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AARI Scientist Discovers a New Genus and Species of Freshwater Red Alga (Balakrishnania sundararajii B.B. Chaugule & U Elaya Perumal) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India

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AARI Scientist Discovers a New Genus and Species of Freshwater Red Alga (Balakrishnania sundararajii B.B. Chaugule & U Elaya Perumal) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India The discovery of Balakrishnania sundararajii marks an important contribution to freshwater algal taxonomy and the documentation of India's unexplored algal diversity. Annakkili Amma Research Institute (AARI), Chennai, is delighted to share an important taxonomic achievement involving its scientists: the description of Balakrishnania sundararajii B.B. Chaugule & U. Elaya Perumal gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of freshwater red alga from Maharashtra, India. The research was published in 2026 in Indian Hydrobiology (Volume 25, Issues 1 & 2, pages 147–158), under the authorship of Prof. B. B. Chaugule and Dr. U. Elaya Perumal, both affiliated with Annakkili Amma Research Institute (AARI), Chennai, and the Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (the alga was colle...

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