TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tikader, B. K. & others
TI  - Sea shore animals of Andaman & Nicobar islands. Ed. by The Director, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta
U1  - 591.95488 
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Calcutta
PB  - The Director Zoological Survey of India
N1  - C ON TENTS Foreword by Dr. S. Z.  Qasim  v Editor's Preface  vii Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1 Oceanographic Investigations of the Andaman Sea 4 Curren'ts in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal7 Zoogeography of the Andaman Sea   14 Marine Environment and its zones 19 Rocky Shores  19 Sandy Shores23 Muddy Shores  30 Mangroves  33 Plants in the Sea-Sea grasses  36 Living Floaters-Plankton  42 Perforations and Spicules-Sponges 43 Sailing Colonies-Pelagic Coelenterates  45 Floating  umbrellas-Jelly  Fishes 47 Flower Animals-Sea Anemones48 Polyps with Skeletons-Corals 57 Marine Worms-Flat Worms, Ribbon Worms & Segmented Worms 69 Armoured Animals with Jointed Feet--Crustaceans  72 Soft Bodied Animals with Eight, Two, One or No Shells-Molluscs  86 Lace Work with Beaks-Bryozoans  100 Spiny Skinned Animals-Echinoderms  102 Sea Squirts and Tulips-Tunicatea  121 Fins and Backbones-Fishes 122 Cold Blooded Air Breathers-Turtles.Crocodiles and Snakes133 Flyiifig Visitors of the Sea Shore-Birds  141 Warm Blooded Animals-Whales, Dolphins and Sea Cows 143 Selected  Bibliography 145 Appendix153 List of Species of Marine Invertebrates Recorded from Andaman andNicobar Islands a Sponges  154 b Coelenterates  154 c Polychaetes  158 d Crustaceans  160 e Pycnogonids 165 f Molluscs  165 g Sipunculids  179 h Echinoderms 179 Index  184
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