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Fauna of the Chilka Lake : Coelenterates. 



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COELENTERATES OF THE CHILKA LAKE. 



m.a. = main area : o.ch. = outer channel : sp. gr.=speciflc gravity of water in the lake. 

 Species whose names are marked with a star have been found only in the Chilka L-ake. 



ANTHOZOA. 



Aetiniaria 

 Actiniidae. 



Gyrostoma glaucum* 



Sagartiidae. 



Phytocoetes chilkaeus* 

 Pelocoetes exul 



Edwardsiidae. 



Halianthus limnicola* 

 Edwardsia tinctrix* 



Alcyonaria. 



Virgulariidae. 



Virgularia sp. . 



SCYPHOÄ1EDUSAE. 

 Rhizostomata 



Rhizostomata Triptera. 



Acromitus rabanchatu 



HYDROZOA. 



Narcomedusae. 

 Aeginidae. 



Solmundella bitentaculata . 



Siphonophora. 

 Diphyidae. 



Diphyes bojani 



Calyptoblastea. 



Campanulinid ae . 



Campanulina ceylonensis 



Campanulariid a e. 

 Obelia spinulosa 



Clytia serrulata 

 Phialidium cruciferum* 



Gymnoblastea. 



Bougainvilliidae. 



Bimeria fluminalis 



Corynidae. 



Dicyclocoryne filamentata 



Hydractiniidae. 



Clavactinia gallensis 



Chilka Lake. 



i.a. 



X 

 X 



X 

 X 



o.ch. 



X 

 X 



Further Distribution. 



Gangetic delta {brackish water). 



Gangetic delta ( ? salinity). 



X Bay of Bengal {marine). 



X Practically cosmopolitan {marine). 



Indian and Pacific Oceans {marine). 



Bay of Bengal; G. of Manaar; 

 Gangetic delta {salt and brackish 



water). 



N. S. Wales; Java: Andamans 

 {marine) . 

 X N. S. Wales {marine). 

 X Perhaps the medusa of C. serrulata 



Gangetic delta (brackish water). 



Gangetic delta {brackish water). 

 G. of Manaar {marine). 



Sp gr. 



1-0075— 1-02575 



1-0105 — 1 0265 

 1-005—1-010 



1 000 — 1*0257 

 i-ooo — 1-0257 



1-000—1-02575 



1-02575 



1-02575 



102575 



102575 



ca. 



1-006 



1 



02575 



1-000—1-02575 



ca. 



1-0150 



1 



02575 



