New distributional data on ascidian fauna (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from Mandapam coast, Gulf of Mannar, India Author Jaffarali, Abdul Author Akram, Soban A Author Arshan, Kaleem ML text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 7855 7855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7855 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7855 1314-2828--7855 Trididemnum vermiforme Kott, 2001 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: DBTICMPM23 ; recordedBy: Abdul Jaffarali et al. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: Hermophrodite ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: Cryptogenic; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Tunicata; class: Ascidiacea; order: Aplousobranchia; family: Didemnidae; genus: Trididemnum; specificEpithet: vermiforme; scientificNameAuthorship: Kott, 2001; Location: continent: Asia; country: India ; stateProvince: Tamil Nadu; municipality: Ramanathapuram; locality: Mandapam ; locationRemarks: Intertidal flats and shallow water; decimalLatitude: 9.2856 ; decimalLongitude: 79.1586 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Dr. H. Abdul Jaffar Ali ; dateIdentified: 2014; Event: samplingProtocol: Peeling off ; year: 2014; month: 3; day: 15; eventRemarks: H. Abdul Jaffarali, A. Soban Akram, M.L. Kaleem Arshan; Record Level: type: Physical Object; language: en; institutionID: IC; collectionID: MPM/PB/01; collectionCode: Ascidians ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution Australia. Distribution in India Mandapam.