Taxonomic study of corals (Orders Scleractinia; Family Agariciidae Gray, 1847) deposited in zoological museum of university of Karachi. | [International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology • 2014]

Author(s):

1. Abid Raza: Department of Environmental Science, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Rukhsana Perveen: Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

3. S. Shahid Shaukat: Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

4. M. Afzal Farooq: Department of Environmental Science, Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

Three species of scleractinian corals Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1848, Agaricia agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pavona decussata (Dana, 1846) of the family Agariciidae Gray, 1847 were originally collected by Mr. James A. Murray (Curator and Zoologist at Victoria Museum, Karachi) in 1880 from Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea.These specimens were present in the Victoria Museum, Frere Hall, Karachi before 1952. Currently, these collections are kept in Zoological Museum of the University of Karachi. The present study deals with the detailed taxonomical description of the Agariciid corals. Species are compared with standard literature and the keys.

Page(s): 703-706

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Published: Journal: International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Year: 2014

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