SEVEN NEW GIANT PILL-MILLIPEDE SPECIES AND NUMEROUS NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS ZOOSPHAERIUM FROM MADAGASCAR (DIPLOPODA, SPHAEROTHERIIDA, ARTHROSPHAERIDAE)

Seven new giant pill-millipede species and numerous new records of the genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)

Seven new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895 are described from Madagascar: Z.nigrum sp.nov., Z.silens sp.nov., Z.ambatovaky sp.nov., Z.beanka sp.nov., Z.voahangy sp.nov., Z.masoala sp.nov.and Z.spinopiligerum sp.nov.All species are described based on drawings and scanning electron microscopy, while genetic barcodin

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Seasonal variability of coastal water quality in bay of Bengal and Palk Strait, Tamilnadu, Southeast Coast of India

The aim of this work was to study the physicochemical parameters of water quality collected from 12 sampling stations from Topputhurai to Muthupet in Vedaranyam located on the southeast coast of India from January to December 2008.Results showed that the DO and nutrients were the maximum in the Bay of Bengal during the monsoon period.High concentra

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