Associated Fauna of Seaweeds and Seagrasses in Vellar Estuary

In the present investigation, the percentage of faunal composition of Chaetomorpha linum ranged between 1.41 and 36.63 %. The range of faunal composition was from 2.21 to 32.61 % in Enteromorpha intestinalis and 3.76 to 30.43 % in Enteromorpha compressa. In Hypnea musciformis, the faunal composition varied from 2.12 to 34.44 % and in Padina gymnosphora it assorted from 2.82 to 24.29 %. Three different seagrasses were recorded during the present study, of which Halodule pinifolia showed large variety of faunal assemblages, the percentage of faunal composition ranged between 0.44 and 27.66 %. In Halophila beccarii, the faunal composition varied 3.43 to 25.64 % and in Halophila ovalis, the range was from 3.04 to 30.6 %.