Ctenophora: India

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This is an extract from ANIMAL RESOURCES OF INDIA: Protozoa to Mammalia State of the Art. Zoological Survey of India, 1991. By Professor Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri Director, Zoological Survey of India and his team of devoted scientists. The said book is an enlarged, updated version of The State of Art Report: Zoology Edited by Dr. T. N. Ananthakrishnan, Director, Zoological Survey of India in 1980.

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Ctenophora

Annandale & Kemp (1915) first recorded Ctenophora in Chilka Lake. Moser (1909) recorded some forms from German Expedition. Menon (1927) provided a preliminary note on a new species, Ctenoplana indica. Varadarjan (1934) discovered a species of Coeloplana commensal on starfish (in the sea, off Krusadai Island). Aiyar (1939) recorded the occurrence of CeSium amphitrites from Madras Coast. Devanesan &Varadarjan (1939) reported the Coeloplana spp. discovered by Tatlcrsal at Krusadai and in 1942 they described 3 new species of Coleoplana from Krusadai Island.

Expertise

T. Komai; J. W. Bishio; G. A. Robillard; H Thiel..