A note on zoogeographic range extension of Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia: Dendrophyllidae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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A note on zoogeographic range extension of Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia: Dendrophyllidae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Creator |
Mondal, T
Bineesh, K K Raghunathan, C |
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Subject |
Azooxanthellate
Coral Deep-sea Indo-Pacific |
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Description |
358-362
The family Dendrophylliidae represents solitary as well as colonial corals with a total of 183 extant valid species under the Order Scleractinia, distributed from littoral to the abyssal depths. During a recent deep-sea survey conducted by FORV Sagar Sampada (FORVSS367), a specimen of azooxanthellate dendrophylliid i.e. Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 was collected at the depth of 685 m from Nicobar waters which indicates its range extension to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Indo-Pacific region while the previously reported depth range of the species is 37 to 386 m. The present report of E. grayi is a new addition to this archipelago. |
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Date |
2022-07-28T10:55:40Z
2022-07-28T10:55:40Z 2022-04 |
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Article
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Identifier |
2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60181 |
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en
en |
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NIScPR-CSIR,India
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Source |
IJMS Vol.51(04) [April 2022]
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