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I found it at chota Balu beach. Only few species of this Acetabularia jalakanyakae was found when I visited there.

Acetabularia jalakanyakae was discovered by Indian scientists from the Central University of Punjab in the Andamans archipelago. The scientists sighted the species in 2019 during their trip to Andamans.
However, it was an arduous task to confirm its discovery. It took two years for scientists to sequence its DNA and confirm the species. Its discovery is published in the Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.