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An Insight on the Distribution of Evelineus mcintoshii (Langerhans, 1880) (Nemertea, Heteronemertea, Lineidae) along the Eastern Arabian Sea


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1 Mangalore RC of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka – 575 001, India
2 Marine Biodiversity Division, Mangalore RC of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka – 575 001, India
3 Molluscan Fisheries Division, Mangalore RC of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka – 575 001, India

Ribbon worms are mostly free-living benthic invertebrates, which are one of the least studied groups along the Indian coast. A single specimen of a rare heteronemertean, Evelineus mcintoshii was collected from the mussel beds of eastern Arabian Sea. The present article gives a first report of this species from Karnataka coast and second occurrence along the eastern Arabian Sea as well as from the Indian coast.
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S. Mohan
Mangalore RC of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka – 575 001, India
D. Viswambharan
Marine Biodiversity Division, Mangalore RC of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka – 575 001, India
G. Sasikumar
Molluscan Fisheries Division, Mangalore RC of ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, Karnataka – 575 001, India

Abstract


Ribbon worms are mostly free-living benthic invertebrates, which are one of the least studied groups along the Indian coast. A single specimen of a rare heteronemertean, Evelineus mcintoshii was collected from the mussel beds of eastern Arabian Sea. The present article gives a first report of this species from Karnataka coast and second occurrence along the eastern Arabian Sea as well as from the Indian coast.