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Distribution extension of mangrove box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora along the eastern Arabian Sea

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Title Distribution extension of mangrove box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora along the eastern Arabian Sea
 
Creator Viswambharan, Divya
Saravanan, Raju
Rohit, Prathibha
Mohan, Smruthu
Sasikumar, Geetha
 
Subject Jellyfish
Invertebrata
 
Description A regular microplankton sampling in the estuarine stretches
of Udyavara in Karnataka, has revealed the presence of
Tripedalia cystophora Conant, 1897 a cubozoan jellyfish
with cube shaped medusa and known for their potent
venom. This estuarine stretch of Udyavara is known for
the clam fishery and its proximity to the Malpe Fisheries
Harbour. The study confirms the occurrence of Tripedalia
cystophora Conant, 1897 in the estuaries of Karnataka
and the northward extension in the distribution of this
species along the estuaries of eastern Arabian Sea.
Among the 40 species of box jellyfish described around
the globe Tripedalia cystophora Conant, 1897 is one of
the widely distributed small box jellyfish and to the best
of our knowledge, no box jellyfishes have been recorded
from the estuaries of Karnataka until this report.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16626/1/MFIS%20253_2022_Divya%20Viswambharan.pdf
Viswambharan, Divya and Saravanan, Raju and Rohit, Prathibha and Mohan, Smruthu and Sasikumar, Geetha (2022) Distribution extension of mangrove box jellyfish, Tripedalia cystophora along the eastern Arabian Sea. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 253. pp. 33-34. ISSN 0254-380X