Notes on the occurrence of Porpita porpita (Blue button) from Pulicat Lagoon
Keywords:
Hydrozoans, Porpita porpita, Pulicat lagoon
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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Deidun A. 2010. Notes on the recent occurrence of uncommon Pelagic “Jellyfish” species in Maltese Coastal waters. Naturalista Sicil. S. (3-4): 375-384.
Fredrick SW and Ravichandran S. 2010. Anti microbial activity of the Cnidarian Blue Button Porpita porpita (Linneaus, 1758), Midle – east Journal of Scientific Research 5 (5) : 355-358.
Garcia-Barrientos R, Ramos-Puebla A, Hernandez- Samano A, Minor-Perez H and Legarreta GI. 2009. Jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris) tentacles proteins and their Proteolysis Endogenous World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 3(6): 618-620.
Herring PJ. 1971. Stability of the blue pigment of Velella and Porpita (Coelenterata: Siphonophora), Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part B: Comp. Biochem., 39 (4): 1039–1043.
Pandya KM, Parikh KV, Dave CS and Mankodi PC. 2013. Occurrence of Hydrozoans from the saurashtra Coast of Gujarat, India. Res. J. Mar. Sci., 1(4):1-3.
Raskoff KA. Sommer FA. Hamner WM and Cross KM. 2003. Collection and culture techniques for gelatinous zooplankton. Biol. Bull., 204:68–80.
Published
2014-11-07
How to Cite
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/ojs1/index.php/jrb/article/view/367
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