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New records of pseudocerotid polyclads from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2011

C.R. Sreeraj  and
C. Raghunathan
C.R. Sreeraj*
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Port Blair–744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
C. Raghunathan
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Port Blair–744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:C.R. Sreeraj, Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Port Blair–744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands email: crsreeraj@gmail.com
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Abstract

Six species of polyclads Pseudobiceros damawan, Pseudobiceros flavocanthus, Pseudoceros bifurcus, Pseudoceros concinnus, Pseudoceros gamblei and Pseudoceros goslineri are newly reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Not only do all recorded species constitute first records for the Andaman coast of India, but except for Pseudoceros gamblei, all species are new to Indian waters.

Keywords

PolycladidaflatwormAndamanNicobarPseudocerosPseudobiceros
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e73
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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