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New Polychaete Records from Seagrass Beds at Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India

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Title New Polychaete Records from Seagrass Beds at Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India
 
Creator Vargis, Dalia Susan
Pillai, N G K
Satheeshkumar, P
 
Subject Polychaetes
 
Description Species composition, distribution and taxonomic
description of polychaete fauna in the seagrass beds of the
Minicoy lagoon, Lakshadweep, India were studied during 1999
- 2001. In 4 stations, 27 species of polychaetes belonging to
14 genera were identified. Of these 27 species, 10 species of
polychaetes, belonging to 8 genera under 6 families, comprise
new distributional records from Minicoy Island, and the descriptions
of these species are provided. Among these, Glycera lancadivae,
G. tesselata, and Eurythoe matthaii are found to be the most
dominant species.
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8825/1/satheesh_polychaete.pdf
Vargis, Dalia Susan and Pillai, N G K and Satheeshkumar, P (2011) New Polychaete Records from Seagrass Beds at Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India. Ocean Science Journal, 46 (4). pp. 315-321.