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First record of Thordisa villosa (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) from the west coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2013

Amruta Prasade ,
Vishal Bhave ,
Bhavik Patel  and
Deepak Apte
Amruta Prasade*
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 001
Vishal Bhave
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 001
Bhavik Patel
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 001
Deepak Apte
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 001
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Prasade, Bombay Natural History Society, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400 001 email: amrutaprsade@gmail.com
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Abstract

The nudibranch Thordisa villosa is recorded for the first time from the west coast of India. It is the third known record of this species from India, observed after a long gap of 60 years. The last known record of this species from India was by Satyamurti (1952), from the Gulf of Mannar on the south-east coast. Specimens were collected in the intertidal rocky shores of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The occurrence of the species at three study sites confirms its range in this part of the Indian coastline.

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MolluscaGastropodaOpisthobranchiadiscodoridid

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e32
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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