Marine bryozoans of Gujarat and Maharashtra
Author
Venkatraman, C.
Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; cvramanmbs @ gmail. com
Author
Padmanaban, P.
Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai - 600028, Tamil Nadu, India
Author
Louis, Soja
St. Theresa College for Women, Ernakulam, Kochi - 682011, Kerala, India
Author
Shrinivaasu, S.
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai - 600 025, Tamil Nadu, India
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2018
118
4
389
404
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/122918
2581-8686
13183723
8.
Hippopodina feegeensis
(Busk, 1884)
(Plate 1f)
Locality
:
Poshitra
,
Dwaraka
,
Gujarat
,
22° 24’ 50.3 N
Substratum
: Dead coral rubble
Description:
Colony is encrusting, often very extensive, unilamilar or multilamilar. Autozooids generally rectangular, slightly inflated when superposed, arranged in longitudinal rows, and separated by well-defined calcareous lines. The Primary orifice is hoofshaped and indented with condyles otherwise with straight lateral sides. Adventitious paired avicularia occupying the disto-lateral region directing inwards with tips not meeting on the median line. Mandibles are acutely triangular. Orifice, orientated medially. Ovicells very large, slightly calcified, rounded and evenly perforated.
Records from Indian waters
: Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar and
Cochin
.
Distribution
:
Philippines
,
Australia
,
Fiji
and the Red Sea.