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 Department of Zoology
04 July 2025

Department of Zoology

       The Department of Zoology, under the School of Biological Sciences, was established in 2010 at Riverside Transit Campus, Padannakad to promote education and research in the domain of Animal Science with limited faculty and students. The department has grown into an established system with six permanent faculty having vast experience and expertise in different fields of biological sciences. The department offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. in zoology (with annual intake of 30 students) with strong curriculum designed to provide the experience, skills and exposure in areas which range from basic conceptual framework to the most advanced areas of biological sciences. Deep engagement in research by faculty in the areas of entomology, aquatic pathobiology, herpetology, toxicology, immunology, physiology, cell and developmental biology, and endocrinology is a core strength of the department. Convergence of the expertise and research strengths of the faculty ensures that the academic programmes provide the students and researchers with profound insights and adequate skills, besides inculcating a culture of innovation and inclusive development

Mission:

• To produce locally relevant and globally competitive human resources in the area of biological sciences.

• To engage in inter-disciplinary research and innovative educational practices which enable in fostering excellence in teaching and learning

• To undertake basic and applied research to address compelling scientific challenges in zoological sciences

Vision:

• To become a centre of academic and research excellence imparting deeper insights, inculcating innovations, developing competence to appreciate, assimilate and nurture the core essence of the biological world

Thematic area

• Approaches/strategies to/for the sustainable utilization and conservation of terrestrial and aquatic biological resources

Thematic area

• Neurobiology, neuro-protective strategies, neurodegenerative diseases, natural peptides and toxicology

• Plant-animal interaction, biodiversity & land-use policy

• Insect systematics, ecology, behaviour, conservation, and pest management

• Molecular endocrinology and metabolism

• Reproduction & development

• Stem cells, animal models & therapeutics

• Aquatic animal diseases and host-pathogen interaction

• Anatomy, behaviour, ecology, evolution, genomics, and systematics of caecilian amphibians

• Crustacean Physiology and Endocrinology

• Marine biodiversity

• Aquatic Parasitology

Department of Zoology

The department envisions a scholar community committed to translate the knowledge they gain and generate for the well-being of the humanity and the biodiversity, in which the Department plays its pivotal role of a modern organisation.

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Recent Events
 National Seminar Series on RECENT TRENDS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE-18 -19 DECEMBER 2024  

 Invited Talk Series on Frontiers in Biological Sciences Date: 8-9th October 2024 Resource person: Dr. Sharmishtha Shyamal, DBT-BioCARe Scientist ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health, Mumbai  

 International Seminar on FUNDAMENTALS OF IMMUNO-BIOLOGY: BEDSIDE TO BENCHSIDE AND BACK TO BED 30 September 2024  

 Invited Talk Series on Frontiers in Biological Sciences Date:2-4 September 2024 Resource person: Dr. Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee, National Center for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore  

 Workshop on Aquatic Animal Health Management- In Collaboration with ICAR Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi; 29/02/2024   

 VAJRA-TALK on 1)Shieldtails:Diversity and evolution of uropeltid snakes 2)Human Wildlife Interaction in India  

 Talk on ''Biology of Sex Determination:Regulation of Plasticity" by Dr. Indrashis Bhattacharya,at Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, West Bengal  

 Onam Celebration 2023- Group Photo with the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kerala  

 Dr. Indrashis Bhattacharya, Associate Professor & Head in the Department of Zoology, Central University of Kerala, receiving Prof. M. A. Akbarsha- Prof. M. Michael Aruldhas Gold Medal Oration at Navrachana University, Vadodara.   

 Invited talk at the International workshop on ‘Diagnostics for Future : Precision Diagnostics In Aquaculture’, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, 13 September 2023.  

 Dr. Sinu delivered a talk on "Ecology: a discipline of synergistic and antagonistic interaction" as part of the induction program of the Master's students of Ecological Informatics held at Kerala University of Digital Sciences and Innovation, Trivandrum on 12th September 2023  

 Invited Talk - “Advanced Techniques in Pathogen Discovery and Disease Diagnosis in Aquaculture”  

 Group Photo - M.Sc. Zoology (2021-23 Batch) with the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kerala  

 Invited talk in the ‘Hands-on training programme on Molecular Techniques for shrimp and fish diseases’ under the aegis of National Surveillance Programme for Aquatic Animal Diseases (NSPAAD), ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai (24 July 2023)   

 Dr. H.P. Gurushankara delivering Invited talk at LEADCON 2023, Tirupati   

 Dr. Indrashis Bhattacharya, Associate Professor & Head, in the Department of Zoology, Central University of Kerala, presenting at the 9th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination on 21 April 2023 at Kona, Hawaii  

 Dr. H.P. Gurushankara delivering Invited talk at IABS 2023 Conference, NIMHANS Bengaluru  

 JAIVAM-2023 - National Science Day Lecture Series  

 JAIVAM 2023 - Hands On Training Workshop On Hydra Regeneration  

 JAIVAM-2023 - National Science Day Lecture Series- Photo Session  

 Dr. H.P. Gurushankara delivering Invited talk at IMMUNOCON 2022 held at PGIMER Chandigarh   

 Visit under DST-JSPS Indo Japan Project (DST-JSPS) titled “ Origin, Specificity and Molecular Systematics of Bopyrid isopods infesting the Peneid shrimps-Studies on molecular systematics and host immune response” November 2022  

 Students of the Department of Zoology Participated on Ocean Cleaning Programme on 08 June 2022  

 Interaction of Students with VAJRA Faculty Dr David J. Gower-21 June 2022  

 DST SERB VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Project   

Department of Zoology

The department envisions a scholar community committed to translate the knowledge they gain and generate for the well-being of the humanity and the biodiversity, in which the Department plays its pivotal role of a modern organisation.

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Programmes of study(M.Sc.Zoology & Ph.D Zoology)
MSc Zoology

PhD Zoology

Department of Zoology

The department envisions a scholar community committed to translate the knowledge they gain and generate for the well-being of the humanity and the biodiversity, in which the Department plays its pivotal role of a modern organisation.

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Faculty


Prof Sooraj Unniappan
Professor
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Prof. Sudha Kappalli
Professor
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Dr. INDRASHIS BHATTACHARYA
Associate Professor
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Dr. Palatty Allesh Sinu
Associate Professor
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Dr. H.P. Gurushankara
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Ramachandran Kotharambath
Assistant Professor
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Dr Rijin K
Adhoc - Faculty
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Prof Muthukumarasamy Arunachalam
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Prof. Rajendran Kooloth Valappil
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Dr. DIVYA LEKHA
Assistant Professor
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Department of Zoology

The department envisions a scholar community committed to translate the knowledge they gain and generate for the well-being of the humanity and the biodiversity, in which the Department plays its pivotal role of a modern organisation.

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Publications
  1. Kappalli Sudha., Nath A., Gopinathan, A,(2025)."Reproduction and molt related fluctuation in hepatopancreatic metabolites in a continuous breeding brachyuran crab, Metopograpsus messor: Season wise Analysis",Biology Bulletin,52 (27)

  2. Swaraj, P., Reshmi, M.V.N., Rijin, K., Drisya O.K., Priya Jose, Sudha Kappalli,(2025)."Bomolochidae Claus, 1875 (Cyclopoida: Copepoda) Parasitizing the Marine Fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Host-Parasite Interaction and Species Diversity",Acta Parasitologica,70(3)

  3. Palatty Allesh Sinu, Krishnan P. Abhiram, Ashly Baby, C. R. Akshatha, K. Aneha, Anjana P. Unni, Harita Nalamati, K. Manoj, A. R. Pooja,(2025)."Functional leaf and plant use by leafcutter bees: Implications for management and conservation",Ecological Applications,35, e3090

  4. A. Nath, T.A. Josr Priya, Sudha Kappalli,(2024)."Programming of molting in a male fiddler crab Gelasimus hesperiae (Crane 1975): Ecological and Biochemical approach",Biology Bulletin,Vol 52 Page: 1877-1892

  5. Palatty Allesh Sinu, Athira Jose, Sangeetha Varma,(2024)."Impact of the annular solar eclipse on December 26, 2019 on the foraging visits of bees",Scientific Reports,14, 17458

  6. Catherine Matilda (Tilly) Collins, Helene Audusseau, Chris Hassall, Nusha Keyghobadi, Palatty Allesh Sinu, Manu E. Saunders,(2024)."Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs",Insect Conservation and Diversity,17, 169-181

  7. Sangeetha Varma, T. P. Rajesh, K. Manoj, G. Asha, T. Jobiraj & Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2023)."Dominance and identity of the dominant bee drive bee diversity on flowers",Biodiversity and Conservation,33, 333-346

  8. R. Roshnath & Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2023)."Using ecology-with-cities approaches to guide conservation of urban heronries in India",Urban Ecosystems,27, 733-740

  9. Jose Priya TA, Charutha Karunakaran, Aishwarya Nath, Sudha Kappalli,(2023)."Transcriptomic Variation of Amphiprion Percula (Lacepède, 1802) in Response to Infection with Cryptocaryon Irritans Brown, 1951",Marine Biotechnology,25(6):858-890.

  10. Aishwaria Nath, T.A.J. Priya, and Sudha Kappalli,(2023)."Report on sexual maturity in male fiddler crab, Gelasimus hesperiae (Crane, 1975) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae)",Invertebrate Zoology,,20 (4) 417-432 .

  11. Palatty Allesh Sinu & V. Aiswarya,(2023)."Leafcutter bee preference of plant saplings in plant nurseries: context for future research and conservation",Apidologie,54, 55

  12. Nikhila Reshmi M V , Rijin K , Drisya O K , Jose Priya T A , Sudha Kappalli.,(2023)."Lernanthropids (Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) parasitizing the marine fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Species diversity, Phylogeny and host-parasite interaction",Regional studies in Marine Sciences, Elsevier: October 2023, 68 ,102838 IF: 2.1,68

  13. Natapot Warrit, John Ascher, Parthib Basu, Vasuki Belavadi, Axel Brockmann, Damayanti Buchori, James B Dorey, Alice Hughes, Smitha Krishnan, Hien T Ngo, Paul Williams, Chao-Dong Zhu, Dharam Abrol, Kamal Bawa, Chet Bhatta, Renee M Borges, Silas Bossert, Cleofas Cervancia, Nontawat Chatthanabun, Douglas Chesters, Phung Huu Chinh, Kedar Devkota, Hanh Pham Duc, Rafael Ferrari, Lucas Garibaldi, Jin Ge, Dibyajyoti Ghosh, Dunyuan Huang, Chuleui Jung, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch, Erin Krichilsky, Krushnamegh Kunte, Tial C Ling, Shanlin Liu, Xiuwei Liu, Arong Luo, Shiqi Luo, Junpeng Mu, Tshering Nidup, ZeQing Niu, A Mustafa Nur-Zati, Shannon B Olsson, Gard W Otis, Fang Ouyang, Yan-Qiong Peng, Windra Priawandiputra, Maxim Proshchalykin, Rika Raffiudin, Anandhan Rameshkumar, Zongxin Ren, Azhagarraja Suruliraj, Sanjay Sane, Xiaoyu Shi, Palatty Allesh Sinu, Deborah R Smith, Zestin WW Soh, Hema Somananthan, Tuanjit Sritongchuay, Alyssa B Stewart, Cheng Sun, Min Tang, Chawata,(2023)."Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation",Biological Conservation,285, 110173

  14. Palatty Allesh Sinu, PP Fahira, TP Rajesh, Gopika Viswan, K Manoj, M Hariraveendra, Thomas Jose,(2023)."Civet latrines in three habitats of a coffee dominated landscape of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot",Scientific Reports,13, 22698

  15. Jose Priya TA., Sudha Kappalli,(2023)."Chemicals and Their Interaction in the Aquaculture System Biomedical Applications and Toxicity of Nanomaterials, 2023",Biomedical Applications and Toxicity of Nanomaterials, 2023,277–297

  16. G Asha, K Manoj, TP Rajesh, Sangeetha Varma, U Prashanth Ballullaya, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2022)."Dung beetles prefer used land over natural greenspace in urban landscape",Scientific Reports,12, 22179

  17. Prabitha Mohan, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2022)."Is direct bodyguard manipulation a parasitoid-induced stress sleep? A new perspective",Biology Letters,18, 20220280

  18. Palatty Allesh Sinu, Mubarak Jamal, Greeshma Shaji, M. Hariraveendra, Gopika Viswan, P. Abhiram Krishnan, Ankita Das, K. Aneha, A. R. Pooja, Spandana Salikity & V. Arathy,(2022)."Ornamental roses for conservation of leafcutter bee pollinators",Scientific Reports,12, 18700

  19. Jose Priya TA., Sudha Kappalli,(2022)."Modern biotechnological strategies for vaccine development in aquaculture – Prospects and challenges",Vaccine,40 (4),5873-5881

  20. Nikhila Reshmi M.V., Charutha Karunakaran, Jose Priya TA, Swaraj P, Sudha Kappalli,(2022)."Immune responses of Cyprinus carpio induced by protein extracts of Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758,",Experimental Parasitology,239, 108306

  21. Helna A.K., Sudha Kappalli,(2022)."Male and female reproductive systems of the pseudocycnid copepod cybicola armatus (bassett-smith, 1898) (siphonostomatoidae) infecting the commercially important scombrid fish scomberomorus commerson: light and electron microscopic study.",Curstaceana,95(5-6) 533-552

  22. TP Rajesh, K Manoj, U Prashanth Ballullaya, VK Shibil, G Asha, Sangeetha Varma, Prabitha Mohan, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2022)."Urban tropical forest islets as hotspots of ants in general and invasive ants in particular",Scientific Reports,12, 12003

  23. N Sinu, PA Sinu,(2022)."Temporal consistency in foraging time and bouts of a carpenter bee in a specialized pollination system",Current Science,122, 18520

  24. G Asha, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2022)."Molecular phylogeny of the dung beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.",Current Science,122, 623-628

  25. Amrutha Vani Sahadevani, Jose Priya T A, Sudha Kappalli,(2022)."Biphasic moulting in isopods confers advantages for their adaptation to various habitats and lifestyle",Biologia,77, 1067-1081

  26. Nikhila Reshmi M V, Rijin K, Drisya O K, Jose Priya T A, Sudha Kappalli,(2022)."Species diversity and genetic variation of caligids (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting the marine fishes of Kerala Coast, India",Marine Biodiversity,52(1), 1-20.

  27. Asha G, K.K. Navya, T.P. Rajesh, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2021)."Roller dung beetles of dung piles suggest habitats are alike, but that of guarding pitfall traps suggest habitat are different.",Journal of Tropical Ecology,37, 209-213

  28. KM Rajesh, Palatty Allesh Sinu, M Nasser,(2021)."Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f) as a promising trap plant for the biocontrol of rice white stem borer, Scirpophaga innotata (Walker)",Biological Control,160, 104676

  29. Palatty Allesh Sinu , Gopika Viswan , P.P. Fahira , T.P. Rajesh , K. Manoj , M. Hariraveendra , Thomas Jose,(2021)."Shade tree diversity may not drive prey-predator interaction in coffee agroforests of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India",Biological Control,160, 104674

  30. G Asha, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2021)."DNA barcode and phylogenetic analysis of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India",International Journal of Tropical Insect Science,41, 1419-1425

  31. Asha G, K. Manoj, P.P. Megha, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2021)."Spatiotemporal effects on dung beetle activities in a tropical lowland: effect of habitat, season, and diel periods.",Scientific Reports,11, 17398

  32. TP Rajesh, AP Unni, UP Ballullaya, K Manoj, PA Sinu,(2021)."An insight into the quality of sacred groves–an island habitat–using leaf-litter ants as an indicator in a context of urbanization",Journal of Tropical Ecology,37, 82-90

  33. R. Roshnath & Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2021)."Co-breeding involving herons and a potential egg predator, the Indian House Crow (Corvus splendens), in Peninsular India",Ecological Complexity,46, 100922

  34. Anjana Pisharody Unni, Sajad Hussain Mir, TP Rajesh, U Prashanth Ballullaya, Thomas Jose, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2021)."Native and invasive ants affect floral visits of pollinating honey bees in pumpkin flowers (Cucurbita maxima)",Scientific Reports,11, 4781

  35. Rajendran, K.V., Stentiford, G.D., Bass, D.,(2021)."The rise of syndrome- sub-optimal growth disorders in farmed shrimp",Reviews in Aquaculture,13(4); 1-19 DOI: 10.1111/raq.12550

  36. TP Rajesh, U Prashanth Ballullaya, Anjana P Unni, Surendran Parvathy, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2020)."Interactive effects of urbanization and year on invasive and native ant diversity of sacred groves of South India",Urban Ecosystems,23, 1335-1348

  37. Aneesh, P. T., & Kappalli, S.,(2020)."Protandrous hermaphroditic reproductive system in the adult phases of Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857)(Cymothoidae: Isopoda: Crustacea)–Light and electron microscopy study",Zoological studies,59 (61): 1-15

  38. T. A. Jose Priya, Kappalli Sudha,(2020)."Molecular remedies against Cryptocaryon irritans Brown, 1951—Practical difficulties.",Aquaculture Research,DOI: 10.1111/are.14751

  39. Poovoli Amina, Keloth Rajmohana, KP Dinesh, Gopalan Asha, Palatty Allesh Sinu, Jobin Mathew,(2020)."Two new species of an Indian endemic genus Krishnacapritermes Chhotani (Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Kerala part of the Western Ghats, India",Oriental Insects,54, 496-513

  40. M Hariraveendra, TP Rajesh, Anjana P Unni, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2020)."Prey–predator interaction suggests sacred groves are not functionally different from neighbouring used lands",Journal of Tropical Ecology,5, 220-224

  41. Rijin K., Amruthavani S., Nikhila Reshmi M.V., Drishya O.K., Sudha Kappalli. ,(2020)."Copepod (Crustacea) infection on Oil sardine, Sardinella longiceps (Actinopterygii; Clupeidae) ",Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences ,Vol. 45(05), 911-914

  42. Sangeetha Varma, TP Rajesh, K Manoj, G Asha, T Jobiraj, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2020)."Nectar robbers deter legitimate pollinators by mutilating flowers",Oikos,129, 868-878

  43. Prabitha Mohan, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2020)."Does the solitary parasitoid Microplitis pennatulae use a combinatorial approach to manipulate its host?",Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata,168, 295-303

  44. Félix Landry Yuan, U Prashanth Ballullaya, Ramesh Roshnath, Timothy C Bonebrake, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2020)."Sacred groves and serpent‐gods moderate human–snake relations",People and Nature,2, 111-122

  45. Aneesh, P. T., Sudha Kappalli ,(2020)."Occurrence of life cycle dependent monophasic and biphasic molting in Mothocya renardi Thalassas",An International Journal of Marine Sciences,36, 115–124

  46. Thasnim S. N, Megha R, Sisira C P, Sudha Kappalli,(2020)."The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India.",Journal of parasitic diseases,45(1):78–88

  47. Rijin K., Mumthaz T. M.V., Sudha Kappalli ,(2019)."Clupeid fish hosts a Peniculus sp. (Pennellidae, Siphonostomatoida, Copepoda) – First report on new host and season dependent prevalence, ",Acta Oceanologica Sinica,38, 118–125

  48. Palatty Allesh Sinu, AR Pooja, K Aneha,(2019)."Overhead sprinkler irrigation affects pollinators and pollination in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)",Scientia Horticulturae,258, 108803

  49. UP Ballullaya, KS Reshmi, TP Rajesh, K Manoj, M Lowman, PA Sinu,(2019)."Stakeholder motivation for the conservation of sacred groves in south India: An analysis of environmental perceptions of rural and urban neighbourhood communities",Land Use Policy,89, 104213

  50. R.M.V. Nikhila, O.K. Drisya, K. Rijin, T.M.V. Mumthaz, A.K. Helna, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Sudha Kappalli,(2019)."Copepod crustaceans parasitizing marine fish of the Kerala coast, India.",Arthropoda Selecta,28:4

  51. Amrutha Vani Sahadevan, T.A. Jose Priya, Sudha Kappalli ,(2019)." Biphasic moult cycle of the parasitic isopod Norileca indica (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) (Isopoda: Cymothoidea): stage-wise characterization and haemolymph ecdysteroids titre",Journal of Crustacean Biology,40(1), 131-140

  52. Helna A.K., Sudha Kappalli. ,(2019)."Norileca indica (Crustacea: Isopoda, Cymothoidae) infecting Rastrelliger kanagurta along the Malabar Coast of India - Seasonal variation in prevalence and aspects of host-parasite interaction. ",Zoological studies ,58: e35

  53. Sangeetha Varma, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2019)."Nectar robbing in bellflower (Sesamum radiatum) benefited pollinators but unaffected maternal function of plant reproduction",Scientific Reports,9, 8357

  54. R Roshnath, K Athira, PA Sinu,(2019)."Does predation pressure drive heronry birds to nest in the urban landscape?",Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity,12, 311-315

  55. Kottarathil, H. A., & Kappalli, S.,(2019)."Reproductive System in the Male Phase of a Parasitic Isopod (Crustacea)–Morphological, Histological and Ultrastructural Evidence for Sequential Protandrous Hermaphroditic Changes",Zoological Studies ,58: 4

  56. Sinu Palatty Allesh, Sangeetha Varma, KS Reshmi, K Aswathi, PP Megha, TV Jasna, MV Nikhila Reshmi, VC Sibisha,(2019)."Effect of flower sex ratio on fruit set in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)",Scientia Horticulturae,246, 1005-1008

  57. S Badrinarayan, Bhavisha P Sheth, Kavita Pal, Kshama Lakshman, Palatty Allesh Sinu, K Manjari, Viswas Konasagara Nagaleekar, Wairokpam Premi Devi,(2019)."Overhauling the communicational inconsistencies in Indian science.",Current Science,116

  58. Keethadath, A., Kappalli, S., Gayathri, N., Thomas, D. M., & Anilkumar, G.,(2019)."Impact of gamma irradiation on tissues of the mud crab, Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) (Decapoda, Portunidae)—electron microscopic study and DNA comet assay.",Crustaceana,92(1), 33-56

  59. Kottarathil, H. A. & Kappalli, S.,(2019)."Characterization of a protandrous hermaphroditic reproductive system in transitional and female phases of Norileca indica—morphological, histological and ultrastructural approach",Crustaceana,92(6), 641-664

  60. Kottarathil, H. A., & Kappalli, S.,(2019)."Reproductive System in the Male Phase of a Parasitic Isopod (Crustacea)–Morphological, Histological and Ultrastructural Evidence for Sequential Protandrous Hermaphroditic Changes.",Zoological Studies,58: 4

  61. G Kuriakose, PA Sinu, KR Shivanna,(2018)."Floral traits predict pollination syndrome in Syzygium species: a study on four endemic species of the Western Ghats, India",Australian Journal of Botany,66, 575-582

  62. G Kuriakose, PA Sinu, KR Shivanna,(2018)."Ant pollination of Syzygium occidentale, an endemic tree species of tropical rain forests of the Western Ghats, India",Arthropod-Plant Interactions,12, 647-655

  63. PA Sinu, JL Bronstein,(2018)."Foraging preferences of leafcutter bees in three contrasting geographical zones",Diversity and Distributions,24, 621-628

  64. Panakkool-Thampan, A., Kottarathil, H. A., Kappalli, S., & Gopinathan, A,(2018)."First record of Glossobius auritus Bovallius 1885 and Glossobius hemiramphi Williams and Williams 1985 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitizing the marine fishes from Indian Coast.",Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences,34:1, 173-189

  65. Helna, A. K., Sudha, K., Aneesh, P. T., & Anilkumar, G.,(2018)."Caligus cybii (Caligidae, Copepoda) parasitising the commercially exploited seer fish, Scomberomorus commerson, from the Malabar Coast (India)-occurrence and adaptations. ,",Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,18:3, 445-455

  66. Aneesh, P. T., Sudha, K., Helna, A. K., & Anilkumar, G.,(2018)."Agarna malayi Tiwari 1952 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) Parasitising the Marine Fish, Tenualosa toli (Clupeidae) from India: Re-description/description of Parasite Life Cycle and Patterns of Occurrence.",Zoological Studies,57:25, 1-22

  67. Rijin, K., Sudha, K., Vineesh, P. J., & Anilkumar, G.,(2018)."Seasonal Variation in the Occurrence of Parasitic Isopods and Copepods (Crustacea) Infecting the Clupeidaen Fishes of Malabar Coast, India.",Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,19(3), 241-249

  68. R Roshnath, Palatty Allesh Sinu,(2017)."Are the heronry birds adapting to urbanization?",Zoo's Print,32, 27-33

  69. R Roshnath, PA Sinu,(2017)."Nesting tree characteristics of heronry birds of urban ecosystems in peninsular India: implications for habitat management",Current zoology,63, 599-605

  70. Palatty Allesh Sinu, VC Sibisha, MV Nikhila Reshmi, KS Reshmi, TV Jasna, K Aswathi, PP Megha,(2017)."Invasive ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) disrupts pollination in pumpkin",Biological Invasions,19, 2599-2607

  71. MD Lowman, PA Sinu,(2017)."Can the spiritual values of forests inspire effective conservation?",BioScience,67 (8), 688-690

  72. Supriya, N. T., Sudha, K., Krishnakumar, V., & Anilkumar, G.,(2017)."Molt and reproduction enhancement together with hemolymph ecdysteroid elevation under eyestalk ablation in the female fiddler crab, Uca triangularis (Brachyura: Decapoda).",Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,35:3, 645-657

  73. Panakkool-Thamban, A., Kottarathil, H. A., & Kappalli, S.,(2016)."Branchial cymothoids infesting the marine food fishes of Malabar coast.",Journal of parasitic diseases,40(4), 1270-1277

  74. Jithin, K., Swapna, A., Kumar, R. R., Venu, S., Helna, A. K., & Sudha, K.,(2016)."Studies on crustacean parasites from commercial marine fish along the Andaman Coast in comparison with Malabar Coast of Kerala of Indian EEZ.",World Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences,8(1), 47-53

  75. Helna, A. K., Sudha, K., Aneesh, P. T., Piasecki, W., & Anilkumar, G.,(2016)."A case of persisting massive infection of Scomberomorus commerson, a commercially exploited scombrid fish, with Cybicola armatus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pseudocycnidae).",Acta Parasitologica,61(4), 836-848

  76. Panakkool-Thamban, A., Kappalli, S., Kottarathil, H. A., & Gopinathan, A.,(2016)."Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitising Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) (Belonidae) off the Malabar coast of India: Redescription, occurrence and life-cycle.",Systematic Parasitology,93(6), 583-599

  77. Arshad, K., Sudha, K., Hatha, A. A. M., & Anilkumar, G.,(2015)."Combined effect of gamma irradiation and cold temperature storage on the sensory properties of edible estuarine crab Scylla serrata.",International Food Research Journal,22(6), 2253-2258

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