Status and Distribution of Opisthobranchs of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, India

Seepana Rajendra; Sudhanshu Dixit; Naveen Kumar Nigam; Chandrakasan Sivaperuman

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-5158-9_29

Status and Distribution of Opisthobranchs of Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, India

Seepana Rajendra^*
, Sudhanshu Dixit
, Naveen Kumar Nigam
, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Marine heterobranchs are beautiful gastropod mollusc creatures and one of the least studied animals in Great Nicobar as well as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. The present study was carried out in the intertidal and subtidal reef areas of Great Nicobar Island. During the study, a total of 30 species from 13 families were recorded from 9 study sites. The study area of B. quarry intertidal and subtidal was represented by 15 species, whereas only 1 species was found in the subtidal region of Campbell Bay jetty. Among 13 families of Heterobranchia, the families Dendrodoridae and Phyllidiidae contributed 23% of species composition each. The species similarity between B. quarry and Pigeon Island showed the highest similarity (55%) due to the lesser geographical distance. Campbell Bay fishing jetty was faunistically distant from all study areas, with no similarities due to a single species record. The present chapter also included a checklist of 50 species of opisthobranch fauna from the Great Nicobar Island.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Faunal Ecology and Conservation of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	581-620
Number of pages	40
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811951589
ISBN (Print)	9789811951572
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5158-9_29
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Biosphere reserve
Distribution
Diversity
Great Nicobar
Opisthobranchs

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General Environmental Science

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