New record of Bar-toothed Nereid, Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818) from the coastal waters of West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Jyoshna Pradhan
     Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal
  • Cuckoo Mahapatra
     Department of Zoology, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Sri Ram Chandra Vihar, Baripada – 757 003, Odisha
  • Prasad Chandra Tudu
     Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal
  • S. Balakrishnan
     Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/172436

Keywords:

Bay of Bengal, Benthic Fauna, Nereididae, Nereid Worm, Paragnaths, Polychaeta

Abstract

The present paper deals with Bar-toothed nereid, Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818), a first record from the state of West Bengal, India, based on 21 specimens collected from the Digha coast. This marine worm’s morphological characteristics, such as paragnaths and setae arrangements, jaw structure, and head morphology, agree well with those of the previous original description and the number of paragnaths of the proboscis. The present study contributes to the knowledge of Indian polychaete, providing taxonomic descriptions of this species with detailed accounts of their distribution.

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2024-11-06

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Pradhan, J., Mahapatra, C., Tudu, P. C., & Balakrishnan, S. (2024). New record of Bar-toothed Nereid, <i>Perinereis nuntia</i> (Lamarck, 1818) from the coastal waters of West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 124(1), 45–50. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/172436

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Volume 124, Issue 1, 2024

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