On the Polyclads from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve with new records
Author
Padmanaban, P.
Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu, India; Email: padmazsi @ rediffmail. com
Author
Kumar, A. Anand
Zoological Survey of India, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, SH 57, Gadadharpur, Digha - 721428, West Bengal, India
Author
Kumar, R. Rajendar
Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu, India; Email: padmazsi @ rediffmail. com
Author
Surendar, C.
Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu, India; Email: padmazsi @ rediffmail. com
Author
Vanishree, J.
Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu, India; Email: padmazsi @ rediffmail. com
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2020
120
4
445
453
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/148695
2581-8686
13186419
7.
Pseudoceros galatheensis
Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
(
Figure 10&11
)
Material examined
:
ZSI/
MBRC
/PL-353, 1 ex,
Thalayari Is.
,
Keelakarai
(9°17’93.29”N 78°89’89.41”E),
25.xii.2018
, from the dead coral patches in the intertidal zone
.
Figure 10&11.
Pseudoceros galatheensis
Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017
.
Diagnosis:
Body colour light blue, darker at rim. One thin bright yellowish-orange median stripe with darker outline ends without touching posterior margin, Pseudotentacles small and dark blue in colour, in continuation with margins.
Distribution
:
India
: Thalayari Is., GoM; Great Nicobar Island (
type
locality).
Elsewhere
: Additional photographic record from
Micronesia
and
Indonesia
.
Remarks
: The present report of this species from the
Gulf
of Mannar extends its distributional range far westward from its
type
locality.