2015
DOI: 10.31357/fesympo.v20i0.2533
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Diversity of Ascidians from the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR), India

Abstract: The Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve nurtures a diverse amount of life and is very important to the biological diversity of India. Ascidians diversity has been recorded for the first time from the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. In the present study, 15 species of ascidians were noticed in both intertidal and sub-tidal regions of GNBR, belonging to two orders, three suborders, six families and ten genera (Didemnum fulgens, Didemnum vexillum, Didemnum granulatum, Didemnum albidum, Didemnum candidum, Trididemnum… Show more

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“…Andaman & Nicobar Islands have extensive reef ecosystems in the continental shelf with a wide range of species abundance. A total of 65 species of ascidians are reported till date from the reefs of these islands (Venkataraman et al 2012;Ananthan 2014;Ananthan et al 2015;Mondal et al 2015Mondal et al , 2017. The present paper describes one new species of Rhopalaea and gives its distribution in the Andaman Islands.…”
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“…Andaman & Nicobar Islands have extensive reef ecosystems in the continental shelf with a wide range of species abundance. A total of 65 species of ascidians are reported till date from the reefs of these islands (Venkataraman et al 2012;Ananthan 2014;Ananthan et al 2015;Mondal et al 2015Mondal et al , 2017. The present paper describes one new species of Rhopalaea and gives its distribution in the Andaman Islands.…”
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confidence: 99%