On the Polyclads from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve with new records

Authors

  • P. Padmanaban
     Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu
  • A. Anand Kumar
     Zoological Survey of India, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, SH 57, Gadadharpur, Digha - 721428, West Bengal
  • R. Rajendar Kumar
     Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu
  • C. Surendar
     Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu
  • J. Vanishree
     Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/148695

Keywords:

First Report, Flatworms, Polycladida, Range Extension, Thalayari Island.

Abstract

The present paper deals with the study of 10 species of polyclad flatworms found in the coral reef and inter-tidal areas of Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve based on collections from Thalayari Island made during February 2017 to April 2019. This study reports five species, viz. Phirkocerous katoi, Pseudobiceros hymanae, Pseudoceros bicolor, Pseudoceros galatheensis and Thysanozoon brocchii, as new distributional records from Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve.

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P. Padmanaban, Zoological Survey of India, Marine Biology Regional Centre, 130, Santhome High Road, Pattinapakkam, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004, Tamil Nadu

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2021-02-17

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Padmanaban, P., Anand Kumar, A., Rajendar Kumar, R., Surendar, C., & Vanishree, J. (2021). On the Polyclads from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve with new records. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(4), 445–453. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/148695

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Volume 120, Issue 4, 2020

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