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Aequorea pensilis (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) bloom and first record from Pakistan coast (North Arabian Sea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2013

Shahnawaz Gul  and
Cinzia Gravili
Shahnawaz Gul*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Govt. Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan
Cinzia Gravili
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, del Lecce, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Gul, Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Aequorea pensilis was recorded for the first time in massive quantities on 17 August 2013 at Damb, Sonmiani; however, only a few stranded specimens were collected from Clifton on 2 December 2012. Both these localities are on the Pakistan coast. These findings suggest that, A. pensilis has been established in this region. This report also provides the first record of A. pensilis from Pakistan and is the first report of a hydroidomedusa from the region. This species is distributed in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

hydroidomedusaleptothecataAequoreidaemeroplanktonicPakistanNorth Arabian Seabloomfirst record
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e131
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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