Marine Wood-Borers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with Key to Species

The paper deals with the taxonomy, incidence, intensity of infection and distribution pattern of all the marine wood-borers reported so far from Andaman and Nicobar islands. It includes 18 species of molluscan and 9 species of crustacean wood-borers. A key to all the woodboring species of these islands has been presented for the first time. Moreover, 3 species of crustacean associates of these borers are also reported and effects of biofouling on the borers are also discussed.