- Mohamed Tharik
Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, India
- Sai Saraswathi
Nature Club, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Kumaraguru Arumugam
Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, India
bcfconserves@gmail.com
Volume 6 - No: 3
Uncommon Mass Beaching of Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India
DOI: 10.28978/nesciences.1036855
Keywords: Blue Button Jellyfish, Nivar Cyclone Effect, Rameswaram, Gulf of Mannar, Mass Beaching
Abstract
Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) was found stranded on the beaches from Vadakadu to Olaikuda Coastline, Rameswaram Island, Gulf of Mannar, after the Nivar Cyclone hit from December 7 to 14, 2020. The current mass beach stranding of P. porpita can be explained by offshore swarming and subsequent drift away to the beach due to shoreward water currents and wind speed.