New records of two species of colonial ascidians - Aplidium brevilarvaciumKott, 1963 and Aplidium distaplium Kott, 1992 from Indian Waters
@inproceedings{Meenakshia2012NewRO, title={New records of two species of colonial ascidians - Aplidium brevilarvaciumKott, 1963 and Aplidium distaplium Kott, 1992 from Indian Waters}, author={V. K. Meenakshia and S. Senthamaraia}, year={2012} }
From Indian waters only three genera - Sidnyum, Polyclinum and Aplidium of the family Polyclinidae has been reported by earlier workers. Two species - Sidnyum indicum, S. pentatrema of the genus Sidnyum, six species - Polyclinum indicum, P. madrasensis, P. constellatum, P. fungosum, P. nudum and P. saturnium of the genus Polyclinum and one species - Aplidium multiplicatum of the genus Aplidium has been recorded. In the present survey of ascidians along the Gulf of Mannar coast two more species… CONTINUE READING