First record of Zoanthus gigantus Reimer & Tsukahara, 2006 (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from Indian waters, South Asia

By

Kumari, Sonia
Zacharia, Pariyappanal Ulahannan
Sreenath, Kannanchery Ramanathan
Kripa, Vasant
George, Grinson

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-12-8

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

945--950

Subjects

climate change , Cnidaria , Gujarat , new record , Saurashtra coast , Zoantharia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.945

 

Abstract

Zoanthus gigantus, family Zoanthidae, is reported for the first time from south Asia. The earlier distribution of the species has been known only from Japan, China, and Taiwan waters. Colonies of Z. gigantus were noticed along Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, during a field survey, in frame of monitoring Zoantharian diversity along Indian coast. Species was identified using morphological and histological examination. The occurrence of Z. gigantus from this additional biogeographic region highlights the distribution range extension of the species.