Diversity of Sponges in Marine Protected Areas of North Andaman, India

Pereira, Preeti; Raghunathan, C.

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“…Most faunal groups that have been studied extensively in these waters are large-sized, conspicuous and are of economic importance 3 however, areas in the mesophotic depths remain poorly explored. The study of sponge distribution in the islands, though have existed since the early 19 th century 4–11 , numerous recent works have revealed many undocumented and new species 12–19 indicating its high diversity.…”

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First report of marine sponge Chelonaplysilla delicata (Demospongiae: Darwinellidae) from the Andaman Sea/Indian Ocean with a baseline information of epifauna on a mesophotic shipwreck

Das

Immanuel

Lakra

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During a biodiversity assessment on an upper mesophotic artificial reef of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Shipwreck: HMIS Sophie Marie/HMIS SM), a single specimen of sponge Chelonaplysilla delicata was recorded. Our finding confirms the species taxonomy and highlights the current observation as a first report from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Indian Ocean. The baseline diversity of epifaunal assemblage is further reported in this study.

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First report of marine sponge Chelonaplysilla delicata (Demospongiae: Darwinellidae) from the Andaman Sea/Indian Ocean with a baseline information of epifauna on a mesophotic shipwreck

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Immanuel

Lakra

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Three new records of Keratosa sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Pereira,

Raghunathan

2024

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Keratose sponges (Keratosa Grant, 1861) of India have not been studied much in detail. The present investigation is part of exploratory sponge taxonomy studies conducted at several localities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during 2015–2018. Three keratose sponges distributed among three different families are reported herein for the first time from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Dysidea granulosa Bergquist, 1965 (Dysideidae Gray, 1867); Dictyodendrilla cavernosa (Lendenfeld, 1888) (Dictyodendrillidae Bergquist, 1980), Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1806) (Thorectidae Bergquist, 1978). Among these, D. cavernosa is a new record to India. Taxonomic descriptions of all the three species are provided and their distribution within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands vis-à-vis Indo-Pacific is discussed.

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Diversity of Sponges in Marine Protected Areas of North Andaman, India

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First report of marine sponge Chelonaplysilla delicata (Demospongiae: Darwinellidae) from the Andaman Sea/Indian Ocean with a baseline information of epifauna on a mesophotic shipwreck

First report of marine sponge Chelonaplysilla delicata (Demospongiae: Darwinellidae) from the Andaman Sea/Indian Ocean with a baseline information of epifauna on a mesophotic shipwreck

Three new records of Keratosa sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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