Volume : 3, Issue : 3, March - 2014
Morphometric Studies of the Tropical Leatherleaf Slug Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (Gastropoda: Styllommataphora)
Ramakrishna S, Jayashankar M, Alexander R, Thanuja B G, Deepak P
Abstract :
The present study reports the morphometric studies on a tropical leatherleaf Slug or lined leatherback slug Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (Gastropoda: Styllommataphora) from Bangalore. The specimens (N=15) were collected from Hebbal forest department nursery, Bangalore north taluk and subjected to traditional morphometry to analyse the intra specific population variation. Significant positive correlation was obtained between the parameters such as length-circumference (0.81); length-live weight (0.92) and circumference-live weight (0.73). Fitted regression equation was obtained for the species considering two sets of morphometric variables viz., length and circumference; live weight and length, (Y = 0.42x + 1.08, R² = 0.66) and (Y = 0.96x - 2.50, R² = 0.85) respectively.
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Ramakrishna S, * Jayashankar M, Alexander R, Thanuja B G, Deepak P Morphometric Studies of the Tropical Leatherleaf Slug Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (Gastropoda: Styllommataphora) GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS, Vol.III, Issue.III, March-20