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Bryozoans of Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Southeast Coast of India


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1 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Zoology, St. Theresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala-682035, India
 

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Bryozoans are widely distributed taxa. They are colonial invertebrates, filter feeding and normally found adhered to a substratum as encrusting or erect forms. These are aquatic animals inhabiting both fresh and marine waters. Bryozoans are found commonly in high diversities and greater abundance in most of the shallow water regions worldwide (Gordon, 1986). These are also one of the commonest fowlers found be attached to ship hulls and other substrates which is submerged in water including floating buoys and nets etc. (Tilbrook, 2006).
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  • Bryozoans of Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, Southeast Coast of India

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C. Venkatraman
Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, Tamil Nadu, India
Rajkumar Rajan
Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, Tamil Nadu, India
Soja Louis
Department of Zoology, St. Theresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala-682035, India
S. Shrinivaasu
Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, Tamil Nadu, India
P. Padmanaban
Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Bryozoans are widely distributed taxa. They are colonial invertebrates, filter feeding and normally found adhered to a substratum as encrusting or erect forms. These are aquatic animals inhabiting both fresh and marine waters. Bryozoans are found commonly in high diversities and greater abundance in most of the shallow water regions worldwide (Gordon, 1986). These are also one of the commonest fowlers found be attached to ship hulls and other substrates which is submerged in water including floating buoys and nets etc. (Tilbrook, 2006).


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v116i2.156808