Dr. Rahul S. Kundu
Dr. Rahul S. Kundu
Professor
Department of BioSciences,
Saurashtra University-Rajkot-360005, Gujarat, India

   rskundu@sauuni.ac.in
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Paper Published
# Paper Details Year
1 Diversity of the Polyplacophora from the Gujarat Coast, Off Arabian Sea, India. Name of Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, (Springer Nature) IF: 1.4
ISBN/ISSN No: 2250-1746,
2025
2 First report of the crinoid-associated scale worm Paradyte crinoidicola from the mainland Indian coastline. Name of Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, (Cambridge University Press. UK) IF: 1.2
ISBN/ISSN No: 0025-3154,
2025
3 Description of a new species of Granulina (Volutoidea: .Granulinidae) from Gujarat, India. Name of Journal: Bollettino Malacologico, (Società Italiana di malacologia. Italy)
ISBN/ISSN No: 0394-7149,
2025
4 First record of genus Cestoplana Lang, 1884 (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) in India with the presence of Cestoplana rubrocincta (Grube, 1840) Lang, Name of Journal: Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, (Springer – Nature Switzerland) IF: 0.8
ISBN/ISSN No: 0212-5919,
2025
5 Current status of intertidal Sea Urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the rocky shores of Gujarat, India. Name of Journal: J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India
ISBN/ISSN No: 0025-3146,
2024
6 A new species of stauromedusa, Calvadosia festivala (Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Kishinouyeidae) from India. Name of Journal: Zootaxa
ISBN/ISSN No: 1175-5334,
2024
7 Microgastropods of the families Rissoinidae and Zebinidae from the coast of Gujarat, Western India, with description of two new Rissoina species (Gastropoda: Rissooidea). Name of Journal: Vita Malacologica
ISBN/ISSN No: 1572-6371,
2024
8 Marine Sponges of Gujarat Coast: Review and Checklist Name of Journal: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS)1, (Bombay Natural History Society), India
ISBN/ISSN No: 2454-1095,
2024
9 First report of Tropiometra carinata and its colour morphs from the Gujarat coast, India. Name of Journal: Spixiana, 46, (Germany) IF: 0.79
ISBN/ISSN No: 0341-8391,
2024
10 Spatiotemporal variations in the species diversity, distribution pattern and population ecology of the intertidal Asteroidea from the rocky shores of Gujarat, India. Name of Journal: Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, (Springer Nature) IF: 0.76
ISBN/ISSN No: 2366-1674,
2024
11 Aghera, D., Jethva, S., Gajera, N. & Kundu, R. (2023). First report of Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum Moore & Gosliner, 2014 from the west coast of India (Hetero- branchia, Nudibranchia). Spixiana 45 (2): 145-150. ISSN 0341-8391 Name of Journal: Spixiana
ISBN/ISSN No: 0341-8391,
2023
12 Baroliya H, Sabapara Z, Poriya P, Kundu R. (2023). Habitat preference and role of Ophiuroidea in the intertidal community of Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India. Species, 24 (73) : e12s1012. ISSN : 2319-5754 (Online), 2319-5746 (Print). Name of Journal: Species
ISBN/ISSN No: 2319-5746,
2023
13 Soniya Jethava, Niyati Gajera and Rahul Kundu (2022). Comparative account of molluscs from a rocky coastline of Gujarat, India: Does spatio-temporal changes affects the population? CIBTech Journal of Zoology, 11: 154-165. ISSN: 2319-3883 Name of Journal: CIBTech Journal of Zoology
ISBN/ISSN No: 2319-3883,
2022
14 Baroliya, H., B. Solanki & R. Kundu (2022). Intertidal Ophiuroidea from the Saurashtra coastline, Gujarat, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(10): 21968–21975. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7796.14.10.21968-21975 Name of Journal: Journal of Threatened Taxa
ISBN/ISSN No: 2022,
2022
15 H I Baroliya & Kundu, R.S. (2022). Spatiotemporal variations in the population dynamics of a few prominent brittle star species (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the intertidal flat of the Veraval coast, Gujarat, India. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences, Vol. 51 (06), June 2022, pp. 543-549, DOI: 10.56042/ijms.v51i06.42393 Name of Journal: Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences
ISBN/ISSN No: 2022,
2022
16 Jethava Soniya, Liversage, K. and Kundu, R. (2022). Does topography of rocky intertidal habitat affect aggregation of cerithiid gastropods and co-occurring macroinvertebrates? Oceanologia 64(2): 387-395. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceano.2022.01.006 Name of Journal: Oceanologia
ISBN/ISSN No: 2022,
2022
17 N. Gajera, S. Jethava and R. Kundu, 2022. Report of an amphipod, Caprella danilevskii (Czerniavskii, 1868), from the south Saurashtra coast, Gujarat, India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 64 (1) : 89-92, January-June 2022. doi:10.6024/jmbai.2022.64.1.2181-16 Name of Journal: Journal of Marine Biological Association of India
ISBN/ISSN No: 2022,
2022
18 Gajera N, Vakani B and Kundu R (2022) Radular Morphology and Relationship Between Shell Size and Radula Size of Few Dominating Intertidal Gastropod Mollusks of Veraval Coast, Gujarat. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:657124. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.657124 Name of Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science, IF 4.92
ISBN/ISSN No: 2022,
2022
19 Raja J, Pathak S and Kundu R: GC-MS and FT-IR analysis of methanolic extract of a marine cnidarians Zoanthus sansibaricus in search of bioactive compounds. Int J Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research 2021; 12(3): 1593-1598. doi: 10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.12(3).1593-98 Name of Journal: International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research
ISBN/ISSN No: E-ISSN: 0975-8232; P-ISSN: 2320-5148,
2021
20 Hitisha Baroliya & Rahul Kundu (2021). A Garden of Feather Stars (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) In The Intertidal Area of South Saurashtra Coastline of Gujarat state, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 47 (4) : 339-344. Name of Journal: International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 47(4): 339-344
ISBN/ISSN No: 0377-015X (Print); 2320-5199 (Online),
2021
21 Vakani, Bhavik & Rahul Kundu (2021): Diversity and distribution of Siphonariid limpets along the coastline of mainland India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 118. doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2021/v118/143634 Name of Journal: Journal of Bombay Natural History Society
ISBN/ISSN No: 2021,
2021
22 Arun Y.Patil, Akash Naik, BhavikVakani, Rahul Kundu, N.R.Banapurmath, M.Roseline, Lekha Krishnapillai, Shridhar N.Mathad. (2021). Next Generation Material for Denture Teeth and Denture Base Material: Limpet Teeth (LT) as an Alternative Reinforcementin Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). JOURNAL OF NANO-AND ELECTRONIC PHYSICS (ЖУРНАЛ НАНО-ТА ЕЛЕКТРОННОЇ ФІЗИКИ),Vol.13 No 2, 02033(6pp). DOI: 10.21272/jnep.13(2).0203 Name of Journal: JOURNAL OF NANO-AND ELECTRONIC PHYSICS
ISBN/ISSN No: 2021,
2021
23 Bhavik Vakani, Tomoyuki Nakano & Rahul Kundu (2020). Diversity and taxonomy of the intertidal Patellogastropod limpets of the mainland Indian coastline. ZooTaxa, 4728 (2): 211–226. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4728.2.3 Name of Journal: ZooTaxa (Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand)
ISBN/ISSN No: Online:1175-5334, Print: 1175-5326,
2020
24 Raja J, Pathak S, Kundu R. (2019). Low dose and subchronic Aroclor 1254 induced histopathological changes in mice kidney. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology. 7(03): 59-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7324/JABB.2019.70311 Name of Journal: Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology
ISBN/ISSN No: Print: 2455-7005, Online: 2347-212X,
2019
25 Joseph, S., Vakani, B., & Kundu, R. (2018). Molecular phylogenetic study on few morphotypes of a patellogastropod Cellana karachiensis from northern Arabian Sea reveals unexpected genetic diversity. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal, 29(2): 181-191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2016.1261854 Name of Journal: Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapping, Sequencing and Analysis (Taylor & Francis USA)
ISBN/ISSN No: ISSN: 2470-1408 (Electronic),
2018
Books Published
# Book Details Year
1 Bhavik Vakani and Rahul Kundu (2018). Habitat characterization of gastropod limpets in the intertidal region of the mainland Indian coastline. In: Sustainable Management of Aquatic Resources: Part-1. Eds., Mahapatra, B.K., Roy, A.K. and Pramanik, N.C., Narendra Publishing House, Delhi, India. Name of Publisher: Narendra Publishing House, Delhi, India
ISBN No: 2018,
2018