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XII. Checklist of locally threatened, endangered and rare species in the<br />

Gulf of Kachchh and peripheral area.<br />

Gulf of Kachchh<br />

Category Species Name Common Name Habitat Category<br />

ALGAE<br />

1 2 3 4 5<br />

Green algae Codium decorticatum R<br />

Bryopsi s ramul osa R<br />

Viva (asciata R<br />

Valonia utricularis R<br />

Valoniopsis pachynema R<br />

Enteromorpha flexuosa R<br />

Caulerpa cupressoides R<br />

Brown algae Hydroclathrus clathratus R<br />

sargassum plagiophyl/um R<br />

Spathoglossum asperum R<br />

Turbinaria ornate R<br />

Red algae Acanthophora spicifera R<br />

Amphiroa foliacea R<br />

Chondria dasyphyl/a R<br />

Coelarthrum opuntia R<br />

Dasya sp. R<br />

Desmia hommanni R<br />

Gelidiopsis graci/is R<br />

Gigartina sp. R<br />

Gracil/aria pygmaea R<br />

Sebdenia polydatyla R<br />

Chnoospora implexa R<br />

Scinaia indica R<br />

MANGROVES<br />

Avicennia officiani/is Pat Cher Hightidal mudflat T<br />

Avicennia alba Pat Cher Hightidal mudflat R<br />

Ceriopes tagal Kunari Creek T<br />

Agiceroes comiculata Creek T<br />

Rhizophora mucronata Kurod Creek T<br />

Rhizophora apiculata Creek R<br />

Bruigiera gymnorhiza Mudflat R<br />

Bruigiera parylflora Mudflat R<br />

Sonnertia ape tala Mudflat R<br />

INVERTEBRATE FAUNA<br />

Stinging corals Mil/ipora sp. Fire corals Reef slope R<br />

Distichopora sp. Lace coral Reef slope R<br />

Jelly fish Chironex fie cheri Box jelly fish Reef slope R<br />

Flat worm Pseudoceros leptostichus Flatworm Reef R<br />

Pseudobiceros sp. Flatworm Reef R<br />

Tube worm sabel/astorie sp. Tube worm Reef R<br />

Protula sp. Tube worm Reef R<br />

Echinoderms Portiometra audersoni Feather star Reef R<br />

Zoantharians Palythoa sp. - Reef rock R<br />

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