Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pages in category "Fauna of the Indian Ocean" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Red Sea species hazardous to humans;
Opisthoteuthis philipii is an octopus of the Indian Ocean. It lives off the coast of Kerala, India. [ 3 ] Known specimens were found between 275–365 m (902–1,198 ft) deep in the Arabian Sea [ 1 ] near Alappuzha .
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) was established as an intergovernmental RFMO in 1993 within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations for the management of tunas and tuna like species in the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas under the “Agreement for the Establishment of the Indian Ocean Tuna ...
Echinoderms are found at every ocean depth, from the intertidal zone to the abyssal zone. They are unique among animals in having bilateral symmetry at the larval stage, but fivefold symmetry (pentamerism, a special type of radial symmetry) as adults. [296] Echinoderms are important both biologically and geologically.
The West Indian Ocean coelacanth was discovered in the Indian Ocean off South Africa in the 1930s and in the late 1990s another species, the Indonesian coelacanth, was discovered off Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Most extant coelacanths have been found in the Comoros.
Uroteuthis duvaucelii, also known as the Indian Ocean squid or Indian squid, is an Indo-West Pacific species of squid with a wide range throughout the Indian Ocean to Malaysia and the South China Sea, and is also present in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
This category is for species of the infraorder Brachyura which can be found in the Indian Ocean. Pages in category "Crabs of the Indian Ocean" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The avifauna of the British Indian Ocean Territory include a total of 136 species, of which 6 have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World , 2022 ...