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Notes on the occurrence of Porpita porpita (Blue button) from Pulicat Lagoon
Vol 4 No 7 (2014), Articles
Vol 4 No 7 (2014)

Notes on the occurrence of Porpita porpita (Blue button) from Pulicat Lagoon

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Published November 7, 2014
Ravichandran Ramanibai
Unit of Aquatic Biodiversity, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600 025, India
Sivalingam Govindan
Unit of Aquatic Biodiversity, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600 025, India
Thamotharan Balakrishnan
Unit of Aquatic Biodiversity, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu -600 025, India
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Keywords

Hydrozoans
Porpita porpita
Pulicat lagoon

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Ramanibai, R., Govindan, S., & Balakrishnan, T. (2014). Notes on the occurrence of Porpita porpita (Blue button) from Pulicat Lagoon. Journal of Research in Biology, 4(7), 1487-1490. Retrieved from https://ojs.jresearchbiology.com/index.php/jrb/article/view/367
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Abstract

We spotted the presence of blue buttons washed ashore during the month of December 2013 in Pulicat lagoon. These rare sited organisms were observed during our regular faunal field visit along the Pulicat lagoon.

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