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First record of family Prosthiostomidae and Prosthiostomum trilineatum (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the west coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

Reshma Pitale ,
Vishal Bhave  and
Deepak Apte
Reshma Pitale*
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India
Vishal Bhave
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India
Deepak Apte
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Pitale, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai 400 001, Maharashtra, India email: pitalereshma@gmail.com
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Abstract

Prosthiostomum trilineatum of the family Prosthiostomidae has been reported for the first time from Ratnagiri, the west coast of India. This species has broadly rounded anterior end, tapering body, distinct orange-yellow, black and white frontal transverse bands and yellow-black longitudinal stripe. For the first time histological details of this species are presented. This confirms the presence of a pair of free prostatic vesicles and sclerotized stylet peculiar to the genus Prosthiostomum. This species is known from Japan, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Red Sea and Singapore. This is also a new record of the family Prosthiostomidae from this coast. To consider the currently known two colour morphs of this species, other than presented here, a comparative examination of the reproductive system and molecular details is needed.

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Prosthiostomidaefree prostatic vesiclesthree transverse bandsMaharashtraIndia

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e37
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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