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NEW RECORD OF TWO SCLERACTINIAN CORALS FROM NEIL ISLAND,RITCHIES ARCHIPELAGO

2011; Volume: 2011; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

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Tamal Monda, C. Raghunathan,

Marine and coastal plant biology

Diversified natural organisms of various species are the keystone representative of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. These Islands are the most diverse areas with enriched marine organisms of various attributes. Scleractinia is the one of the most diverse order of anthozoas showing various species of corals have owing marine biodiversity of these islands. The survey was made in Neil Island of Ritchies Archipelago, revealed out the corals Galaxea cryptoramosa (Fenner and Veron,2000) and Pocillopora ligualata (Dana,1846), belongs to the family Oculinidae and Pocilloporidae respectively, were identified as new record to Indian Water. This paper deals with their morphological and taxonomical features.