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Diversity of gastropods at Pudhumadam coast region and unusual occurrence of Tetraclita rubescens on conus shell
Authors:Amit Kumar Tripathi  AK Kumaraguru
Institution:Department of Marine and Coastal Studies , Madurai Kamaraj University , Tamil Nadu , India
Abstract:The marine environment is continuously subjected to chemical pollution, which may exert a detrimental effect on aquatic organisms. Biodiversity of marine invertebrates has been proven to be difficult to assess accurately using traditional morphological methods. Major problems include dearth of characters in many taxa. Hence, it is necessary to assess the eco-health of this marine invertebrate using reliable measurements of environmental quality as required in the present study. With the backdrop of information, the Pudhumadam coastal area was surveyed for the diversity of ruined/washed out gastropods species. As a competitor for space with gastropods, these barnacles settle on the conus for its food and habitat. In our study, the occurrence of acorn barnacles was observed on gastropod shells. The pink adult and many white small barnacles were noted on the shells. If these barnacles increase their habitat this may lead to destruction of diversity of gastropods.
Keywords:barnacles  biodiversity  gastropods  Gulf of Mannar  Pudhumadam coast
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