Figure 1
Map showing the sampling sites on Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Table 1
List of species collected from Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the study period
| Order | Suborder | Family | Genera | Species |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterogona | Aplousobranchia | Didemnidae | Didemnum | Didemnum granulatum |
| Didemnum | Didemnum molle | |||
| Didemnum | Didemnum psammatodes | |||
| Diplosoma | Diplosoma listerianum | |||
| Lissoclinum | Lissoclinum fragile | |||
| Lissoclinum | Lissoclinum levitum | |||
| Lissoclinum | Lissoclinum patella | |||
| Trididemnum | Trididemnum cyclops | |||
| Clavelinidae | Clavelina | Clavelina picta | ||
| Clavelina | Clavelina robusta | |||
| Polyclinidae | Aplidium | Aplidium conicum | ||
| Aplidium | Aplidium elegans | |||
| Aplidium | Aplidium fuscum | |||
| Eudistoma | Eudistoma gilboviride | |||
| Eudistoma | Eudistoma viride | |||
| Phlebobranchia | Ascidiidae | Ascidia | Ascidia virginea | |
| Phallusia | Phallusia arabica | |||
| Phallusia | Phallusia fumigata | |||
| Phallusia | Phallusia ingeria | |||
| Phallusia | Phallusia julinea | |||
| Diazonide | Rhopalaea | Rhopalaea crassa | ||
| Pleurogona | Stolidobranchia | Pyuridae | Halocynthia | Halocynthia papillosa |
| Herdmania | Herdmania momus | |||
| Styelidea | Botrylloides | Botrylloides leachi | ||
| Botrylloides | Botrylloides pizoni | |||
| Eusynstyela | Eusynstyela latericius | |||
| Polycarpa | Polycarpa pigmentata | |||
| Styela | Styela gibbsii | |||
| Styela | Styela plicata |
Figure 2
Shannon-Wiener diversity (H’) of ascidians recorded at the sampling sites during the study period
Figure 3
Margalef’ s richness index (D) of ascidians recorded at the sampling sites during the study period
Figure 4
Pielou’s evenness index (J’) of ascidians recorded at the sampling sites during the study period
Figure 5
K-dominance curves drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites
Figure 6
Dendrogram drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites
Figure 7
MDS plot drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites