Deep Sea Faunal Diversity in India

About this book

The deep-sea is the largest ecosystem on the planet earth serves as a vast reservoir of biodiversity. However, it remains unexplored as only 0.0001% of biodiversity is documented from this extreme environment. India is endowed with 2.02 million km². area of exclusive economic zone in the marine area, of which 60 per cent falls under deep-sea i.e. above 200 m deep. The Zoological Survey of India made a pioneer study in the Indian sea through the oceanographic expeditions of the RIMS investigator from 1874 to 1926. The book provides the consolidated information of deep-sea fauna dealing with 4371 faunal species based on the data collected over the period of more than 100 years.

Contents

1. Deep-sea biodiversity of India-an overview / Kailash Chandra, C. Raghunathan, Honey U K Pillai, Jasmine P and Tamal Mondal
2. Protozoa: Ciliata (Planktonic) / Smruthu Mohan, Daizy Bharti, Subhadeep Ghosh, Jasmine P and Santosh Kumar
3. Foraminifera (Planktonic) / Barbilina Pam and P M. Mohan
4. Foraminifera (Benthic) / P.M. Mohan and Barbilina Pam
5. Radiolaria / Aishee Bhowal, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
6. Dinoflagellata / Aishee Bhowal, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
7. Porifera: Hexactinellida / Preeti Pereria and C. Raghunathan
8. Cnidaria: Scleractinia / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
9. Cnidaria: Octocorallia / J S Yogesh Kumar
10. Cnidaria: Hydrozoa / Oishinee Chakraborty, Alfisa Siddique, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
11. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
12. Ctenophora / Alfisa Siddique, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
13. Nematoda / Jini Jacob and R. Damodaran
14. Sipuncula / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
15. Echiura / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
16. Annelida: Polychaeta / T. Ganesh, Nosad Sahu, Raj Kiran Lakra and S. Balakrishnan
17. Arthropoda: Pycnogonida / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
18. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda (Planktonic) / Honey U K Pillai and Biju A
19. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Ostracoda / Alfisa Siddique, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
20. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Mysida / Honey U K Pillai and Biju A
21. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea / Nair K K C, Honey U K Pillai and Biju A
22. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Isopoda (Parasitic Cymothoids) / Panakkool Thamban Aneesh, Ameri Kottarathil Helna and Appukuttannair Biju Kumar
23. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Euphausiacea / Gisha Sivan, Honey U K Pillai and Biju A
24. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Decapoda: Luciferidae (Planktonic Decapod) / Honey U K Pillai, Biju A and Arya M.S
25. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Decapoda (Shrimps) / C.P. Rajool Shanis and Bineesh K K
26. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Decapoda (Lobsters) / C.P. Rajool Shanis and Bineesh K K
27. Crabs / K. Valarmathi
28. Brayozoa / Mohammed Naufal, K A Jayaraj and V. Venkatraman
29. Brachiopoda / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
30. Chaetognatha / Alfisa Siddique, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
31. Mollusca: Cephalopoda / B Tripathy, AK Mukhopadhyay and S K Sajan
32. Mollusca: Pteropoda / Alfisa Siddique, Jasmine Purushothaman, C. Raghunathan and Kailash Chandra
33. Molluscs / S. Rajendra, Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan
34. Echinodermata / C. Surendar, N. Marimuthu and Ch. Satyanarayana
35. Chordata: Tunicata: Ascidiaceae (Urochordates) / Jhimli Mondal and C. Raghunathan
36. Pisces / K K Bineesh, S S Mishra and K. Chandra
37. Pisces (Myctophids) / Meera K.M. and V.N. Sanjeevan
38. Reptilia: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae / Sonia Mondal and C. Raghunathan
39. Marine Turtles / Basudev Tripathy
40. Pelagic Avifauna / V. Gokula and C. Venkataraman
41. Marine Mammals / Tamal Mondal and C. Raghunathan

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