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This site has been developed with financial support from Ministry of Environment and Forests (Govt. of India)

Photo credits: Dr Sayeeda Wafar (from NIO’s Image gallery)

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Different living resources available in the Indian mangrove ecosystems are grouped here. The genus species in the ecosystems would be listed after clicking on one of the groups below. Further links are provided to the literature indicating specific genus species. The images and taxonomic descriptions are captured (as available) from Google images and (Indian) National Center for Biodiversity Informatics site respectively.

True Mangroves evergreen with broad leaved trees with aerial roots like pneumatophores or stilt roots and viviparous germinated seedlings.
Associated flora the plants growing largely with the mangroves but also grow elsewhere.

Other flora any flora which can’t be placed in above categories.

Sea Grasses submerged marine flowering plants, growing in tidal and subtidal regions and not true grasses.

Sea Weeds marine macroscopic algae.

Algae all other algae which are neither seaweeds nor cyanobacteria.

Phytoplankton tiny, microscopic floating algae.

Fungi non-photosynthesizing (i.e., heterotrophic) eukaryotes.

Prokaryotes bacteria, cyanobacteria and viruses.

Zooplankton microscopic animals that float. However, larval forms are classified under respective categories.

Benthos especially copepods and other small benthic animals that can not be classed in other categories

Polychaetes segmented worms such as earthworms and their relatives, leeches, etc.

Molluscs invertebrates, having a soft unsegmented body and a protective calcareous shell.

Kaos box mod

Crustaceans aquatic arthropods, having a segmented body, a chitinous exoskeleton, and paired, joint limbs

Fishes aquatic vertebrates, characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body, bony or cartilaginous skeleton.

Reptiles vertebrates, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs.

Birds feathered vertebrates with forelimbs modified to form wings

Mammals vertebrate animals, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and milk-producing mammary glands in the females

Other fauna any fauna which can’t be placed in above categories

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