Joshi Devanshi MukundRay, Mankodi Pradeep C
Senior Research Fellow, Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, Indroda Nature Park, Gandhinagar - 382007, Gujarat, India.
Head, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Maharaja SayajiRao University of Baroda, Vadodara - 390002, Gujarat, India.
Zookeys. 2016 Jan 20(555):1-10. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.555.5948. eCollection 2016.
Coral reefs are often termed underwater wonderlands due to the presence of an incredible biodiversity including numerous invertebrates and vertebrates. Among the dense population of benthic and bottom-dwelling inhabitants of the reef, many significant species remain hidden or neglected by researchers. One such example is the vermetids, a unique group of marine gastropods. The present study attempts for the first time to assess the density and identify preferred reef substrates in the Gulf of Kachchh, state of Gujarat, on the western coast of India. A total of three species of the family Vermetidae were recorded during the study and their substrate preferences identified.
珊瑚礁常被称为水下仙境,因为其拥有令人难以置信的生物多样性,包括众多无脊椎动物和脊椎动物。在珊瑚礁密集的底栖和底层栖息生物群体中,许多重要物种仍未被研究人员发现或忽视。一个这样的例子是蠕管螺,这是一类独特的海洋腹足纲动物。本研究首次尝试评估印度西海岸古吉拉特邦卡奇湾蠕管螺科的密度,并确定其偏好的珊瑚礁基质。在研究过程中总共记录到了蠕管螺科的三个物种,并确定了它们对基质的偏好。