First Record of Porpita Porpita Linnaeus, 1758 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) From Sunhari Beach, Pakistan

Abstract

Porpitidae (Goldfuss, 1818) is a family of marine hydrozoa, a pair of rare sited hydrozoa species, Porpita porpita Linnaeus, 1758 was found in the Sunhari beach deep blue sea, Karachi, Pakistan for the first time in this coast, in the month of May, 2023. The specimen was identified; the morphology and habitat characteristics were also described. The present specimen distribution record will extend the global distribution and region limits of the above species.