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Occurrence of a Scyphozoan Jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775) Bloom in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Southern India


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1 National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), NCCR Field Office, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Mandapam, Tamil Nadu – 623 519, India

A massive Scyphozoan jellyfish bloom has been encountered in branching coral, Acropora dominated reef area in the southern part of Hare Island of Gulf of Mannar region, Tamil Nadu. The live specimens were identified as Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775), adding a new occurrence record to the Gulf of Mannar biodiversity. A sudden outburst of P. noctiluca bloom represented thousands of live specimens (> 100/m2 approximately) in the south side of Hare Island.
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C. H. Ramesh
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), NCCR Field Office, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Mandapam, Tamil Nadu – 623 519, India
S. Koushik
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), NCCR Field Office, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Mandapam, Tamil Nadu – 623 519, India
T. Shunmugaraj
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), NCCR Field Office, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Mandapam, Tamil Nadu – 623 519, India
M. V. Ramana Murthy
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), NCCR Field Office, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Mandapam, Tamil Nadu – 623 519, India

Abstract


A massive Scyphozoan jellyfish bloom has been encountered in branching coral, Acropora dominated reef area in the southern part of Hare Island of Gulf of Mannar region, Tamil Nadu. The live specimens were identified as Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775), adding a new occurrence record to the Gulf of Mannar biodiversity. A sudden outburst of P. noctiluca bloom represented thousands of live specimens (> 100/m2 approximately) in the south side of Hare Island.