An annotated checklist of the macrodasyidan Gastrotricha from India
Author
Chatterjee, Tapas
Author
Priyalakshmi, Geetha
Author
Todaro, M. Antonio
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-21
4545
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495
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journal article
27674
10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.3
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1175-5326
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Paraturbanella boadeni
Rao & Ganapati, 1968
Records from India.
ANDHRA PRADESH
: Visakhapatnam (Waltair)—
Rao & Ganapati (1968a)
;
ODISHA
(
Orissa
): Gopalpur—Rao (1989); ANDAMAN &
NICOBAR ISLANDS
: Rangat, Middle Andaman—Rao (1975, 1980b); GENERAL RECORD:
Naidu & Rao (2004)
.
Habitat.
Marine, intertidal; fine and medium sand with detritus,
10–40 cm
below surface, near low water level.
Distribution.
India
(Bay of Bengal).
Remarks.
A recent key to species of the genus
Paraturbanella
has been provided by
Dal Zotto
et al
. (2018)
. A redescription of the Indian species based on new material is advisable because the arrangement of the anterior adhesive tubes, as reported in the original description and drawings, appears very different from the usual layout, and the description of the male reproductive apparatus is scanty.