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Dr. Suranjana Banerjee

Assistant Zoologist

DR.SURANJANA  BANERJEE

ASSISTANT  ZOOLOGIST 

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.; 2013

 

Department/Division

MISCELLANEOUS INSECT ORDER SECTION

 

Email Address

serenebanerjee@gmail.com

 

Phone Number

9830478944

 

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Cestoda and Odonata

 

Experience after Ph. D.

10 years

 

Significant Achievements (max 5 bullet points)

- Discovered 17 new cestode (tapeworm) species from India

- Contribution to the taxonomy of Cestodes in India

- Contribution in taxonomy of Odonata of Protected areas in India

 

Mentorship

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Research Focus (max. 5 bullet points)

- Taxonomy and classification of Odonata and Cestoda

- Species diversity and distribution patterns of Cestoda and Odonata

 

 

Publications

 

 

 

1.Banerjee, S. and Dawn, P.2022. Odonata:Chapter 15 in Faunal Diversity of Satkosia and Baisapalli Wildlife Sanctuaries,Satkosia Tiger Reserve by Dhriti Banerjee, AtanuNaskar,G.P.Mandal and Kailash Chandra, Zool.Surv.India, Conservation Area Series,73:297-309. (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata). (Book Chapter)

2.Banerjee S., Manna,B and Sanyal.,A.K.2017. Description of a new species of PentorchisMeggit,1927 tapeworm from the bird Cissachinensis in ArunachalPradesh,India. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 103 (1):1-8.

3. Banerjee, S., Manna, B and Sanyal, A.K.2017.Description of a new species of cestode parasitic worm from an Indian Scops Owl in Mizoram, India. Journal Of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 103(3): 17-28.ISSN 0043-0439.(Journal article)

4.Banerjee, S., Manna, B. and Sanyal, A.K.2017. Proteocephalussouthwelli sp. n. (Platyhelminthes: Cestoidea) from a Freshwater Fish, Aorichthysseenghala in West Bengal, India, with a Review of the Genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society: 1-  ISSN 0373-5893 Springer: DOI 10.1007/s12595-018-0262-

5.Banerjee, S. and Manna, B.2017. Wenyoniasanyalisp.n. (Platyhelminthes: Cestoidea) from  Chilloscylliumgriseum (Bamboo Shark) in West Bengal, India. Proceedings  of    the Zoological Society: 1-6. ISSN 0373-5893,Springer: DOI 10.1007/s12595-017-0238-7   DOI: 10.1007/s12595-017-0238-7.

 

- 12 research papers in SCI journals

 

ResearchGate profile

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