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First report of free-living, solitary zoanthid from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair-744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, West Bengal.
  • 2. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1417-5496

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Mondal, Tamal, Raghunathan, C. (2023): First report of free-living, solitary zoanthid from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa 5244 (3): 293-298, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5244.3.7

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