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Molluscan Fisheries Present Status

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15738/
 
Title Molluscan Fisheries Present Status
 
Creator Laxmilatha, P
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description Molluscs, which include bivalves, gastropods and cephalopods, belong to large and diverse
phylum Mollusca, forming the second largest species rich phylum in the world after
Arthropoda. Marine molluscs are important component of the marine ecosystem, contributing
significantly to the biodiversity from the coastal regions to the abyssal depths of the ocean. The
five major classes in Mollusca, namely Polyplacopohora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda
and Scaphopoda representing about 586 families, out of which 279 families occur in Indian
region which includes 3600 species of marine, 1129 terrestrial and 199 freshwater forms.
(Ramakrishna & Dey, 2010).
Marine molluscs occur in a large variety of substrates such as rocky shores, coral reefs, mud
flats and sandy beaches. The gastropods and chitons are found on hard substrates while bivalves
usually burrow on soft substrates (sediment). However, the cephalopods, which are marine, are
mostly oceanic and active predators.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15738/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Laxmilatha%20P.pdf.pdf
Laxmilatha, P (2022) Molluscan Fisheries Present Status. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 432-444.