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On the occurrence of Porpita porpita (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) at Pakistan coast (North Arabian Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2014

Shahnawaz Gul  and
Cinzia Gravili
Shahnawaz Gul*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan
Cinzia Gravili
Affiliation:
Di.S.Te.B.A. (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali), Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Gul, Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan email: gulshahnawaz@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Porpita porpita widely occurs in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea. In spite of its presence in the north-western Indian Ocean with records from the eastern Arabian Sea (Indian coast), its distribution in the North Arabian Sea, at the Pakistan coast has been found lacking in the literature. The present report deals with the occurrence of P. porpita at the Karachi coast of Pakistan and confirms its presence in the region.

Keywords

PorpitidaepleustoniczooplanktonassociationPakistanNorth Arabian Sea
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e24
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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