Publications

Vishal Bhave, PhD

Full papers

  1. HUSSAIN, A., BHAVE, V., ZARI, A., APTE, D., INGOLE, B., & NANAJKAR, M.(2022). Records of Sea Slug Fauna (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the shores of Goa, Eastern Arabian Sea. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 1-15.

  2. PATEL, BHAVIK, DISHANT PARASHARYA, VISHAL BHAVE & DEEPAK ARUN APTE (2021): Point Endemism of a heterobranch Sakuraeolis gujaratica Rudman, 1980 (Facelinidae: Mollusca) from Gujarat, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 118(2). https://doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2021/v118/151227
  3. TRICIA C. GOULDING , SHAU HWAI TAN, SIONG KIAT TAN, DEEPAK APTE, VISHAL BHAVE, SUMANTHA NARAYANA, RAHUL SALUNKHE AND BENOÎT DAYRAT (2018): A revision of Peronina Plate, 1893 (Gastropoda:  Euthyneura : Onchidiidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences, morphology and natural history. Invertebrate Systematics, 2018, 32, 803–826, https://doi.org/10.1071/IS17094
  4. K. DIRAVIYA RAJ, G. MATHEWS, M. SELVA BHARATH, ROHIT D. SAWANT, VISHAL BHAVE, DEEPAK APTE, N. VASUDEVAN AND J. K. PATTERSON EDWARD (2018): Climate change-induced coral bleaching in Malvan Marine Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India. CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 114, NO. 384 2, 25 JANUARY 2018, 384-387. https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi02%2F384-387
  5. BENOÎT DAYRAT, TRICIA C. GOULDING, DEEPAK APTE, VISHAL BAHVE, & XUÂN QUảNG NGÔ (2017). A new genus and four new species of onchidiid slugs from South-East Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Onchidiidae). Journal of Natural History, Volume 51: 31-32, 1851-1897, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1347297.
  6. Valdés A., Medrano S. & Bhave V. (2016). A new species of Cuthona Alder and Hancock, 1855 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia: Tergipedidae) from the Caribbean Sea. The Nautilus. 130(2): 72-78.
  7. Goodheart, J.A., Ellingson, R.A., Vital, X.G., Galvão Filho, H.C., McCarthy, J.B., Medrano, S.M., Bhave, V.J., García-Méndez, K., Jiménez, L.M., López, G. and Hoover, C.A., (2016). Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama. Marine Biodiversity Records, 9(1), pp.1-31. 
  8. DAYRAT B, GOULDING TC, APTE DEEPAK, BHAVE V, COMENDADOR J, NGÔ XQ, TAN SK, & TAN SH (2016). Integrative taxonomy of the genus Onchidium Buchannan, 1800 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Onchidiidae). ZooKeys 636: 1–40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.636.8879.
  9. APTE D.A, SALAHUDDIN V.K & BHAVE VISHAL (2016). Three new records of Opisthobranchs (Mollusca) from Lakshadweep Islands, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 112 (3), 19-22, Sept-Dec 2015. doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i3/114437.
  10. APTE D.A, KAMBOJ R.D & BHAVE VISHAL (2016). First record of Stiliger smaragdinus Baba, 1949 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa: Limapontiidae) from India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 112 (2): 114-117. doi: 10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i2/104949.
  11. PRASADE, A., B. PATEL, R. SALUNKHE, V. BHAVE & APTE, D.A. (2015). A first record of Taringa caudata (Farran, 1905) (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7706–7709; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4291.7706-9
  12. Carmona, L., Bhave, V., Salunkhe, R., Pola, M., Gosliner, T. M., & Cervera, J. L. (2014). Systematic review of Anteaeolidiella (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with a description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 171(1), 108-132.
  13. PITALE RESHMA, BHAVE VISHAL & APTE D.A. (2014). First record of family Prosthiostomidae and Prosthiostomum trilineatum Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the west coast of India. Marine Biodiversity Records, Cambridge UK, Vol. 7; e37; 2014, page 1 of 6. doi:10.1017/S1755267214000128
  14. APTE, D.A. & BHAVE VISHAL (2014). New records of opisthobranchs from Lakshadweep, India (Mollusca: Heterobranchia). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6  (3): 5562–5568. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o3487.5562-8
  15. BHAVE VISHAL & APTE, D.A. (2013). Chapter 5 – Current Status of Indian Opisthobranch Fauna. Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Marine Faunal Communities. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. ISBN: 978-3-642-38199-7. 63-79.
  16. AMRUTA PRASADE, VISHAL BHAVE, BHAVIK PATEL AND APTE, D.A. (2013). First record of Thordisa villosa (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) from the west coast of India. Marine Biodiversity Records Cambridge UK, Vol. 6; e32; 2013. doi:10.1017/S1755267213000134
  17. BHAVE V. & APTE, D.A.  (2012). First record of Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4(14), 3362-3365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2929.3362-5
  18. BHAVE, V.J & DEEPAK APTE (2011). Opisthobranch fauna of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India with 8 new records to India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 108 (3): 172-182.
  19. APTE, D.A., BHAVE VISHAL & DISHANT PARASHARYA (2010). An Annotated and illustrated Checklist of the Opisthobranch fauna of Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India with 20 new records for Gujarat and 14 new records for India. Part 1. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 107 (1), 14-23.
Short Papers
  1. Chinnadurai, S., Bhave, V. J., Apte, D., & Mohamed, K. S. (2014). First record of long-tailed pelagic sea slug Stylocheilus longicauda (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56(2), 81-84.
  2. Bhave, V. J., & Deshmukh, V. D. (2009). A record of skeleton shrimp Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 from Mumbai waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 51(1), 111-113.
Papers in Proceedings
  1. Pooja Nagale, Vishal Bhave & Deepak Apte (2012). A Review of Hydrozoa from Maharashtra. Proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Biodiversity and Conservation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of India’ Pp. 86-90
  2. Prasade A., Bhave V., Apte D. and Kale P. (2012). A review of Discodorid Opisthobranch Molluscs along Indian coasts. Proceedings of the National Seminar on ‘Biodiversity and Conservation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of India’ Pp. 76-81.
Technical Reports
  1. APTE, D.A. BHAVE, V. PRASADE-BHAVE A., NAGALE, P. AND PITALE R. (2017). Ecologically Important Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Areas of Maharashtra: Part I – Sindhudurg. Bombay Natural History Society, pp. 182.
  2. APTE, D.A. BHAVE, V. PRASADE-BHAVE A., NAGALE, P. AND PITALE R. (2017). Ecologically Important Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Areas of Maharashtra: Part II – Raigad. Bombay Natural History Society, pp. 152.
  3. APTE, D.A. BHAVE, V. PRASADE-BHAVE A., NAGALE, P. AND PITALE R. (2017). Ecologically Important Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Areas of Maharashtra: Part III – Ratnagiri. Bombay Natural History Society, pp. 112.
  4. APTE, D.A. BHAVE, V., PRASADE-BHAVE A., NAGALE, P. AND PITALE R. (2017). Ecologically Important Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Areas of Maharashtra: Part IV – Palghar-Thane. Bombay Natural History Society, pp. 67.
  5. APTE, D.A. BHAVE, V. PRASADE-BHAVE, A., NAGALE, P. AND PITALE, R. (2016). Ecologically Important Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Areas of Maharashtra, India. Bombay Natural History Society, Pp. 36.
  6. APTE, D.A and BHAVE,V.J (2010). A Preliminary Report: Diversity of Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Maharashtra: Part 1: Rocky Shores at Ratnagiri & Rajapur District. Report by Bombay Natural History Society. Pp 130.
  7. APTE D.A., VISHAL BHAVE, RESHMA PITALE, POOJA NAGALE AND AMRUTA PRASADE (2012). “A preliminary report on diversity of coastal ecosystems of Maharashtra, Part 3 – Ecologically Sensitive Coastal Areas of Ratnagiri, Rajapur and Vijaydurg”. Pp 176.
Software Developed

Apte, D. Bhave, V., & Pitale, R. (2020, November 7). CoMBAT. COASTAL AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT TOOL – Maharashtra. Retrieved from http://combat.bnhs.org/ (webpage down).

Books published
  1. भावे वि. साठे, अ., आपटे, दि. (२०२२) महाराष्ट्राची सागर संपदा, मंग्रोव फौंडेशन