Recent Publications

Sahoo, D., Bera, S.K., Pal, P.P. et al. Seasonal Environmental Gradients Shape Phytoplankton Assemblages in the West Bengal Coastal Belt of the Northern Bay of Bengal, India. Thalassas 42, 245 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-026-01262-6

Bera, S. K., Bar, S., Sahoo, D., Pal, P. P., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages Elucidate Ecological Succession and Test Mineralogy in a Newly Colonized Mangrove of the Subarnarekha Estuary in the Northeastern Bay of Bengal. Marine Environmental Research, 108458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2026.108458 

Khatua, S., Jana, S., Bar, S., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). Study of Odonata in the coastal-influenced area of Purba Medinipur District with a note on seasonal fluctuations and species composition. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 18(9), 29684-29699. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9854.18.9.29684-29699 

Das, S., Giri, A., Bera, S.K., Ghorai, S.K. & Phani, V. (2026). Aphelenchoides subbotini sp. n. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from roots of mangrove plant Excoecaria agallocha in India. Russian Journal of Nematology, 34(2), 117–129. https://doi.org/10.65395/262.390913 

Das, S., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). Characterization of Aphelenchoides confusus Thorne & Malek, 1968 (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Aphelenchoididae) occurring in a marine habitat of eastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 18(9), 29736. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.10449.18.9.29736-29742 

Das, S., Phani, V., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). Occurrence of Aphelenchoides bicaudatus in a Mangrove Ecosystem on the East Coast of India, with the Description of the Extremely Rare Male. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 78(3), 349. https://doi.org/10.71424/azb78.3.003134 

Bar, S., Kamila, B., Pal, P. P., Bhaumik, A. K., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). Multi-metal competitive adsorption on plastic polymers: Evidence from single and binary metal exposure experiments. Chemosphere, 405, 144952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2026.144952

Majhi, J., Dhara, S., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). A new species, Tubulanus kajiharai sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) from Subarnarekha Estuary, India. Marine Biology Research, 1–12. doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2026.2639417 

Bar, S., Sahu, R., Bhaumik, A. K., Bera, S. K., & Ghorai, S. K. (2026). Microplastiglomerates as emerging pollutant sinks: Characterization and heavy metal retention studies. Science of The Total Environment, 1017, 181491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181491

Bar, S., & Ghorai, S. K. (2025). Ecological footprint of microplastics in coastal and estuarine environments of India: Sediment-water interface analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 997, 180151. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180151 

Pal, P. P., Bar, S., Bera, S. K., Sahoo, D., & Ghorai, S. K. (2025). A Multi-Technique Investigation to Explore the Structural Integrity and Chemical Complexity of the Brachiopod Lingula anatina (Lamarck, 1801) Shells. Journal of Structural Biology, 108248. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2025.108248 

Bar, S., Das, S., Bera, S., Bera, S. K., Sahu, R., & Ghorai, S. K. (2025). Assessing microplastic accumulation in the hepatopancreas of marine and freshwater crabs from the North-East Part of the Bay of Bengal. Environmental Research Communications, 7(8), 085001. doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/adf499 

Dhara, S., Majhi, J., Mandal, B., Bhadury, P., Bhattacharya, S., & Ghorai, S. K. (2025). Polydendrorhynchus amaleshii sp. nov., a New Species With Branched Proboscis (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) From the North-East Coastal Bay of Bengal. Zoological Science, 42(3). doi.org/10.2108/zs240093 

Majhi, J., Dhara, S., & Ghorai, S. K. (2025). A New Species of Prosadenoporus (Nemertea: Eumonostilifera) from the North-East Coast of the Bay of Bengal, India. Zoological science, 42(2), 240-247. doi.org/10.2108/zs240094 

Giri, A., Bera, S. K., Das, S., Mandal, B., & Ghorai, S. K. (2024). New distribution record: Pseudolella mangrovi Gagarin and Thanh, 2016 (free-living marine nematode) from Talsari Mangrove Mudflats, North-East Coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123-130.