Abstract
Lithotrya nicobarica Reinhardt, 1850 are scalpellid barnacles restricted to tropical coral reefs of the intertidal region and successfully adapted themselves to a cryptic mode of life, capable of boring into dead-coral substrates. The present study investigates the intertidal distribution and the factors limiting the distribution of L. nicobarica in the reefs of the Great Nicobar Island.
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The authors are grateful to the authorities of Annamalai University and Director, CAS in Marine Biology, for the facilities provided, and the first author thanks the Ministry of Environment and Forests for financial support.
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Namboothri, N., Fernando, S.A. (2012). Intertidal Distribution of the Coral-Boring Barnacle Lithotrya nicobarica Reinhardt, 1850 in the Great Nicobar Island. In: Venkataraman, K., Raghunathan, C., Sivaperuman, C. (eds) Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28335-2_3
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