Author: Chhapgar B.F
Place: New Delhi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2008
Pages: 71
ISBN: 9780195688009
Subject: Bombay/ Mumbai
Sub-Subject: Bombay
Keyword: Seashore
Classification: 590
Shelf: C3R2
Accession No: B677
Contents: Preface Introduction Animals Flotsam and Jetsam Plants Seashore Life: A Visual Introduction Glossary Futher Reading Index
Abstract: *Seashore Life of India* explores the rich plant and animal life along India’s coastline, covering a wide range of marine species from sponges to crabs, birds, and algae. The book highlights fascinating facts, such as sea anemones reproducing by splitting, ribbon worms surviving without food for a year, sea hares being modified snails, and octopuses being susceptible to hypnosis. It categorizes marine life by complexity across eight phyla: Porifera, Coelenterata, Bryozoa, Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Chordata. A color section shows these creatures in their habitats, while the introduction and glossary add further depth and context.