Abstract
Present communication reports the diversity of intertidal Ophiuroidea (Phylum: Echinodermata) from the intertidal zones of the Saurashtra coastline, Gujarat state. Saurashtra coastlines were extensively surveyed from January 2019 to March 2022 for the Ophiuroidea diversity. A total of nine species of Ophiuroidea belonging to eight genera and six families were noted from the intertidal zones of the Saurashtra coastline. Amongst these, Macrophiothrix variabilis, Ophiothrix savignyi and Ophiomaza cacaotica are newly observed species from the Gujarat coastline. The results of similarity indices show that each sampling site has a diverse variety of brittle star, making them spatially different from each other.
Publisher
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Reference31 articles.
1. Cherbonnier, G. & A. Guille (1978). Echinodermes: Ophiurides. In: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Eds.), Faune de Madagascar 48. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 272 pp.
2. Chiaje, S.D. (1828). Memorie sulla storia e anotomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Napoli. Vol. 3. Stamperia della Societa Tipografica, Naples, 232 pp.
3. Clark, A.M. (1953). A revision of the genus Ophionereis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 123(1): 65–94.
4. Clark, A.M. & R.W. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow water Indo-west Pacific echinoderm. Publication no: 690, Nature History British Museum, London, 297 pp.
5. Clark, A.H. (1939). Echinoderms (other than holothurians) collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98: 1–16. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8824171
Cited by
1 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献