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New Distributional Records of Actiniarian Sea Anemones from Andaman and Nicobar Islands


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Two species of actiniarian sea anemones Actinodendron arboreum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) and Diadumene leucolena (Verrill, 1866) under the families Actinodendronidae and Diadumenidae respectively were recorded as new addition of sea anemone fauna to India from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Earlier literature indicated that the occurrence of A. arboreum from Asia-Pacific region while D. leucolena known from east and west coast of North America. The diagnostic features of the presently recorded species along with distributional details are provided.

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Sea Anemone, Actinodendron arboreum and Diadumene leucolena, New Records, Andaman.
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Authors

C. Raghunathan
Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair – 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Smitanjali Choudhury
Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair – 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Abstract


Two species of actiniarian sea anemones Actinodendron arboreum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) and Diadumene leucolena (Verrill, 1866) under the families Actinodendronidae and Diadumenidae respectively were recorded as new addition of sea anemone fauna to India from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Earlier literature indicated that the occurrence of A. arboreum from Asia-Pacific region while D. leucolena known from east and west coast of North America. The diagnostic features of the presently recorded species along with distributional details are provided.

Keywords


Sea Anemone, Actinodendron arboreum and Diadumene leucolena, New Records, Andaman.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i1.158269