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<p>Occurrence of a Scyphozoan jellyfish, <em>Pelagia noctiluca </em>(Forskål, 1775) bloom in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Southern India</p>

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Title Statement <p>Occurrence of a Scyphozoan jellyfish, <em>Pelagia noctiluca </em>(Forskål, 1775) bloom in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Southern India</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Ramesh, C H
Koushik, S
Shunmugaraj, T
Ramana Murthy, M V
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Gulf of Mannar, Jellyfish bloom, New record, Pelagia noctiluca
 
Summary, etc. <p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">A massive Scyphozoan jellyfish bloom has been encountered in branching coral, <em>Acropora</em> dominated reef area in the southern part of Hare Island of Gulf of Mannar region, Tamil Nadu. The live specimens were identified as <em>Pelagia noctiluca</em> (Forskål, 1775), adding a new occurrence record to the Gulf of Mannar biodiversity. A sudden outburst of <em>P. noctiluca</em> bloom represented thousands of live specimens (&gt; 100/m<sup>2</sup> approximately) in the south side of Hare Island.</span></p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)
2022-09-30 00:10:20
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS); ##issue.vol## 50, ##issue.no## 02 (2021)
 
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