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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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Title A note on zoogeographic range extension of Endopachys grayi Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia: Dendrophyllidae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 
Creator Mondal, T
Bineesh, K K
Raghunathan, C
 
Subject Azooxanthellate
Coral
Deep-sea
Indo-Pacific
 
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.
 
Date 2022-07-28T10:55:40Z
2022-07-28T10:55:40Z
2022-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60181
 
Language en
en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source IJMS Vol.51(04) [April 2022]