MARC, Digha Scientist Profile

Dr. S. BALAKRISHNAN

Scientist - E

Highest Academic degree

Ph.D. in Marine Biology & Oceanography [2013]

Department/Division

Zoological Survey of India, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Digha

Email Address

marugalbalu82@gmail.com

balakrishnan.ss@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

+91 9943990098 / 7063221720

Area of Expertise

Zoology, Marine Biology, Coastal and Marine Biodiversity

Experience after Ph.D.

9 years

Significant Achievements

• New records to India: Fishes (2 spp.); Parasite (2 spp.) & Mollusca (1 sp.)
• Established “DNA Molecular Biosystematics Laboratory” at ZSI, MARC, Digha
• DNA barcodes developed for 12 marine faunal groups.

Mentorship

Supervising 02 Ph.D. students (West Bengal State University & Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University) and 14 M.Sc., internship students supervised in Marine Biology research

Research Focus

• Taxonomy and classification of coastal and marine Polychaetes and Crusteancens
• Species diversity and distribution patterns of coastal and marine fauna.
• Monitoring and maintenance of live specimens at marine aquarium
• Molecular and morphological studies on coastal and marine faunal groups.

Publications

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Srinivasan_Balakrishnan

Social Media

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Dr PRASAD CHANDRA TUDU

Scientist-D

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2019

Department/Division

Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre

Email Address

tuduprasad.c@zsi.gov.in; tuduprasad@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91 98007 74662

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy of Marine Mollusc, Intertidal Fauna, Maintenance of Marine Aquarium

Experience after Ph. D.

4 years

Significant Achievements

New species discovered: 1 species of sea slug & 2 species of marine fishes

New records to India: 4 species of mollusc & 3 species of fishes.

Ongoing studies on status of Windowpane Oyster in India

Mentorship

Supervised 02Internship students (M.Sc)

Research Focus

- Taxonomy and classification of marine mollusc

- Species diversity and distribution patterns of intertidal fauna

- Management and maintenance of Marine Aquarium

- Study on status of schedule mollusc of India

Publications

Book: One

Book chapter: 9

Papers: 47 (including 19 SCI)

Significant publications

Anil Mohapatra & Prasad Chandra Tudu, 2017. Guide on some Marine Aquarium Fauna, Zoological Survey of India, 1-85.

Prasad Chandra Tudu, Sheikh Sajan, Soumen Roy, Amit Mukhapadhyay, Basudev Tripathy, Anil Mohapatra, 2022. A new species of Cephalaspidean sea slug of the genus Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881 (Heterobranchia: Aglajidae) from Bay of Bengal, India, Molluscan Research, published online on 25^th Nov, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2022.2139583

Prasad Chandra Tudu, Sheikh Sajan, Laxman Kumar Murmu, S. Balakrishnan, Anil Mohapatra, 2022. Additional report of the uncommon Mactrid clam Oxyperaslentiginosum(Gould, 1852) from the East Coast of India and notes on its morpho-taxonomy, Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00462-0

Prasad Chandra Tudu, Prasanna Yennawar and Anil Mohapatra, 2019. First report of two Ark shells, Anadara consociata (E.A. Smith, 1885) and Anadaratroscheli(Dunker, 1882) (Arcidae: Anadarinae) from Indian waters with notes on morpho-taxonomy of some related species from East coast of India, Records of Zoological Survey of India. 119(1): 34-48. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i1/2019/141303

Anil Mohapatra, David G. Smith, Swarup Ranjan Mohanty, Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra and Prasad Chandra Tudu. 2017. Enchelycorepropinqua sp. nov., a new eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast, Zootaxa, 4319(3):595-599.  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.11

Anil Mohapatra, David G. Smith, Swarup Ranjan Mohanty,

Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra and Prasad Chandra Tudu. 2017. Gymnothoraxvisakhaensis sp. nov., a new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Indian Coast, Zootaxa, 4300(2):279-286. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4300.2.9

ResearchGate profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prasad_Tudu4

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YQHzOBwAAAAJ&hl=en

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