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Chromotypes of Globigerinoides ruber in surface sediments from the north-western coast of the Bay of Bengal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2013

Dola Bhattacharjee ,
Charu Sharma  and
Punyasloke Bhadury
Dola Bhattacharjee
Affiliation:
Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research—Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Charu Sharma
Affiliation:
Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research—Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India Bader International Study Centre, Queen's University (Canada), Hailsham, Sussex, UK
Punyasloke Bhadury*
Affiliation:
Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research—Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Bhadury, Integrative Taxonomy and Microbial Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research—Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India email: pbhadury@iiserkol.ac.in
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Abstract

Globigerinoides ruber is a common planktonic foraminifera often used in palaeoceanographic studies. There exist two chromotypes of the species (pink and white). At present, the white chromotype is cosmopolitan in distribution, while the pink chromotype is geographically restricted to the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas (locally extinct from the Indo-Pacific region since 0.12 million years ago). We have documented for the first time the presence of the pink chromotype of G. ruber from the north-western Bay of Bengal (Rushikulya, Orissa coast of India) and we emphasize the occurrence of both the chromotypes of G. ruber in this part of the Indian Ocean.

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planktonic foraminiferaGlobigerinoides ruberchromotypesnorth-western Bay of Bengal

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e133
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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Present address: Ministry of Environment and Forests, Eastern Regional Office, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, India

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