauna of this area
are the members of the families Acroporidae, Poritidae and Faviidae. It is feared that
the coral reefs of southeast India are fast deteriorating due to natural as well as artificial
causes some of which are also discussed in this paper.
 
Date 1971
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6215/1/601.pdf
Pillai, C S G (1971) Composition of the coral fauna of the southeastern coast of India and the Laccadives. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, 28. pp. 301-327.