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The helmet shell feeds on sea urchins by dropping its entire shell on the prey. It also secretes sulphuric acid which I have personally seen when live shells were brought ashore. 1. Is the...
30 June 2020 1,546 0 View
Dear all, attached are the images of a hydroid species collected from the east coast of India. Can anyone identify the species please? Only fragments of the animal was collected from a bottom...
24 January 2018 1,509 0 View
The first egg mass seems to be close to that of Cassidae family. What could be the species? The second egg mass on top of the Paratapes shell is rarely seen. Has anyone come across similar egg...
24 January 2018 5,916 1 View
Hi all, another interesting gastropod from benthic collection. Looks like a species under Cerithiopsis. Please help to confirm up to species level. Best, Deepak
18 January 2017 4,680 9 View
Dear all,gastropods collected from seagrass environment is attached for ID. All collected through benthic sampling.Best regardsDeepak
02 November 2016 8,437 4 View
Hi all, recently from benthic samples we were able to collect interesting microgastropods (all less than 4 mm). There are six species attached herewith for identification. 4th species is that of a...
12 September 2016 5,292 19 View
Can anyone help in identifying the 2 phytoplankton collected from the east coast of India? Collection was carried out during the day time.
11 August 2016 3,763 8 View
Dear all, greetings from Chennai, India. Our database is looking for images of Pycnogonids recorded from the Indian waters. The shared images will be acknowledged and will be watermarked in the...
27 June 2016 3,158 3 View
Dear all, these gastropods were collected associated with seagrass habitats in the east coast of India. Sizes l x w = (1). 10.09 x 3.32 mm, (2). 4.58 x 1.68 mm, (3). 4.22 x 2.15 mm, (4). 3.04 x...
24 June 2016 4,403 7 View
Hi all,can anyone help with the identify the 2 micromolluscs attached?
04 June 2016 5,320 12 View
Hi all, this bivalve was collected from a Bay in the east coast of India from beach debris. It looks close to Cardta calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Can anyone identify please. Deepak
30 May 2016 9,562 4 View
Hi all, found unusually small razor clams from bottom set gill nets. The valves are elongated and the shell is fragile. Sizes are less than 7 cm in length and 0.9 cm width. Can anyone confirm the...
25 May 2016 7,645 5 View
Hello ! has anyone come across incidences where an oyster grows exactly as the shape of its substrate? When I say this I talk about the upper valve that is free (lower valve is cemented to the...
07 April 2016 3,698 4 View
Hello all! can anyone share the description for the oyster Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788)? Details regarding its geographical distribution will be of importance too. Please do share...
05 April 2016 9,075 15 View
Genus Sunetta has variations in patterns on the outer surface and is found to be distributed all over the Indian coasts. Can anyone suggest an expert who can help in identification of this...
15 March 2016 1,634 2 View
Hello all.. another micro mollusc collected from trash along the east coast of India. Can anyone identify the species please?
02 March 2016 6,144 20 View
A small gastropod collected from gill net measuring 23 mm. Can anyone identify this please?
16 February 2016 4,898 8 View
Hi all, can anyone identify this coral species please? best regards Deepak
27 January 2016 1,252 10 View
Wish you all a very happy new year 2016! A pair of snapping shrimps with orange spots (lighter in one) was collected from a sponge in a gill net trash off Chennai coast. Images are posted for...
05 January 2016 2,883 2 View
Hi all, this white snapping shrimp was collected from bottom gill nets by traditional fishermen, east coast of India and was found alive with a soft coral. Looking at it from the eye and the hairy...
29 December 2015 9,490 5 View
Photographed in the east coast of India, the genus looks like Lithophyllum. Can anyone confirm the species? Request any expert who is working on coralline algae to give us information on this...
11 December 2015 2,279 2 View
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31 August 2015 493 7 View
Hi all, a list of images are attached below which are related to the Indian pearl oyster Pinctada group. Would appreciate if you can confirm the species. Sometimes the pearl oysters also have...
18 August 2015 1,646 6 View
Can anyone confirm the species for this Isognomon??
14 August 2015 3,600 7 View
Is this a wrasse? collected from trawl by-catch @ Chennai, east coast of India
14 August 2015 2,616 3 View
Hi all, I am looking for publications/ original descriptions for Genus Kermia of the family Raphitomidae. I have collected some specimens from macrobenthos and would like to confirm the species....
14 July 2015 2,555 6 View
Can anyone confirm the species for this Tonna? collected from the Gulf of Mannar, SE coast of India.RegardsDeepak
04 July 2015 7,332 8 View
HI all, collected the specimens from the west coast of India. Looks close to Cerithium zonatum???? confirmation required. Shell size 8-11 mm, samples worn out a bit and collected from beach...
15 June 2015 5,877 8 View
Hello everyone, interesting black gastropod shell with "chopped-off" - like apex was collected from Mangroves of the west coast of India. Can anyone identify the shell? Best Deepak
02 June 2015 8,297 7 View
Collected from the west coast of India (Arabian sea), this intertidal columbellid Pyrene sp ????? looks close to Pyrene flava and P. punctata. Still, closer observation on the shell shows brownish...
26 May 2015 4,573 10 View
Collected from by catch, the bivalves are endosymbionts with sponges of certain species only. It looks closest to Vulsella vulsella. Would appreciate confirmation and published information if...
24 April 2015 7,731 6 View
This scaphopod resembles close to Antalis entails ????? can anyone confirm this please? The bigger tusk shell measured 47mm and the smaller 41mm. It also looks close to A. vulgaris??.
18 March 2015 9,698 12 View
I'd need the ID for this gastropod. This gastropod was collected by my colleague in the freshwater zone of the estuary. Anyone working on this species?
13 March 2015 3,764 8 View
Images of 2 gastropod shells is attached (dorsal and ventral). While one shell had thin, black markings running vertically from the apex to the last whorl the other had thick markings. Shell...
10 March 2015 6,883 13 View
Need confirmation of this Siliquaridae gastropod. Looks more like Tenagodus armatus (Habe & Kosuge, 1967). Some databases also have a similar images referring to T. anguinus. The slit runs...
12 February 2015 4,150 6 View
Species identity needed for 2 cephalopod specimens collected from SE coast of India. Specimen looks like 1. Histoteuthis sp. 2. Ancistrocheirus sp.
02 February 2015 8,533 6 View
This bivalve looks like Cardita senegalensis based on the elongaeted shell on the posterior side of the shell. It also has a close resemblance to C. calyculata which has a shorter extension....
16 January 2015 3,119 16 View
this cowrie was busily grazing on a reef flat located during the low tide. Would be happy if someone can identify the species. The spots are orangish and small on a white background. mantle has a...
06 January 2015 1,043 6 View
This species was collected from one of the islands of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve and to me, it looks like Phasianella aethiopica (Phasianellidae). Can you confirm the species for me...
20 December 2014 6,551 5 View
Has anyone got information on Indian records for the triseriate auger shell, Triplostephanus triseriatus (Gray, 1834)? I would be happy if you could recommend some published work to authenticate...
26 November 2014 5,310 7 View
This gastropod was collected from bycatch of trawl nets operated along the Chennai coast, south east India. Seems to be new for this region! I have attached the dorsal and ventral views.
21 November 2014 9,194 4 View
I need a good identification guide that will help out in identifying infaunal molluscan samples belonging to families Pyramidellidae and Columbellidae (samples from south east coast of India)
09 July 2014 9,095 3 View
All of us are aware of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic and the total lockdown in many countries across the globe. We have been requested to work from home by our Governments. As a community of...
01 January 1970 1,366 37 View
