A new subspecies of Phascolion Théel, 1875 (Sipuncula: Golfingiidae) from Indian waters.
Autor: | Saiz JI; Universidad del País Vasco / EHU, 48080 Bilbao, P.O. Box 644, Spain; Email: ji.saiz@ehu.es., Bustamante M; Universidad del País Vasco / EHU, 48080 Bilbao, P.O. Box 644, Spain; Email: unknown., Tajadura J; Universidad del País Vasco / EHU, 48080 Bilbao, P.O. Box 644, Spain; Email: unknown., Vijapure T; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Centre Mumbai, India; Email: unknown., Sukumaran S; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Centre Mumbai, India; Email: unknown. |
---|---|
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2015 Mar 13; Vol. 3931 (3), pp. 433-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Mar 13. |
DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.7 |
Abstrakt: | A new subspecies of Phascolion pacificum Murina, 1957 is described from shallow waters (15-20 m deep) off Malvan and Ratnagiri in India. Phascolion pacificum denticulatum ssp. nov. is characterized by the presence of a prominent tooth-like projection in the median part of the free border of the holdfast papillae. This finding represents the first record of any Phascolion species for all the Indian coasts. |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
Externí odkaz: |