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First record of Ragged Sea Hare Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Opisthobranchia: Euopisthobranchia: Aplysiidae) in Pulicat Lake, east coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2015

Satyanarayan Sethi ,
Mohadev Ram Kokane ,
Subhendu Kumar Otta  and
Guneswar Sethi
Satyanarayan Sethi*
Affiliation:
Madras Research Centre of CMFRI, 75 Santhome High Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai-28, India
Mohadev Ram Kokane
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Fisheries Nautical and Engineering Training, Royapuram, Chennai, India
Subhendu Kumar Otta
Affiliation:
Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, 75 Santhome High Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai-28, India
Guneswar Sethi
Affiliation:
Bioinformatics Centre, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S.N. Sethi, Madras Research Centre of CMFRI, 75 Santhome High Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai-28, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Specimens of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 were collected from Pulicat Lake along the east coast of India at depths of up to 1 m and the maximum number of this species were recorded at a depth of 20 cm (13°33′57″N 80°10′29″E) on a sandy soil bed. A thorough literature survey on the species revealed this study to be the first report of its occurrence from this region. The present investigation describes a review on the occurrence and morphological features of this specimen.

Keywords

Ragged Sea HareBursatella leachiinew recordsPulicat LakeEast coast of India
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e34
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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