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Record of striped paper bubble shell, Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758), from Indian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2015

Sonia Kumari ,
Jaymesh Thadani ,
K.R. Sreenath  and
M. Koya
Sonia Kumari*
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Centre, Veraval, Gujarat, India
Jaymesh Thadani
Affiliation:
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
K.R. Sreenath
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Centre, Veraval, Gujarat, India
M. Koya
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Centre, Veraval, Gujarat, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S. Kumari, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Centre, Veraval, Gujarat, India email: sonia_singh1010@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The opisthobranch gastropod Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758) is recorded from the north-west coast of India, off Veraval, Gujarat. A literature review on the distribution of this species revealed that this is the first report of H. physis from Indian waters since 1877 when a specimen collected from Chennai along the east coast of India and deposited in the Australian Museum was later identified to be H. physis. A note on the morphological features of this specimen is detailed in the present paper.

Keywords

striped bubble shellopisthobranch gastropodHydatina physisnorth-west coastGujarat
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e4
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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