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Coastal region of Bhavnagar district comprises dynamic shoreline muddy habitat. The muddy habitat is suitable for bottom dweller animals. It provides better shelter to the burrowing animals. Muddy habitat is one of the most fragile ecosystems. The intertidal area of Bhavnagar coast is highly muddy with some extent with mixed habitat like muddy-rock...
Zoos are famous recreational tourist place for gathering with family and friends. It is popular tourist attraction in most Societies. Zoos can play a vital role for public awareness towards ex-situ conservation. They are also serving for conservation of wildlife as well as gives opportunity for scientific research and for environmental education pr...
The aim of the study is to evaluate intertidal diversity of Gopnath coast. The present study deals with investigation of macro as well as mega fauna reported in Gopnath coast, Gulf of Khambhat, India. Total 100 Intertidal fauna were reported, 25 avifauna from 19 family, 09 species of Arthropoda recorded from 07 family, 61 species of Molluscs were r...
The paper deals with diversity status of intertidal
Macrofauna at Gopnath coast of Gujarat, India. The
present study reveals that Pools and Puddles of the
Gopnath coast are extremely rich with macrofauna. Data
were collected from pools and puddles of intertidal zone
from selected site on monthly bases. Total 73 species
were recorded from the...
The present short period study was carried out at Gopnath Coast, Bhavnagar, to know the fluctuations in various Abiotic parameters in Tide Pools and Puddles within the intertidal zone during low tide. Gopnath coast is a completely rocky habitat having scanty mud patches on rocks and few mangroves are also found in this coastal area. Since it is an...
An annotated checklist of marine brachyuran crabs from Gujarat waters is prepared based on past and recent literature. In total, 152 species from 87 genera and 29 families of brachyuran crabs including four new records and two revisions are listed. Gulf of Kutch comprises higher species diversity in comparison to Saurashtra coastline and Gulf of Kh...
From India, two species of the callianassid ghost shrimp genus Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988 are known. In this study, Neocallichirus jousseaumei (Nobili, 1904) is first recorded from India based on a single specimen collected from intertidal zone of Diu coast. A brief description for giving evidence of the identification and notes on habitat is prese...
A total of 33 species of marine crabs belonging to 22 genera in 14 families are recorded from seven sites of Diu coast, India. Fudam coast comprised high diversity of marine crabs (21 species belonging to 15 genera in 09 families) followed by Khukri coast (23 species belonging to 17 genera in 11 families), Nagoa coast (20 species belonging to 16 ge...
A total of 33 species of marine crabs belonging to 22 genera in 14 families are recorded from seven sites of Diu coast, India. Fudam coast comprised high diversity of marine crabs (21 species belonging to 15 genera in 09 families) followed by Khukri coast (23 species belonging to 17 genera in 11 families), Nagoa coast (20 species belonging to 16 ge...
The present paper reports a species of majid crab Camposcia
retusa (Latreille, 1829), for the first time from the west coast of
India. This species is commonly found in camouflage with algae,
sponges and mud. Morphological descriptions of the species
with key characters and geographical distribution are given.
Present study reports the occurrence of two leucosiid crabs species, Leucisca squalina (MacLeay, 1838) and Ryphila cancellus (Herbst, 1783) from Gujarat, west coast of India for the first time. Previously five species of leucosiid crabs were recorded from Gujarat coast. L. squalina was reported only from Karwar coast of Karnataka while R. cancellus...
Fishes serve quality oil, proteins, minerals, and vitamins, therefore, people have it as a supplementary diet from ancient time. The protein, carbohydrate, and lipid contents were estimated from three spices of mudskippers (Periopthalmus waltoni, Boleophthalmus dussumeiri and Scartelaos histophorus) from Bhavnagar coast, Gujarat, India. For the est...
Molluscs were exploited as a food since middle Palaeolithic time. Slugs are the brilliant indicator of climate change and also a good source of protein. The present investigation attempts to evaluate the population status, nutritive values and threats to the marine pulmonate Peronia verruculata from five stations of Gulf of Khambhat. It was found t...
Turris clausifossata, a conoid, turrid is being reported for the first time at Gopnath coast, Gulf of Khambhat the state of Gujarat situated on the west coast of India. Turris clausifossata was first recorded by Kilburn and team from Dwarka, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat (21°49’N, 68°55’E) in 2012, but not brought to light as first record to the west co...
Population studies on three species of Mudskippers have been carried out during period of a year 2015-16 from the mangrove and non-mangrove areas of Ghogha coast, Bhavnagar. Ghogha is small coastal town situated on west coast of India, Gulf of Khambhat. Periopthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1955, Boleophthalmus dussumeiri Valenciennes, 1837, and Scartelao...
Studies on mangrove associated organisms were one of the old trends to studying mangrove ecosystems
and their productivity. Seasonal status and movement of Pirenella cingulata according to habitat change
studied from mangroves of Ghogha coast from December 2014 to November 2015. The maximum
density (4.4/m2 area) of Pirenella cingulata reported duri...
Mudskippers (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) which are known to burrow and reside in the intertidal mudflats or
mangrove swamps of the Indo-West Pacific region. Two species of Mudskippers were recorded from
Hathab coast namely Boleophthalmus dussumeiri, and Scartelaos histophorus. Within the study area, the
highest population density of B. dussumeiri were r...
Turris clausifossata, a Conoid, Turrid is being reported for the first time from Gopnath coast, Gulf of Khambhat the state of Gujarat situated on the west coast of India. Turris clausifossata was first recorded7 from Dwarka, Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat (21°49’N, 68°55’E), but not brought to light as first record to the west coast of India. Yet, its oc...
Present paper reports four species of porcelain crabs in three genera from the Gujarat coast, India. Ancylocheles gravelei (Sankolli, 1963), Pisidia dehaanii (Krauss, 1843), P. gordoni (Johnson, 1970) and Polyonyx hendersoni Southwell, 1909 are reported from the Gujarat coast for the first time. Twelve porcellanid species are known from the Gujarat...
Turricula nelliae spuria reported for the first time from the Gopnath coast (21º 12′ 44″ N and 72º 6′ 57″
E) Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat, situated on the west coast of India. Its second record for the coastline of
India, firstly T. nelliae spuria recorded in Goa, coastal state of India. The present study was carried out
from 1 April 2015 to 31 May 20...
Coastal areas of Bhavnagar district harbors wide range of ichthyofaunal diversity and diverse fisheries resources. The fishermen in this area use wide range of fishing methods and gears, which evolved traditionally and being adept extensively in Bhavnagar coastline. Livelihood of these fishermen is almost entirely depends on mudskipper fishing and...
Coastal areas of Bhavnagar district harbors wide range of ichthyofaunal diversity and diverse fisheries resources. The fishermen in this area use wide range of fishing methods and gears, which evolved traditionally and being adept extensively in Bhavnagar coastline. Livelihood of these fishermen is almost entirely depends on mudskipper fishing and...
The central aim of the study is to evaluate intertidal diversity of marine fauna in mangrove ecosystem of Ghogha coast. The present study deals with investigation of macro as well as mega fauna reported in mangrove ecosystem of Ghogha coast, Gulf of Khambhat, India. Total 92 marine faunas were reported, 62 avian fauna from 43 genera from 18 familie...
Background: Significant works have been done on the diversity and distribution of porcellanids crabs in Indian
coasts. The present work reports and describe porcelain crabs from the western coast of India.
Result: Five species of porcelain crabs in three genera are reported from the western coast of India. Morphological descriptions with measuremen...
Arcania heptacantha is reported and described herein for the first time from the west coast of India. Earlier only one species of the genus Arcania was reported from the West coast of India. A. heptacantha is different from closely resembled species A. septemspinosa in having uniformly granulated carapace and shorter merus of chelipeds in length. T...
Two species of majid crabs, Micippa philyra (Herbst, 1803) and Micippa thalia (Herbst, 1803) reported for the first time from the western coast of India. M. philyra is commonly distributed along the muddy sandy coast, while M. thalia sparsely distributed in Gulf of Kutch. Taxonomical description with illustrative figures, worldwide distribution and...
The present investigation was carried out to study the present ecological status of Cerethium caeruleum at Dwarka coast, Gujarat, India. C. caeruleum is a dominating mollusc species that are found mostly on the upper middle littoral zone as well as lower middle littoral zone of the intertidal substratum. As they are covered with a very hard and sol...
The Blister Beetles are widely distributed in the world. They have serious impacts, whether agronomic, veterinary or medical. The present investigation was carried out to know about population scenario of Blister Beetle in a reserve forest. Blister Beetle has special affinity to some plant species in particular season due to availability of food. I...
Dry fish is very common and low cost food matter among the South - east Asian people. Dry fish is not only consumed by human but also used in fish and poultry feed formulation. The general purpose of this study is to determine the proximate composition of three Major nutrients like protein, lipid and carbohydrate in marine dry fish Bombay duck (Har...
Marine environment is an exciting with field extremely rich bio-resources and diverse field of endeavor. Marine ecosystem is known to be one of the richest amongst the entire living ecosystem, which is more diverse than the terrestrial system. It represents rich marine biota in different parts of the oceans from the surface to the deepest part. Mar...
Marine ecosystem is known to be one of the richest amongst the entire living ecosystem.Coastal macrofaunal species are part of specific ecosystems assessing the condition of ecosystem, and considered asa useful indicator of threats to the diversity of coastal regions. Kathiawar Peninsula (Gujarat State, India) has a vast coastal line and the availa...
The paper deals with the diversity of the intertidal Macrofauna at west coast of Gujarat ,India. The present study reveals that the rocky intertidal zone of the Dwarka coast of Gujarat is extremely rich in having coastal macrofauna along seaweeds. The survey of intertidal zone has been done well to study and trace maximum faunal species occurring a...
This communication reports the population ecology and diversity of a molluscan species Rhinoclavis sinensis at rocky coast off Arabian Sea, Gujarat. The present investigation was aimed to study the spatio-temporal variations in the population ecology of R. sinensis at Dwarka coast, Gujarat, India. It also reports the influence of seasonal variation...
