Publications by authors named "Usha V Parameswaran"
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- The paper documents two sea creature species, Ophiozonella molesta and Ophiothamnus venustus, found on a seamount in the Eastern Arabian Sea.
- It marks the first recorded sighting of Ophiothamnus venustus in the Indian Ocean and confirms the presence of Ophiozonella molesta in Indian waters for the first time.
- This research is the inaugural study to explore and document benthic invertebrates from seamounts in the Arabian Sea.
Coastal upwelling in the south eastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) leads to oxygen depletion over the continental shelf during the summer monsoon season (June-September), with latitudinal gradients in intensity. Based on two surveys in the onset (June) and peak (August) phases of the summer monsoon, the present study evaluates the response of macrozoobenthic communities (size >500 μm) to upwelling and consequent hypoxia (dissolved oxygen <0.2 ml/l) in the central sector of the SEAS shelf (10-12°N, 30-200 m).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA biodiversity survey carried out from 2016 to 2018 by the Department of Science and Technology in the Lakshadweep Atolls, India, recorded six species of shallow-water feather stars new to the archipelago (Comanthus wahlbergii, Comaster schlegelii, Himerometra robustipinna, Dichrometra palmata, Stephanometra indica, and Phanogenia typica). Himerometra sol A.H.
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- The paper reports three new records of brittle stars discovered in the Lakshadweep atolls, including Ophiarachnella septemspinosa, Ophiocoma cynthiae, and Ophiomoeris obstricta.
- It evaluates the legitimacy of the genus Indophioderma and its species Indophioderma ganapatii, which were recently described from the same region.
- Additionally, a checklist of 40 valid brittle star species from the Lakshadweep Islands is included, with 32 species found in shallow reef areas and 8 in deep-sea environments.