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Occurrence of Marivagia stellata (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae) along the coast of Pakistan, northern Arabian Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2014

Shahnawaz Gul ,
Mohammad Moazzam  and
Bella S. Galil
Shahnawaz Gul*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Malir, Karachi, Pakistan
Mohammad Moazzam
Affiliation:
WWF-Pakistan, 46-K, Block 6, PECHS, Karachi 75400, Pakistan
Bella S. Galil
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Gul, Department of Zoology, Jamia Millia Government Degree College Malir, Karachi, Pakistan email: gulshahnawaz@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Marivagia stellata, a cepheid jellyfish was previously recorded off Kerala, India in the south-east of the Arabian Sea. Now, the species has been found off the mouth of the River Indus, Pakistan for the first time. This new record greatly extends the range of its distribution to the north-east of the Arabian Sea along the coast of Pakistan.

Keywords

RhizostomeaeCepheidaejellyfishPakistanArabian Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e112
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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