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New Asterinaceae Members from Kerala, India


 

This paper gives an account of three new taxa of the genus Asterina. Of these, Asterina enicostemmatis and A. scleropyri are the new species, while, A. lobulifera var. indica is the new variety, collected from the Western Ghats region of Kerala State, are described and illustrated in detail.

Keywords

Asterina, New Species, Kerala, India
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V. B. Hosagoudar
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A. Chandraprabha
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Abstract


This paper gives an account of three new taxa of the genus Asterina. Of these, Asterina enicostemmatis and A. scleropyri are the new species, while, A. lobulifera var. indica is the new variety, collected from the Western Ghats region of Kerala State, are described and illustrated in detail.

Keywords


Asterina, New Species, Kerala, India

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2009%2Fv2i6%2F29479