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Diversity and first record of heterobranch gastropods (opisthobranchs) from the Saurashtra coast of Kathiawar Peninsula, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Paresh Poriya Open the ORCID record for Paresh Poriya [Opens in a new window] ,
Bhavik Vakani ,
Bhavendra Chaudhari ,
Pradip Kachhiya  and
Rahul Kundu
Paresh Poriya
Affiliation:
Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India
Bhavik Vakani
Affiliation:
Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India
Bhavendra Chaudhari
Affiliation:
Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India
Pradip Kachhiya
Affiliation:
Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India
Rahul Kundu*
Affiliation:
Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat 360005, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Kundu, Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra UniversityRajkot, Gujarat 360005, India email: rskundu@sauuni.ernet.in
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Abstract

This paper reports seven species of opisthobranchs from the intertidal zone of the south Saurashtra coastline off the Arabian Sea, Kathiawar Peninsula, west coast of India. Field surveys were undertaken along the intertidal zones of south Saurashtra coast during 2012–2014. In this study, seven species belonging to six families were recorded, of which Haminoea ovalis, Flabellina bicolor, Phidiana militaris, Baeolidia palythoae and Sakuraeolis gujaratica are new records from this coastline.

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opisthobranchtaxonomyspecies diversityfirst recordSaurashtra coastIndia

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e82
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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