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Occurrence of the supposedly endemic Australian azooxanthellate coral Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955 in the eastern Arabian Sea

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16657/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-021-01229-1
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01229-1
 
Title Occurrence of the supposedly endemic Australian azooxanthellate coral Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955 in the eastern Arabian Sea
 
Creator Viswambharan, Divya
Sreenath, K R
Jasmine, S
Joshi, K K
Sreeraj, C R
Mohan, Smruthu
Rohit, Prathibha
 
Subject Coral Reefs
Marine Biodiversity
 
Description The scleractinian coral family Rhizangiidae is known to have a cosmopolitan distribution. The members of this family are all azooxanthellate, and they are little studied due to their small size, difficult identification, and possible rare occurrence. Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955 is one of five rhizangiid species that is supposed to be endemic to Australia. During an underwater survey on a rocky reef in the eastern Arabian Sea on the Indian coast, this species was discovered for the first time outside its previously known range. The present record indicates that the endemic status of the species needs to be reconsidered and suggests that its range may include a large part of the Indian Ocean.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2021
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16657/1/Marine%20Biodiversity_2021_K%20R%20Sreenath.pdf
Viswambharan, Divya and Sreenath, K R and Jasmine, S and Joshi, K K and Sreeraj, C R and Mohan, Smruthu and Rohit, Prathibha (2021) Occurrence of the supposedly endemic Australian azooxanthellate coral Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955 in the eastern Arabian Sea. Marine Biodiversity, 51. pp. 1-7. ISSN 1867-1624