Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal
Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal
Distribution : India : Andaman Islands. Status : Information deficient. Spiny-Crown worms Only one species has been recorded so far from the islands is endemic (Rao, 1998). Phylum : KINORHYNCHA 1. Echinoderes andamanensis Higgins and Rao 1993. Echinoderes andamanensis : Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 155 : 45. Habitat : Shallow coastal waters. Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Status : Information deficient. Protozoans parasites Protista Phylum : Apicomplexa Class : Sporozoea Order : Eucoccidiida Family : HAEMOPROTAEIDAE 1. Haemoproteus megapodius Nandi and Mandal 1980. Haemoproteus megapodius Nandi and Mandal, Rec.Zool. Surv. India, 77 : 51-54. Host : Megapodius nicobarensis abbotti (=Megapodius frecinet abbotti). Site of Infection : Blood. Distribution : India : Nicobar Islands. Status : Information deficient. Remarks : It was isolated from blood sample of Megapode Bird, Megapodius freycinet abbotti Oberholser. Phylum : Ciliophora 272
Meiofauna Class : Polyhymenophorea Order : Hetrotrichida Family : CLEVELANDELLIDAE 2. Clevelandella kidderi Mandal and Nair 1974. Clevelandella kidderi Mandal and Nair, Acta Protozool., 12 : 351-354. Host : Panesthia sp. Site of infection : Rectum. Distribution : Andaman Islands Status : Data deficient. The pioneering studies made on the meiofauna of the islands by Wells and Rao(1987), Rao (1993), Rao (1975) are noteworthy and revealed the occurrence of endmenic species comprising 49 species of copepods, 2 species of isopods, one species of nudibranch, 2 species of hydrozoans, 4 species of gastrotricha, one species of polychaete. Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea Order Copepoda Suborder Herpaxticoida Family : LONGIPEDIIDAE 1. Longipedia andamanica Wells 1993. Longipedia andamanica : Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 155 : 66. Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Family : CANUELLIDAE 2. Brianola hamonid Wells and Rao 1987. Brianola hamonid Wells and Rao, Memoirs of Zool.Surv.India, 16(4) : 6. Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 3. Caneullina nicobaris Wells and Rao 273
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Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
Status : Information deficient.<br />
Spiny-Crown worms<br />
Only one species has been recorded so far from the isl<strong>and</strong>s is endemic (Rao, 1998).<br />
Phylum : KINORHYNCHA<br />
1. Echinoderes <strong>and</strong>amanensis Higgins <strong>and</strong> Rao<br />
1993. Echinoderes <strong>and</strong>amanensis : Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 155 : 45.<br />
Habitat : Shallow coastal waters.<br />
Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
Status : Information deficient.<br />
Protozoans parasites<br />
Protista<br />
Phylum : Apicomplexa<br />
Class : Sporozoea<br />
Order : Eucoccidiida<br />
Family : HAEMOPROTAEIDAE<br />
1. Haemoproteus megapodius N<strong>and</strong>i <strong>and</strong> M<strong>and</strong>al<br />
1980. Haemoproteus megapodius N<strong>and</strong>i <strong>and</strong> M<strong>and</strong>al, Rec.Zool. Surv. India, 77 : 51-54.<br />
Host : Megapodius nicobarensis abbotti (=Megapodius frecinet abbotti).<br />
Site <strong>of</strong> Infection : Blood.<br />
Distribution : India : <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
Status : Information deficient.<br />
Remarks : It was isolated from blood sample <strong>of</strong> Megapode Bird, Megapodius freycinet<br />
abbotti Oberholser.<br />
Phylum : Ciliophora<br />
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