Seashore animals of Andaman &; Nicobar Islands
pp 1 - 188 | May 1986
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Foreword by Dr. S. Z. Qasim
—; ;- Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Oceanographic Investigations of the Andaman Sea
- Currents in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
- Zoogeography of the Andaman Sea
Marine Environment and its zones
- Plants in the Sea—Sea grasses
- Living Floaters—Plankton
- Perforations and Spicules—Sponges
- Sailing Colonies—Pelagic Coelenterates
- Floating umbrellas—Jelly Fishes
- Flower Animals—Sea Anemones
- Polyps with Skeletons—Corals
- Marine Worms—Flat Worms, Ribbon Worms & Segmented Worms
- Armoured Animals with Jointed Feet—Crustaceans
- Soft Bodied Animals with Eight, Two, One or No Shells—Molluscs
- Lace Work with Beaks—Bryozoans
- Spiny Skinned Animals—Echinoderms
- Sea Squirts and Tulips—Tunicates
- Fins and Scales—Fishes
- Cold Blooded Air Breathers—Turtles, Crocodiles and Snakes
- Flying Visitors of the Sea Shore—Birds
- Warm Blooded Animals—Whales, Dolphins and Sea Cows
- Selected Bibliography
- Appendix
- List of Species of Marine Invertebrates Recorded from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Alphabetical Index