International Journal of Marine Science 2016, Vol.6, No.28, 1-9
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Table 2 Distribution of zooplankton in various localities along the Gulf of Mannar region
Zooplankton
Foraminifera
40
C.discaudata
1
Globigerina bulloides
41
Centropages orsinii
2
Globigerina opima
42
Cosmocalanus darwinii
Protozoans – Ciliata
43
Eucalanus elongatus*
3
Favella brevis*
44
Farranula gibbula
4
Favella philippinensis
45
Labidocera acuta*
5
Evadne tergestina
46
L.pavo
6
Tintinnopsis conicum
47
L.bataviae
7
T.glans
48
L.madurae
8
T.karajcensis
49
L.minuta
9
T.lohmanni
50
L.pectinata
10
T.mortensenei
51
Nannocalanus minor*
11
T.beroidea
52
Onychocorycaeus catus
12
T.butscheii
53
O.ovalis
13
T.cylindrica
54
Paracalanus parvus*
14
T.directa*
55
Paracalanus aculeatus
15
T.minuta
56
P.attenuatus
16
T.tocantinensis
57
Paracandacia simplex
17
T.bermudensis
58
Pontella spinipes
18
T.tubulosa
59
Pontellopsis armata
19
Calanoid copepod
Acartia spinicauda*
60
P.scotti
20
A.danae*
61
Rhincalanus cornutus
21
A.erythraea
62
R.nasutus
22
Calanopia elliptica
63
Sapphirina auronitens
23
C.aurivilli
64
S.nigromaculata
24
C.minor
65
Subeucalanus crassus
25
C.thompsoni
66
S.monachus
26
Candacia pachydactyla
67
Temora turbinata
27
Centropages calaninus
68
Tortanus barbatus
28
C.furcatus
69
T.gracilis
29
C.tenuiremis
70
Temora discaudata
30
Clausocalanus arcuicornis
71
T.stylifera
31
Pontella danae
Cyclopoid copepod
32
P.securifer
72
Bomolochus
sp.
33
Pontellina plumata
73
Copilia vitrea
34
Pontellopsis herdmani
74
C.mirabilis
35
Pseudodiaptomus aurivilli*
75
Corycaeus danae
36
P.serricaudatus
76
C.longistylis
37
Acrocalanus gracilis
77
C.speciosus*
38
A.monachus
78
Sapphirina ovatolanceolata
39
Candacia bradyi
79
Oithona brevicornis
