Incursion of the killer sponge Terpios hoshinota Rützler & Muzik, 1993 on the coral reefs of the Lakshadweep archipelago, Arabian Sea
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- 26 October 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society in Journal of Threatened Taxa
- Vol. 12 (14) , 17009-17013
Abstract
Our study documents the outbreak of a coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in the coral reefs of Lakshadweep archipelago and highlights that it has further extended its territory into the isolated atolls of Arabian Sea and maybe a growing threat to the existing coral reefs in the region.Keywords
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