Checklist of cnidarians from Pakistani waters

By

Gul, Shahnawaz
Morandini, André Carrara
Häussermann, Vreni
Pörschmann, Ulrich

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-3-25

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1609--8

Subjects

author. E-mail: gulshahnawaz@yahoo.com Abstract: K , Cubozoa , Hydrozoa , northern Arabian Sea , Scyphozoa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1609

 

Abstract

We present a species list of the marine cnidarians recorded from the Pakistani waters,  north­ern Arabian Sea. It comprises a total of  119 species distributed in  41 families, 14 orders and 4 classes. With 44 species, the order Scleractinia (class Anthozoa) is the best-represented cnidarian taxon. Cnidarians from Pakistan are a poorly studied group which is mentioned in few occasional papers; no new species have been described from the region. The present paper will provide baseline information for future studies in Pakistan.