Daniel Baskar James

Daniel Baskar James, Indian echinodermologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

James, D.B. 1965. Phyllophorus (Phyllophorella) parvipedes Clark (Holothuroidea), a new record to the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 7(2): 325–327.

James, D.B. 1966. Studies on Indian Echinoderms — I. Rediscovery of the echinoid, Breynia vredenburgi Anderson from Andaman sea, with an amended description. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 8(1): 76–81.
James, D.B. 1966. Studies on Indian Echinoderms 2. The holothurian Stolus buccalis (Stimpson) with notes on its systematic position. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 8(2): 285–289

James, D.B. 1971. Studies on Indian echinoderms—3. Ophiarthrum pictum (Muller and Troschel) (Ophiuroidea : Ophiocomidae), A new record from the Indian Ocean with additional notes on the species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 12(1–2): 136–138.
James, D.B. 1971. Studies on Indian echinoderms—4 On the brittle-stars Amphioplus gravelyi sp. Nov., and Amphioplus depressus (Ljungman) from the Indian coasts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 12(1–2): 139–145.
James, D.B. & Pearse, J.S. 1971. Echinoderms from the Gulf of Suez and the Northern Red sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 11 1–2): 78–125.

Nair, R.V. & James, D.B. 1972. On the occurrence of sting-ray spines in the jaws and gills of the hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 69(2): 432–434.
James, D.B. 1972. Note on the development of the asteroid Asterina burtoni Gray. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 14(2): 883–884.

James, D.B. 1973. Studies on Indian Echinoderms 5. New and little known Starfishes from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 15(2): 556–559.

James, D.B. 1975. Studies on Indian Echinoderms 6. Redescription of two little known holothurians with a note on an early juvenile of Holothuria scabra Jaeger from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 18(1): 55–61.

James, D.B. & Manivasagam, S. 1976. A note on the stranding of the sperm whale Physeter catodon Linnaeus at Mahabalipuram on the East Coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 18(2): 399–402.
James, D.B. 1976. The history of echinodermology of the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 18(2): 298–309.

James, D.B. 1981. Studies on Indian Echinoderms - 7. On a new family Labidodematidae (Holothurioidea : Aspidochirotida) with a detailed description of Labidodemas rugosum (Ludwig) from the Andamans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 23(1–2): 82–85.
James, D.B. 1981. Studies on Indian echinoderms - 8 on a new genus Ophjoelegans (Ophiuroidea : Ophiuridae) with notes on Ophiolepis superba H. L. Clark, 1938. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 23(1–2): 15–18.

James, D.B. 1982. Studies on Indian echinoderms - 9. Ophionereis andamanensis sp. nov. (Ophiuroidea: Ophionereidae) from Port Blair, Andamans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 24(1–2): 33–35. PDF. Reference page. 1982.
James, D.B. 1982. Studies on Indian echinoderms -10. Ophiocoma anaglyptica (Ophiuroidea : Ophiocomidae), a new record from the Indian ocean with notes on other species of Ophiocoma from Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 24(1–2): 36–41.
James, D.B. 1982. Studies on Indian echinoderms - 11. On Protankyra tuticorenensis sp. Nov. and other apodous holothurians from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 24(1–2): 92–105.
James, D.B. 1982. Ecology of intertidal echinoderms of the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 24(1–2): 124–129.

James, D.B. 1983. Sea cucumber and sea urchin resources. CMFRI Bulletin. 34: 85–93.
James, D.B. 1983. Research on Indian Echinoderms - A Review. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 25(1–2): 91–108.
James, D.B. & Thirumilu, P. 1983. Good season for prawns predicted off Madras. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series. 53: 23-25.

James, D.B. 1984. Studies on Indian echinoderms - 15. On Psolus mannarensis sp. Nov. and other Dendrochirotids from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 26(1–2): 109–122.
Rajagopalan, M., James, D.B., Devadoss, P., Srinivasarengan, S., Selvaraj, V. & Thirumilu, P. 1984. On a record of incidental capture of Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus (Cuvier) off Madras. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 26(1–2): 171–174.
Vivekanandan, E. & James, D.B. 1984. Length-weight relationship in four species of threadfin breams from Madras. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 26(1–2): 132–135.
James, D.B. 1984. Capture of a false killer whale Pseudorca crassidens at Port Blair, Andamans. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series. 55: 17.
Lal Mohan, R.S., Nair, K.V., Somasekharan, Ramadoss, P., Thiagarajan, R., Nammalwar, P., Ameer Hamsa, K.M.S. & James, D.B. 1984. Stranding of Pseudorca crassidens at Calicut, Kerala. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series. 55:. 15.

James, D.B. 1985. Notes on a giant devil ray, Manta birostris (Walbaum), caught off Madras. Indian Journal of Fisheries. 32(4): 492–494.
James, D.B., Vivekanandan, E. & Srinivasarengan, S. 1985. Menace from medusae off Madras with notes on their utility and toxicity. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 27(1–2): 170–174.
Rao, D.S., James, D.B., Girijavallabhan, K.G., Muthusamy, S. & Najmuddin, M. 1985. Biotoxicity in echinoderms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 27(1–2): 88–96.
Rao, D.S., James, D.B., Girijavallabhan, K.G., Muthusamy, S. & Najmuddin, M. 1985. Bioactivity in Echinoderms. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series. 63: 10–12.