{"title":"A New Record of Soft Coral, Lobophytum varium Tixier-Durivault, 1970 (Sarcophytidae: Malacalcyonacea) from the Andaman Islands, India","authors":"S. Rajendra, C. Raghunathan","doi":"10.1007/s40009-023-01378-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soft corals are sessile marine benthic organisms that belong to the subclass Octocorallia of the class Anthozoa and play a significant role in the coral reef ecosystem. A recent marine faunal survey revealed the distribution of <i>Lobophytum varium</i> Tixier-Durivault, 1970 is reported here as a new record for India. The species is distinguished from congeneric species by the skeletal component structures of the colony’s surface layer, which have clubs and rod-shaped sclerites, and the interior regions contain cylindrical, spindle, oblong-shaped, irregular-shaped, and slender capstan-shaped sclerites. This paper provides a detailed descriptions of colony morphology and sclerite and their illustrations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":717,"journal":{"name":"National Academy Science Letters","volume":"47 5","pages":"477 - 482"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"National Academy Science Letters","FirstCategoryId":"4","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40009-023-01378-w","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Soft corals are sessile marine benthic organisms that belong to the subclass Octocorallia of the class Anthozoa and play a significant role in the coral reef ecosystem. A recent marine faunal survey revealed the distribution of Lobophytum varium Tixier-Durivault, 1970 is reported here as a new record for India. The species is distinguished from congeneric species by the skeletal component structures of the colony’s surface layer, which have clubs and rod-shaped sclerites, and the interior regions contain cylindrical, spindle, oblong-shaped, irregular-shaped, and slender capstan-shaped sclerites. This paper provides a detailed descriptions of colony morphology and sclerite and their illustrations.
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The National Academy Science Letters is published by the National Academy of Sciences, India, since 1978. The publication of this unique journal was started with a view to give quick and wide publicity to the innovations in all fields of science
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