Sponge fauna of the Lakshadweep Islands of Indian Ocean

Varsha, M S and Sethulakshmi, M and Joshi, K K and Varghese, Molly and Thobias, P A and Vinod, K and Sreenath, K R and Raju, Aju K and Anto, Alvin and Reshma Prasad, A and Kingsly, H Jose and Parvathy, M S and Sheeba, K B and Raghunathan, C and Gopalakrishnan, A (2021) Sponge fauna of the Lakshadweep Islands of Indian Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 63 (1). pp. 97-109.

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Abstract

The present study deals with four new records of sponges found at Lakshadweep area and a checklist of sponges reported off. The new records are Agelas oroides, Callyspongia (Cladochalina) aculeata, Raspailia (Clathriodendron) arbuscula and Stylissa massa. Details about the species diversity of common sponges, massive sponges, boring sponges of the area are discussed and presented.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	New records; Agelas; Callyspongia; Raspailia; Stylissa; massive sponges; boring sponges New records, Agelas, Callyspongia, Raspailia, Stylissa, massive sponges, boring sponges
Subjects:	Marine Ecosystems > Sponges
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	19 Apr 2022 08:29
Last Modified:	19 Apr 2022 08:29
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/15910

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