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Three new records of polyclad flatworms from India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2015

Sudhanshu Dixit ,
C. Sivaperuman  and
C. Raghunathan
Sudhanshu Dixit*
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Port Blair–744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
C. Sivaperuman
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: S. Dixit, Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Port Blair–744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Pseudoceros irretitus, Pseudoceros cruentus and Tytthosoceros lizardensis, species of the order Polycladida are reported for the first time from India. The photographs of live specimens and description are given. This study adds three more pseudocerotids to the polyclad fauna of India.

Keywords

Andamannew recordsNicobarpolycladPseudocerotidae
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e29
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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