New Distribution Record of Eight Scleractinian Corals to Indian Water from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

recorded as the new record from the marine environment of Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well as from Indian water for the first time. The present paper deals with the taxonomical features of newly recorded eight species of scleractinian corals with the distribution ranges. Key words: Scleractinian Corals New Record Taxonomy Andaman and Nicobar Islands INTRODUCTION marine environment. This paper deals with the findings of Scleractinian corals are well known as reef building Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well as from Indian corals due to their solid, massive, encrusting etc. mode of water. Taxonomical analysis on morphological characters structural conformation as well as development pattern on of those five with their distribution is described here. the shelf region of the seas in the form of barrier, fringing