About the Authors

Kottila Veettil Dhaneesh

dhanee121@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kunnamgalam Mohammed Noushad

Affiliation Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Field Research Station, Agatti Island, U. T. of Lakshadweep, India

Thipramalai Thankappan Ajith Kumar

Affiliation Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KVD. Performed the experiments: KMN KVD. Analyzed the data: KVD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Wrote the paper: KVD. Contributed the materials: KVD. Checked the manuscript: TTAK.