TAXONOMIC STUDY ON THE INTERTIDAL GREEN MUSSEL AND THEIR ECOLOGY FROM THE MOHESHKHALI CHANNEL, COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH.

Dipak  Kamal; Yousuf Sharif Ahmed  Khan

doi:10.53808/KUS.1999.1.1.75-79-Ls

Authors

Dipak Kamal Fisheries and Marine Resource Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Yousuf Sharif Ahmed Khan Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.1999.1.1.75-79-Ls

Keywords:

Taxonomy; Green mussel, Perna viridis, Ecology, Moheshkhali channel, Cox’s Bazar

Abstract

The green mussel inhabiting Moheshkhali jetty within the Moheshkhali channel has been identified as Perna viridis (Linn. 1758). Occurrence of P. viridis from the channel has been reported for the first time. The physico-chemical parameters of the habitat water have also been studied for one year between November, 1990 and October, 1991. The recorded physico-chemical parameters were suitable for the growth of the species.

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