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

1508-1515An 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

New distributional records of Indo-Pacific Bryozoans from East and West coast of India

This study gives a systematic description of six bryozoans species such as Hippopodina iririkiensis (Tilbrook, 1999), Smittipora harmeriana (Canu & Bassler, 1929), Drepanophora indica (Hayward, 1988), Calyptotheca hastingsae (Harmer 1957), Tarsocryptus laboriosa (Tilbrook, 2006) and Poricella robusta (Hinck 1884) supported by Scanning Electron Micrographs, collected from the shallow waters (up to five meters) in Maharashtra coast and Islands of Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve (GoMMBR). These species have not been reported from the Indian waters previously, though they were identified as Indo-Pacific encrusting bryozoans with bio fouling capacities