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Stomatopoda — Chhapgar, B. F. & Sane, S. R,; " the Stomatopoda of
Bombay". Journ. Biol. Sci. 9 (1 & 2), pp. 43-46, 1966.
Mollusca — Subrahmanyam, T. V., Karandikar, K. R., & Murti, N. N.; "
Marine Gastropoda of Bombay ". Journ. Univ. Bombay 21 (3), pp. 26-73,
figs. 1-181, 1952.
Subrahmanyam, T. V., Karandikar, K. R., & Murti, N. N.; " the marine
Pelecypoda of Bombay". Journ. Univ. Bombay 17 (5), pp. 50-81, 1949.
Faunal list of Ratnagiri was supplied by Dr. M. R. Ranade, Research
Officer, Marine Biological Research Station, Ratnagiri.
Short Notes on PhyLa and Lists of Species
(1) PROTOZOA
Although no study has been made of this phylum in Maharashtra, a brief
note is given here.
Animals belonging to this phylum are unicellular, mostly microscopic, and
may be amoeboid, with cilia or flagella. They are common in the sea,
ranging from the seashore to below 3000 fathoms. The best known marine
forms are the Foraminifera and Radiolaria, which have chambered shells
of calcium carbonate or silica, and which form the Globigerina ooze on
the sea bottom, or rock formations such as chalk and limestone. The
Dinoflagellata sometimes reproduce in such enormous numbers as to
cause a brown or red discoloration of sea water, resulting in mass
mortality of fishes. Noctiluca, a Cystoflagellate is a pelagic form, presence
of which produces luminescence in the sea.
The Sporozoa are a group of parasitic forms occurring both in fishes as
well as invertebrates. A very common form infecting the skin and fins of
fishes is Oodinium.
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