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First record of Zoanthus gigantus Reimer & Tsukahara, 2006 (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from Indian waters, South Asia

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13707/
https://checklist.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22763
https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.945
 
Title First record of Zoanthus gigantus Reimer & Tsukahara, 2006 (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from Indian waters, South Asia
 
Creator Kumari, Sonia
Zacharia, P U
Sreenath, K R
Kripa, V
George, Grinson
 
Subject New record
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Description Zoanthus gigantus, family Zoanthidae, is reported for the first time from south Asia. The earlier distribution of the species has been known only from Japan, China, and Taiwan waters. Colonies of Z. gigantus were noticed along Saurashtra
coast, Gujarat, during a field survey, in frame of monitoring Zoantharian diversity along Indian coast. Species was identified using morphological and histological examination. The occurrence of Z. gigantus from this additional biogeographic region highlights the distribution range extension of the species.
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13707/1/Checklist_2019_Zacharia%20P%20U_Sonia%20Kumari_First%20record%20of%20Zoanthus%20gigantus.pdf
Kumari, Sonia and Zacharia, P U and Sreenath, K R and Kripa, V and George, Grinson (2019) First record of Zoanthus gigantus Reimer & Tsukahara, 2006 (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from Indian waters, South Asia. Check List, 13 (6). pp. 945-950.