NOPR Collection:

New record for the mollusca fauna of the black sea coast (sinop peninsula) of turkey: white belted shell, Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803), (Gastropoda, Tornidae)

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Title: New record for the mollusca fauna of the black sea coast (sinop peninsula) of turkey: white belted shell, Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803), (Gastropoda, Tornidae) Authors: Culha, Mehmet; Sezgin, Murat Abstract: The present study is concerned with one prosobranch gastropod species [Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803)], obtained during the benthic sampling by surveying at the upper-infralittoral zone (10-20 m.) of the Sinop Peninsula coasts between the years 2010 and 2011. A total of 155 species of marine Gastropoda (Mollusca) are known in the Black Sea coast of Turkey. However, the Prosobranch gastropod Tornus subcarinatus (Montagu, 1803) is recorded for the first time from the central Black Sea of Turkey. Previous records of the species were confined to the southern part of the Turkey, it is occurrence at Turkish coast of the Black Sea extends its distribution range to the Black Sea continued to Turkish coastal waters of Black Sea. Page(s): 1503-1507

New records of Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Gulf of Mannar, India

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Title: New records of Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Gulf of Mannar, India Authors: Kumar, J.S. Yogesh; Venkatraman, C.; Shrinivaasu, S.; Raghunathan, C. Abstract: An extensive survey was carried out to explore the Opisthobranchs and associated faunal community in and around the Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve (GoMBR), South-east coast of India, resulted eight species (Aplysia juliana, Goniobranchus annulatus, Goniobranchus cavae, Goniobranchus collingwoodi, Goniobranchus conchyliatus, Dendrodoris albobrunnea, Elysia nealae, and Thecacera pacifica) which are new records to Indian coastal waters and GoMBR respectively. The detailed description, distribution and morphological characters are presented in this manuscript. Page(s): 1508-1515

New record of Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816) from Andaman and Nicobar Island, India

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Title: New record of Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816) from Andaman and Nicobar Island, India Authors: Kumar, J. S. Yogesh; Geetha, S.; Raghunathan, C.; Sornaraj, R. Abstract: Alcyoniidae octocorals are represented by 405 species in India of which 154 are from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Surveys conducted in Havelock Island, South Andaman and Shark Island, North Andaman revealed the occurrence of Melithaea retifera and is reported herein as a new distributional record to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This species is characterised by the clubs of the coenenchyme of the node and internodes and looks like a flower-bud. The structural variations and length of sclerites in the samples are also reported in this manuscript. Page(s): 1516-1520

First record on the absence of anal fin in the white sardine, Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) from Indian waters

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Title: First record on the absence of anal fin in the white sardine, Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) from Indian waters Authors: Murugesan, SriHari; Jose, Neethu; Viswambharan, Divya; Jaiswar, A. K. Abstract: White sardine, Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) forms a minor fishery along the west coast of India. An abnormal specimen of white sardine, lacking anal fin, was collected from Mangalore coast along with the normal specimens. The characters of the abnormal specimen are described along with normal specimens. The report is the first of its kind for E. thoracta from Indian waters. The possible causes of the abnormality in this species have been discussed in this communication. Page(s): 1521-1523