Temporal variation in macroinvertebrates associated with intertidal sponge Ircinia fusca (Carter 1880) from Ratnagiri, West coast, India.
IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa
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Sivadas, S.K.
Redij, A.G.S. Sagare, P. Thakur, N.L. Ingole, B.S. |
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2014-08-06T12:39:23Z
2014-08-06T12:39:23Z 2014 |
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Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, vol.43(6); 2014; 921-926.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4572 |
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Temporal variation of macrofauna associated with a marine sponge, Ircinia fusca was studied from a tropical rocky shore along the West coast of India. Triplicate sponge samples (~100 g) were collected from January to December 2010 from Bhagwati Bandar area, Ratnagiri. A total of 22 macrofaunal taxa were found to be associated with the sponge. The community was dominated (> than 80%) by the juvenile ophiuroid, Ophiactis savignyi. Syllis sp., Sipuncula and Bivalvia were the other dominant taxa. Presence of O. savignyi juveniles during most of the time in the year indicates a major recruitment in March and minor recruitment during rest of the year. Present study suggest that the O. savignyi utilize the surface area of sponge as a perfect settling and recruiting ground. It infers that the sponge Ircinia fusca is used as a breeding ground by the brittle star, Ophiactis savignyi.
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en
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CSIR-NISCAIR
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© IJMS/NISCAIR 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License
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macrofauna
sponge rocky shore recruiting |
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| Title |
Temporal variation in macroinvertebrates associated with intertidal sponge Ircinia fusca (Carter 1880) from Ratnagiri, West coast, India.
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Journal Article
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