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Ascidian diversity (Chordata: Tunicata) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Cover

Ascidian diversity (Chordata: Tunicata) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
Volume 47 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)
By: Rajaram Murugan and  Gnanakkan Ananthan  
Open Access
|Jun 2018

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Map showing the sampling sites on Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Map showing the sampling sites on Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Figure 2

Shannon-Wiener diversity (H’) of ascidians recorded at the sampling sites during the study period
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
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
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
K-dominance curves drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites

Figure 6

Dendrogram drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites
Dendrogram drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites

Figure 7

MDS plot drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites
MDS plot drawn for ascidians identified at the sampling sites

List of species collected from Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the study period

OrderSuborderFamilyGeneraSpecies
EnterogonaAplousobranchiaDidemnidaeDidemnumDidemnum granulatum
DidemnumDidemnum molle
DidemnumDidemnum psammatodes
DiplosomaDiplosoma listerianum
LissoclinumLissoclinum fragile
LissoclinumLissoclinum levitum
LissoclinumLissoclinum patella
TrididemnumTrididemnum cyclops
ClavelinidaeClavelinaClavelina picta
ClavelinaClavelina robusta
PolyclinidaeAplidiumAplidium conicum
AplidiumAplidium elegans
AplidiumAplidium fuscum
EudistomaEudistoma gilboviride
EudistomaEudistoma viride
PhlebobranchiaAscidiidaeAscidiaAscidia virginea
PhallusiaPhallusia arabica
PhallusiaPhallusia fumigata
PhallusiaPhallusia ingeria
PhallusiaPhallusia julinea
DiazonideRhopalaeaRhopalaea crassa
PleurogonaStolidobranchiaPyuridaeHalocynthiaHalocynthia papillosa
HerdmaniaHerdmania momus
StyelideaBotrylloidesBotrylloides leachi
BotrylloidesBotrylloides pizoni
EusynstyelaEusynstyela latericius
PolycarpaPolycarpa pigmentata
StyelaStyela gibbsii
StyelaStyela plicata
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
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Language: English
Page range: 107 - 117
Submitted on: Aug 30, 2017
Accepted on: Nov 16, 2017
Published on: Jun 18, 2018
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Ascidians diversity,
Andaman and Nicobar islands,
cluster analysis,
multidimensional scaling
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