TY - JOUR
T1 - First Record of Porpita porpita (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the coral reef ecosystem, Bangladesh
AU - Shah Nawaz Chowdhury, M.
AU - Sharifuzzaman, S.M.
AU - Chowdhury, Sayedur Rahman
AU - Rashed-Un-Nabi, Md
AU - Hossain, M.S.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The occurrence of Porpita porpita is reported, for the first time, in the coral island of St. Martin’s located in the southeastern coastal region of Bangladesh. P. porpita was found to occur in the lower littoral zone and beach rock pools, together with molluscan species, and collected during the pre-monsoon season when both water temperature (> 30°C) and salinity (> 30‰) tend to reach a maximum. This study recounts some details on the discovery and description of the species, and thus extends the global distribution and range limits of the genus Porpita.
AB - The occurrence of Porpita porpita is reported, for the first time, in the coral island of St. Martin’s located in the southeastern coastal region of Bangladesh. P. porpita was found to occur in the lower littoral zone and beach rock pools, together with molluscan species, and collected during the pre-monsoon season when both water temperature (> 30°C) and salinity (> 30‰) tend to reach a maximum. This study recounts some details on the discovery and description of the species, and thus extends the global distribution and range limits of the genus Porpita.
KW - Bangladesh
KW - Bay of Bengal
KW - Hydrozoa
KW - Porpita
KW - Saint Martin’s Island
U2 - 10.1007/s12601-016-0025-9
DO - 10.1007/s12601-016-0025-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84975800804
SN - 1738-5261
VL - 51
SP - 293
EP - 297
JO - Ocean Science Journal
JF - Ocean Science Journal
IS - 2
ER -