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Temporal variation in macroinvertebrates associated with intertidal sponge Ircinia fusca (Carter 1880) from Ratnagiri, West coast, India.

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Title Temporal variation in macroinvertebrates associated with intertidal sponge Ircinia fusca (Carter 1880) from Ratnagiri, West coast, India.
 
Creator Sivadas, S.K.
Redij, A.G.S.
Sagare, P.
Thakur, N.L.
Ingole, B.S.
 
Subject macrofauna
sponge
rocky shore
recruiting
 
Description Temporal variation of macrofauna associated with a marine sponge, Ircinia fusca was studied from a tropical rocky shore along the West coast of India. Triplicate sponge samples (~100 g) were collected from January to December 2010 from Bhagwati Bandar area, Ratnagiri. A total of 22 macrofaunal taxa were found to be associated with the sponge. The community was dominated (> than 80%) by the juvenile ophiuroid, Ophiactis savignyi. Syllis sp., Sipuncula and Bivalvia were the other dominant taxa. Presence of O. savignyi juveniles during most of the time in the year indicates a major recruitment in March and minor recruitment during rest of the year. Present study suggest that the O. savignyi utilize the surface area of sponge as a perfect settling and recruiting ground. It infers that the sponge Ircinia fusca is used as a breeding ground by the brittle star, Ophiactis savignyi.
 
Date 2014-08-06T12:39:23Z
2014-08-06T12:39:23Z
2014
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, vol.43(6); 2014; 921-926.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4572
 
Language en
 
Rights ? IJMS/NISCAIR 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR