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Length-Weight and Allometric Relationship in Chicoreus virgineus and Muricanthus virgineus (Gastropoda: Muricidae) Distributed in Cuddalore Coast of Bay of Bengal


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1 Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, Alagappa University, Thondi-623 409, Ramnad District, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Station, Haddo, Port Blair-744 102, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
 

Length-weight and various allometric relationships between different morphological parameters in two muricid gastropods of Chicoreus virgineus and Muricanthus virgineus were studied. The correlation coefficient of the two species was found to be significant (P < 0.001). Significant difference was observed in the analysis of variance for various morphological measurements in males and females of Muricanthus virgineus. Highly significant results were also obtained for both the species in allometry and its correlation coefficient.
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C. Stella
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, Alagappa University, Thondi-623 409, Ramnad District, Tamil Nadu, India
C. Raghunathan
Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Station, Haddo, Port Blair-744 102, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

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Length-weight and various allometric relationships between different morphological parameters in two muricid gastropods of Chicoreus virgineus and Muricanthus virgineus were studied. The correlation coefficient of the two species was found to be significant (P < 0.001). Significant difference was observed in the analysis of variance for various morphological measurements in males and females of Muricanthus virgineus. Highly significant results were also obtained for both the species in allometry and its correlation coefficient.