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First Report of Flabelligerid Polychaete Pherusa bengalensis from Odisha Coast


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1 Zoological Survey of India, 27, J. L. Nehru Road, F. P. S. Building, Kolkata-7000016, West Bengal, India
2 KBB Nivedita College, Behala, Kolkata-700 034, India
     

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During a recent survey to Chandipur coast (Balasore District), Odisha one of us (MR) collected a specimen of polychaete worm from the lower tidal area of the Chandipur sea beach. This specimen is 65 mm long and 7 mm wide with reddish-brown ooze adhering to the skin surface. Body is cylindrical or club-shaped anteriorly, while posterior part tapering, looking like a filiform coiled tail. Body is covered by small globular papillae. Buccal tube is very long, protrusible, cylindrical and frilled at the edge. Mouth opening is trilobed, two ventral lobes are larger than the dorsal.
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Santanu Mitra
Zoological Survey of India, 27, J. L. Nehru Road, F. P. S. Building, Kolkata-7000016, West Bengal, India
Mousumi Roy
KBB Nivedita College, Behala, Kolkata-700 034, India
A. Misra
Zoological Survey of India, 27, J. L. Nehru Road, F. P. S. Building, Kolkata-7000016, West Bengal, India

Abstract


During a recent survey to Chandipur coast (Balasore District), Odisha one of us (MR) collected a specimen of polychaete worm from the lower tidal area of the Chandipur sea beach. This specimen is 65 mm long and 7 mm wide with reddish-brown ooze adhering to the skin surface. Body is cylindrical or club-shaped anteriorly, while posterior part tapering, looking like a filiform coiled tail. Body is covered by small globular papillae. Buccal tube is very long, protrusible, cylindrical and frilled at the edge. Mouth opening is trilobed, two ventral lobes are larger than the dorsal.