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First Record of Porpita porpita (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the coral reef ecosystem, Bangladesh

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The occurrence of Porpita porpita is reported, for the first time, in the coral island of St. Martin’s located in the southeastern coastal region of Bangladesh. P. porpita was found to occur in the lower littoral zone and beach rock pools, together with molluscan species, and collected during the pre-monsoon season when both water temperature (> 30°C) and salinity (> 30‰) tend to reach a maximum. This study recounts some details on the discovery and description of the species, and thus extends the global distribution and range limits of the genus Porpita.

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  1. Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331, Bangladesh

    M. Shah Nawaz Chowdhury, S. M. Sharifuzzaman, Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury, Md. Rashed-Un-Nabi & M. Shahadat Hossain

  2. IMARES Wageningen, Institute of Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, Yerseke, 4401, The Netherlands

    M. Shah Nawaz Chowdhury

  3. Aquaculture and Fisheries Group, WIAS, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, 6708, The Netherlands

    M. Shah Nawaz Chowdhury

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Chowdhury, M.S.N., Sharifuzzaman, S.M., Chowdhury, S.R. et al. First Record of Porpita porpita (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the coral reef ecosystem, Bangladesh. Ocean Sci. J. 51, 293–297 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-016-0025-9

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