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New record of Modiolus auriculatus (Modiolinae: Mytilidae: Bivalvia) from the north-eastern coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2011

S.K. Pati ,
M.V. Rao  and
M. Balaji
S.K. Pati*
Affiliation:
Wood Biodegradation Centre (Marine), Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Beach Road, Via Yoga Village, Andhra University Post, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
M.V. Rao
Affiliation:
Wood Biodegradation Centre (Marine), Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Beach Road, Via Yoga Village, Andhra University Post, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
M. Balaji
Affiliation:
Wood Biodegradation Centre (Marine), Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Beach Road, Via Yoga Village, Andhra University Post, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S.K. Pati, Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidya Nagar, Sector No. 29, P.C.N.T Post, Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune 411 044, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Certain members of the family Mytilidae have long been recognized either as major commercial species in aquaculture or as fouling pests. These sea mussels possess a remarkable capacity to get translocated to distant shores through driftwood and hull fouling in adult stages and through ballast water during larval stages. In a survey under the Ballast Water Management Programme, several individuals of the bivalve Modiolus auriculatus were collected from reinforced cement concrete harbour structures in Visakhapatnam. These collections constitute a new record of the species on the north-eastern coast of India.

Keywords

harbour structuresfoulingMolluscasea musselsModiolus
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e66
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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