Check List 11(4): e19276, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1677
First records of two lobate comb-jellies (Ctenophora) from the Pakistani coast
expand article infoShahnawaz Gul‡, Otto Müller Patrão de Oliveira§
‡ Jamia Millia Government Degree College, Pakistan§ Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil

Corresponding author: Shahnawaz Gul ( gulshahnawaz@yahoo.com )

© 2017 Shahnawaz Gul, Otto Oliveira.
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Citation: Oliveira O, Gul S (2015) First records of two lobate comb-jellies (Ctenophora) from the Pakistani coast. Check List 11(4): 1677. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1677
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Abstract
The knowledge on the comb-jellies faunistics along the southern Asian coast is very scarce. For some countries such as Pakistan there are no previous formal records of ctenophores. This study is a first survey to the group diversity along Pakistani coast, resulting in the first records of two lobate species, Bolinopsis infundibulum and Ocyropsis maculata.
Keywords
ctenophore; gelatinous predators; Indian Ocean; Arabian Sea