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Nine bryozoan species have been illustrated and described for the first time from Indian waters: Parasmittina signata (Waters), P. tubula (Kirkpatrick), P. elongata (Okada and Mawatari), P. parsevalii (Audouin), P. aviculata (Mawatari), P. egyptiaca (Waters), P. tropica (Robertson), P. california (Robertson), P. projecta (Okada and Mawatari) A comparison of the important morphological characteristics with illustrations and descriptions of these species, published in previous papers, has revealed a considerable degree of variability. My findings extend the geographical distribution of 5 species to the Indian Ocean. They demonstrate that the representatives of the genus Parasmittina Osburn in Indian waters are Indo-Pacific in character.
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Communicated by N. K. Panikkar, Panaji
Part of a thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Kerala, India.
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Menon, N.R. Species of the genus Parasmittina (Bryozoa, Ascophora) from Indian waters. Mar. Biol. 14, 72–84 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365784
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