Morphological and molecular evidence for first records and range extension of the Japanese seahorse, Hippocampus mohnikei (Bleeker 1853) in a bay-estuarine system of Goa, central west coast of India

Sushant V. Sanaye; Rakhee Khandeparker; Anantha Sreepada Rayadurga; Mamatha S. Shivaramu; Harshada Kankonkar; Jayu Narvekar; Mukund Gauthankar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220420

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Morphological and molecular evidence for first records and range extension of the Japanese seahorse, Hippocampus mohnikei (Bleeker 1853) in a bay-estuarine system of Goa, central west coast of India

Sushant V. Sanaye,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Aquaculture Laboratory, Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India
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Rakhee Khandeparker,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Aquaculture Laboratory, Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India
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Anantha Sreepada Rayadurga ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sreepada@nio.org

Affiliation Aquaculture Laboratory, Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4589-3001

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Mamatha S. Shivaramu,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Current address: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Affiliation Aquaculture Laboratory, Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India
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Harshada Kankonkar,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Aquaculture Laboratory, Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India
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Jayu Narvekar,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Physical Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India
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Mukund Gauthankar

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Aquaculture Laboratory, Biological Oceanography Division, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India
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Morphological and molecular evidence for first records and range extension of the Japanese seahorse, Hippocampus mohnikei (Bleeker 1853) in a bay-estuarine system of Goa, central west coast of India

Sushant V. Sanaye,
Rakhee Khandeparker,
Anantha Sreepada Rayadurga,
Mamatha S. Shivaramu,
Harshada Kankonkar,
Jayu Narvekar,
Mukund Gauthankar

Published: March 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220420

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