Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

Sivaleela, G.

• Meio Fauna of Palk Bay with Special Reference to Free-Living Marine Nematodes

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G. Sivaleela ¹

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1 Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, Chennai-28, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 116, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 373-406

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This paper provides information about diversity and distribution of Marine nematodes of Palk Bay from different habitat of Sandy, Muddy and Mangroves. A total of 84 species distributed belongs to 16 families under 48 genera. Out of these 28-species recorded first time in this area. Tamilnadu harbours 199 species belongs to 33 families under 96 genera.

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• Faunal Diversity of Bhitarkanika Mangroves, Odisha

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C. Venkatraman ¹, P. Padmanaban ¹, S. Shrinivaasu ¹, G. Sivaleela ¹

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai – 600028, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 116, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 407-430

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Bhitarkanika presents a variety of habitats, microhabitat and climatic conditions. Therefore, the faunal component and diversity is also extremely high in comparison to other mangrove forests of South east Coast of India. A total of 420 species belonging to five Phylums under 14 classes (Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda and Vertebrates) were recorded during the study period. Among all, bird species were recorded high (264). Though many checklist of faunal species of Bhitarkanika are available, but still there is lacking on the various aspects of ecological studies. A research programme is recommended, to monitor the effectiveness of policies and human-crocodile relationships in the Bhitarkanika, Odisha, in order to minimize human-crocodile conflict in the future.

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• Studies on the Alcyonacean Fauna of Gulf of Mannar

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G. Sivaleela ¹, Padmanaban ¹

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600 028, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 115, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 21-30

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Soft corals are conspicuous and colourful component of coral reef through out the marine national parks of India. The soft corals are the second largest group of organisms in the coral reef environment and play a significant role in the global coral reef ecology. There is a growing interest in the biomedical applications of octocorals. The order Alcyonacea includes the soft corals and the gorgonians. Alcyonacea or soft corals, an order of corals are belongs to the sub class Octocorallia, (Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria).

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• Marine Sponges of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay

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G. Sivaleela ¹

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai-600 028, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 114, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 607-622

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The Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay are one of the important Biosphere Reserves of India. It consists of 21 islands spread over an area of 623 hectares (10, 500 km²). The area between the Pamban to Tuticorin barrier reef was declared a National park in 1986 and later converted into Biosphere Reserve in 1989. Of the 21 islands, seven islands belong to Mandapam group, seven islands to Keelakarai group, three islands to Vembar group and four remaining islands to Tuticorin group.

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• Protozoans and Other Fauna Associated with Sea Grass Ecosystems of Palk Bay

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L. Bindu ¹, G. Sivaleela ¹, Rajkumar Rajan ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

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1 Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, Chennai-600 028, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 114, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 191-210

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Palk Bay is situated in the southeast coast of India between latitude 9° 55’-10° 45’ N and longitude 78° 58’-79° 55’E. The Palk Bay itself is about 110 km long and is surrounded on the northern and western sides by the coastline of the state of Tamil Nadu in the mainland of India. Palk Bay is a shallow and fl at basin, the depth hardly exceeds 9 metres on an average.

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• Diversity and Distribution of Harpacticoid Copepods from Tamilnadu Coast, India

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G. Sivaleela ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-28, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 114, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 1-11

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The Harpacticoid Copepod inhabiting the different sediment habitat of Tamilnadu was studied from 2006 and 2007. A brief description of the density, sediment characters, total organic carbon, and vertical distribution in different sediment habitats, diversity and cluster analysis is given. The density of total Copepod individuals in these intertidal sediments ranged from 26 animals/100 cm³ to 1440 animals/100 cm³.

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• First Record of Free-Living Marine Meiobenthic Nematode Oncholaimellus calvadosicus De Man 1890 (Enoplida: Oncholaimidae) from Northern-East Coast of India

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Tridip Kumar Datta ¹, G. Sivaleela ², Anil Mohapatra ¹

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1 Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Digha, Zoological Survey of India, IN
2 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Chennai, Zoological Survey of India, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 114, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 159-163

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The taxonomic work on free-living marine Nematodes in Indian subcontinent is very scanty. Apart from the works by Timm (1956, 1961 & 1967) from the seas around the Indian waters, Gerlach (1962) from Maldives Islands and Warwick (1973) from Indian Ocean, not much published work were available on marine free-living nematode systematics. All together Timm (1956, 1961 & 1967), Gerlach (1962) and Warwick (1973) described more than 130 species from Indian Ocean around this country. Except the work of Timm (1961, 1967) the coastal part of West Bengal is almost untouched for marine free-living nematodes taxonomic work.

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• Diversity and Distribution of Benthic Foraminifera from Tamilnadu Coast, India

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G. Sivaleela ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai-600 028, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 4 (2013), Pagination: 1-12

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The foraminiferans are the most diverse phylum of meofauna. Foraminifera are found in all marine environments, they may be plankotic or benthic in mode of life. It has been estimated that the total number of foraminiferans species might be approximately 4000 living species of foraminifera. The present paper deals with the distribution and diversity of marine foraminiferans all over Tamilnadu Coast. Foraminiferal distribution has been reported by many workers. Foraminiferans were the most abundant group of meiofauna at all the sampling sites. The number of species per station ranged from 11 to 32.

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• Seagrass Associated Marine Sponges in Palk Bay

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G. Sivaleela ¹, Deepak Samuel ¹, T. Anbalagan ¹, S. Shrinivaasu ¹

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-28, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 3 (2013), Pagination: 97-103

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Seagrass, though one of the predominant and specialized group of marine flora, are poorly known in India, compared to other similar ecosystems such as mangroves. It occurs in all the coastal areas of the world except the Polar Regions because of ice scouring. It represents one of the highly productive coastal ecosystems of the world and protects the shorelines against erosion in the middle and lower intertidal and subtidal zones. India is home to more than fifteen species of seagrasses found in different coastal areas of Eastern, Southern and Western parts of India. Most of the species are found in healthy numbers along the Southeast Coast (which is the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay), of Tamil Nadu, and the sporadic islands of Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar.

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• Density and Distribution of Meiofauna of Tamilnadu Coast

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G. Sivaleela ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

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1 Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, Chennai-600 028, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 4 (2012), Pagination: 89-111

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The meiofauna inhabiting the different sediment habitat of Tamilnadu was studied. A brief description of the density, sediment characters, total organic carbon and vertical distribution in different sediment habitats.diversity and cluster analysis is given. All the typical meiofauna groups are present. A quantitative estimate of the diverse taxonomic groups encountered is given.The density of total meiofauna individuals in these intertidal sediements ranged from 26 animals/10 cm² to 1440 animals/10 cm².

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• Distribution of Marine Polychaetes of India

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G. Sivaleela ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600 028, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 4 (2012), Pagination: 113-126

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Polychaetes are bristle-bearing segmented worms belonging to phylum Annelida, class Polychaeta. Polychaetes being the most dominant groups in benthic infaunal commtmities contribute about 80% to the total macrobenthic community and their diet include microbial (bacteria, microalgae, protists and fungi), meiobial and organic substance (Shou et al., 2009). In the trophic system, benthic fauna plays a significant role as they exploit all forms of food available in the sediment and form an important link in the energy transfer (Crisp, 1971, Shou et al, 2009). Polychaetes form an important component in the marine food chain especially for bottom fish and some mammals as they form an important source of food for demersal fish (Parulekar et al. 1982; Herman et al. 2000). Worldwide number of Polychaetes estimated as 8000 species (Bianchi & Morri, 2000; Fredj et al., 1992).

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• Statistical Studies and Ecology of Benthic foraminifera from Tamilnadu Coast, India

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G. Sivaleela ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

Affiliations
1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai-600 028, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 1-8

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The foraminiferans are the most diverse phylum of mieofauna. Foraminifera are found in all marine environments, they may be planktic or benthic in mode of life. It has been estimated that the total number of foraminiferans species might be approximately 4000 living species of foraniinifera. The present paper deals with the distribution and diversity of marine foraminiferans all over Tamilnadu Coast. Foraminiferal distribution has been reported by many workers. Foraminiferans were the most abundant group of meiofauna at the sampling sites. The number species per station ranged from 11 to 32.

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• Variation of Meiofauna during Day Time Following Full Moon and New Moon

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G. Sivaleela ¹, K. Venkataraman ²

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600 028, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 9-11

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Aim of this research was to investigate meiofaunal movement patterns in day time at two stations in the polluted and unpolluted area in every three hours during full moon and new moon time during 2006 & 2007. Meiofauna was abundant in all samples, the animals are Harpacticoida, Nematoda, Oligochaeta, Tardigrada, Ostracoda etc.

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• Notes on the Association of Lissocarcinus polybiodes Adams and White, 1848 (Portunidae, Caphyrinae), with Sea Star Luidia Maculata Muller and Troschel, 1842

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Rajkumar Rajan ¹, C. Venkatraman ¹, G. Sivaleela ¹, D. Paranthaman ¹, P. Padmanaban ¹, K. Venkataraman ¹

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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai - 600 028, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 23-26

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A portunid swimmer crab Lissocarcinus polybiodes Adams and White, 1848, which is usually free living or associated with hard corals (Stephenson, 1972), is shown to have commensal association with a sea star Luidia maculata MuUer and Troschel, 1842, is reported for the first time. Significantly, this is the second only report of this species from the Indian waters (Chennai Coast) after Alcock's (1899) description of specimens from Malabar, Orissa, Ganjam, Malabar and Andamans.

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Association, Portunidae, Lissocarcinus, Sea Star, Luidia, India.

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