Distribution of Pteropods (Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the coastal waters of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh

This paper deals with the collection of planktonic pteropods from the coastal waters of southern Orissa and Northern Andhra Pradesh coast during winter monsoon. The collection of pteropods comprising about 6 species belonging to three genera and three family. Among the 6 species, Creseis virgula and Creseis chierchiae were not reported previously from the coastal waters of northern Bay of Bengal. So these 2 species are new records from the east coast of India.