Scholarly Article
First report of endemic Taiwanese caryophyllid coral Polycyathus chaishanensis from Indian waters
Mondal, T., Raghunathan, C.
2022-06-01 · Life and Environment · Sorbonne Université
Abstract
Ahermatypic corals are mostly distributed in the greater depth region in com- parison with shallow areas while inter-tidal zones are representing very limited species diversity. The family Caryophylliidae harbors the maximum species of ahermatypic corals including a maximum of azooxanthellate corals also. Polycyathus chaishanensis Lin, Kitahara, Tachikawa, Keshavmurthy & Chen, 2012 is an endemic zooxanthellate caryophylliid coral of inter-tidal habitats of Taiwan. This present paper deals with a new distributional record of P. chaishanensis from a tidal pool of Andaman and Nicobar Islands as a new addition to Indian waters. DOI: 10.57890/VIEMILIEU/2022.72.1/2:17-22
Keywords
Ahermatypic corals, Caryophylliidae, Azooxanthellate, New record, Andaman and nicobar islands
Citation Details
Life and Environment, pp. 17-22