scholarly journals The habits and structure of pseudapocryptes lanceolatus, a fish in the first stages of structural adaptation to aerial respiration

1934 ◽  
Vol 115 (795) ◽  
pp. 422-430 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Andaman Islands ◽  
Structural Adaptation ◽  
Indian Science ◽  
Aerial Respiration ◽  
Malay Archipelago ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Ganges

Two short accounts of the habits of pseudapocryptes lanceolatus were communicated by me to the Indian Science Congress and were published in the Proceedings of the Congress, Das (1930), Das (1932). There are 11 Indian genera of the family Gobiidæ which include 89 species. The genus Pseudapocryptes has been reported from the coasts of India, Burma, the Andaman Islands, and the Malay archipelago. The specimens of pseudapocryptes lanceolatus studied were obtained from the estuary of the Ganges, Chiefly from Port Canning and Diamond Harbour, not far from Calcutta. The fish is often brought to the Calcutta market and is especially abundant during the months of October and November.

scholarly journals Linostoma decandrum (Roxb. ) Wall. ex Endl. (Thymelaeaceae): an addition to the flora of Andaman Islands, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 14921-14922
Author(s):  
L. Rasingam ◽  
K. Karthigeyan
Keyword(s):  
Northeast India ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nicobar Islands

Linostoma decandrum (Roxb. ) Wall. ex Endl. belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae is known from Assam and Manipur states of northeast India is reported here as a new addition to the flora of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

scholarly journals On some squat lobsters from India (Decapoda, Anomura, Munididae), with description of a new species of Paramunida Baba, 1988

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 965 ◽  
pp. 17-36
Author(s):  
Enrique Macpherson ◽  
Tin-Yam Chan ◽  
Appukuttannair Biju Kumar ◽  
Paula C. Rodríguez-Flores
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Genetic Similarity ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
Squat Lobster ◽  
Mitochondrial Markers ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Squat Lobsters

Squat lobster specimens belonging to the family Munididae were recently collected along the southwestern coast of the mainland of India and in the Andaman Islands. The specimens belong to two known species, Agononida prolixa (Alcock, 1894) and Munida compacta Macpherson, 1997, and a new species, Paramunida bineeshisp. nov. We here redescribe A. prolixa and describe and figure the new species. Munida compacta is newly recorded from India, and we figure the live coloration. In addition, molecular and phylogenetic analyses of two mitochondrial markers (16S rRNA and COI) revealed the phylogenetic relationships of M. compacta and P. bineeshisp. nov. with their most closely related congeners. The genetic similarity among the individuals of M. compacta from different locations is also addressed.

New species and new records of cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Cumacea) from the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2966 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
IORGU PETRESCU ◽  
TAPAS CHATTERJEE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
New Records ◽  
Plumose Seta ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

This paper describes a collection of Cumaceans from intertidal macroalgae on the shores of the Andaman Islands containing two new species viz. Bodotria andamanensis sp. nov. of the family Bodotriidae, Gynodiastylis bacescui sp. nov. of the family Gynodiastylidae and five species of the family Nannastacidae of which three species viz. Cumella forficuloides Băcescu & Muradian, 1975, Nannastacus goniatus Gamô, 1962 and Scherocumella nichollsi Hale, 1945 are recorded for the first time from India. Bodotria andamanensis sp. nov. is characterized by having two large visual elements, the first segment of the pereon hardly visible dorsally, maxilliped 3 with robust articles, a short uropod, rami with two articles; Gynodiastylis bacescui sp. nov. is characterized by an elongated carapace, a rounded and large telson, reaching half of the length of the uropodal peduncle, the basis of maxilliped 3 with a short outer plumose seta, and a uropodal endopod with three articles.

Syncarpia and Tristaniopsis (Myrtaceae) possess specialised fire-resistant epicormic structures

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey E. Burrows
Keyword(s):  
Common Ancestor ◽  
Secondary Xylem ◽  
Outer Region ◽  
Leaf Axil ◽  
Crown Fire ◽  
Structural Adaptation ◽  
The Family

On a worldwide basis epicormic resprouting after intense or crown fire is extremely rare, but is quite common in the eucalypts. Recent research has shown that the eucalypts have a highly modified epicormic structure that provides the bud-forming tissues with excellent protection from heat. A small number of non-eucalypts from the Myrtaceae have also been recorded as post-fire epicormic resprouters and it was considered of interest to determine whether this response was achieved through a similar or different structural adaptation. Leaf axils and epicormic structures of two species of Syncarpia and three species of Tristaniopsis were examined anatomically. Although the leaf axil anatomy of Syncarpia and Tristaniopsis was quite different (and different from that of the eucalypts), the epicormic structure was similar to that of the eucalypts, as the outer region of each epicormic strand possessed several strips of cells of meristematic appearance that were best developed in the innermost bark or even the outermost secondary xylem. As Syncarpia, Tristaniopsis and the eucalypts are only distantly related to each other within the Myrtaceae, it appears that this specialised fire-adapted epicormic structure may have developed multiple times within the family or originated from a common ancestor of the family.

The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (1) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
UNMESH KATWATE ◽  
PRADEEP KUMKAR ◽  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
RAJEEV RAGHAVAN ◽  
NEELESH DAHANUKAR
Keyword(s):  
Distinct Group ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
The Ganges ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Two Populations

In his work on the fishes of the Andaman Islands, Francis Day (1870) collected large-sized specimens of Aplocheilus from the south Andamans. Despite differences in the size and dorsal-fin ray counts, Day refrained from recognising the Andaman Aplocheilus as a distinct species and considered it as Aplocheilus panchax, a species distributed in the Ganges delta and across the eastern coast of mainland India. However, Day mentioned the differences in fin-ray counts between these two populations. Subsequently Köhler (1906) described the Andaman population as Haplochilus andamanicus (now in Aplocheilus), referring to the diagnostic characters initially discovered by Day. This species failed to receive recognition from taxonomists, because of the uncertainty regarding the validity of the species and its questionable synonymy with A. panchax. In this study, based on morphological and molecular evidence, we demonstrate that A. andamanicus is indeed a distinct and valid species, which can easily be diagnosed from the widespread A. panchax. While resolving the identity of A. andamanicus, we also demonstrate that the congeners from southeast Asia form a genetically distinct group for which the name Odontopsis armata is available. 

New species and records of the lichen genus Acanthothecis (Graphidaceae) from India

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharati SHARMA ◽  
Urmila MAKHIJA ◽  
Pradnya KHADILKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractRecent revisions of the graphidaceous lichens of India have brought to light several new taxa in the family Graphidaceae. In the present study seven species of Acanthothecis are recognized from India. Three new species, viz. Acanthothecis archeri, A. celata, and A. coccinea, are described and A. nivalis, a species described earlier from the Andaman Islands, has now been recorded from the mainland. A revised key to the seven Acanthothecis species so far known from India is also presented.

scholarly journals New distribution records of three Sarcophyton species (Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Indian waters from Andaman Islands

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 10426
Author(s):  
Seepana Rajendra ◽  
C. Raghunathan ◽  
Tamal Mondal
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Andaman Islands ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
The Family ◽  
Indian Waters ◽  
New Distribution

Three alcyonacean corals—Sarcophyton acutum Tixier-Durivault, 1970, S. latum (Dana, 1846) and S. spongiosum Thompson & Dean, 1931—under the family Alcyoniidae are reported from Andaman Islands as new records to Indian waters.  The paper deals with the detailed taxonomic description of these three newly recorded alcyonacean species along with a note on their previously known distribution.

scholarly journals Characterization and classification of some intensively cultivated soils from the Ganges river floodplain of Bangladesh

1970 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
MM Hossain ◽  
ZH Khan ◽  
MS Hussain ◽  
AR Mazumder
Keyword(s):  
Clay Fraction ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Ganges River ◽  
Soil Series ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
Alkaline Reaction ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Ganges

Most of the soil samples from four pedons representing some extensive soil series from the Ganges river floodplain of Bangladesh found to be heavy textured with clay content averaging from 43 to 55 per cent up to a depth of one meter. The soils had neutral to alkaline reaction with high percentage of base saturation. Because of seasonal flooding ranging from two - three months the soils have developed redoximorphic features including redox concentration in the middle zone and a redox depletion in the lower zone of the profiles. The seasonal submergence and drying are the most active factors in developing the morphogenetic features in these soils. Smectite was the dominant clay mineral followed by mica and kaolinite with small quantities of vermiculites and interstratified minerals. The minerals in the clay fraction of the soils appear to be inherited from alluvial parent materials with very little in situ mineral transformation. The soils were characterized at the family categoric level of USDA soil taxonomy.Key words: Ganges river floodplain; Characterization; Classification; Cultivated soilsDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dujbs.v20i1.8870Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 20(1): 71-80, 2011 (January)

scholarly journals Children customary clothe in Malay head shaving – cukur jambul ceremony for the communal

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.9) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Nor Idayu Ibrahim ◽  
Arba’iyah Ab Aziz ◽  
Mohamad Mohamad Kamal Abd Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Malay Archipelago ◽  
The Family

The Malay Archipelago, Malay community have a unique tradition and custom that are align to their belief and lifestyle. Head Shaving ceremony is a kind of a ceremony in Malay tradition and custom. This is one of a kind to welcoming the birth of a new baby into the family. Each custom is regarded as unique and special, that has been celebrated for specific purpose that lies in the same Islamic taught and belief. This study aims to discover the children customary clothe in Malay head shaving ceremony or Cukur Jambul that focuses on the Malay tradition. Other than that, it is to document the knowledge with regards to the Malay children starts from baby. This study emphasizes Meyer Schapiro’s on theory of style in the context of artefact or material culture object. The research paper applies the qualitative method due to its flexibility views from the informants, observation is made due to the photos collection during the head shaving ceremony. The Malay was maintaining to use Malay traditional clothe in most of their custom ceremonies until today. All in all, this study will provide invaluable source of references to the Malay custom and culture that benefited the royalty’s family, researchers, academicians, scholars, students, cultural activist, and museum curators in archiving about the customary clothe during Head Shaving ceremony. 

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