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Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14863/
http://mbai.org.in/php/journaldload.php?id=2560&bkid=125
10.6024/jmbai.2020.62.2.2250-05
 
Title Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India
 
Creator Varsha, M S
Ranjith, L
Varghese, Molly
Joshi, K K
Sethulakshmi, M
Reshma Prasad, A
Thobias, P A
Parvathy, M S
Jesuraj, N
Muthukrishnan, P
Ravindren, I
Paulpondi, A
Kanthan, K P
Karuppuswamy, M
Biswas, Madhumita
Gopalakrishnan, A
 
Subject Sponges
Marine Ecosystems
 
Description The present study deals with 18 new records of sponges found at Kayalpatnam area and a checklist of sponges reported off Tuticorin in the Gulf of Mannar. The new records are Aiolochoria crassa, Axinella damicornis, Clathria (Clathria) prolifera, Clathrina sororcula, Clathrina sinusarabica, Clathrina coriacea, Cliona delitrix, Colospongia auris, Crella incrustans, Crambe crambe, Hyattella pertusa, Plakortis simplex, Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis, Phorbas plumosus, Spheciospongia vesparium, Spirastrella cunctatrix, Xestospongia muta and Sycon ciliatum. Details about the species diversity of common sponges, invasive sponges,massive sponges and boring sponges of the area are discussed and presented.
 
Publisher MBAI, Cochin-14
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14863/1/JMBAI_2020_Ranjith%20L.pdf
Varsha, M S and Ranjith, L and Varghese, Molly and Joshi, K K and Sethulakshmi, M and Reshma Prasad, A and Thobias, P A and Parvathy, M S and Jesuraj, N and Muthukrishnan, P and Ravindren, I and Paulpondi, A and Kanthan, K P and Karuppuswamy, M and Biswas, Madhumita and Gopalakrishnan, A (2020) Biodiversity of sponges (Phylum: Porifera) off Tuticorin, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 62 (2). pp. 40-57.