Description of a new species in the genus Sarcothelia Verrill, 1928 (Alcyonacea: Xeniidae) from reefs of Gulf of Mannar, South-eastern India - Mahalakshmi Boopathi; Angelo Poliseno; Alvaro Altuna; J. K. Patterson Edward (Marine Biodiversity, 2023)

The impacts of climate change and post bleaching effects on the octocoral communities of Gulf of Mannar, India - Mahalakshmi Boopathi; P Dinesh Kumar; J K Patterson Edward (Journal of Earth System Science, 2021)