First record of long-tailed pelagic sea slug Stylocheilus longicauda (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from southwest coast of India

Chinnadurai, S and Bhave, Vishal Jayant and Apte, Deepak and Mohamed, K S (2014) First record of long-tailed pelagic sea slug Stylocheilus longicauda (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56 (2). pp. 81-84.

Preview

PDF 56-2-Chinnadurai_JMBAI.pdf Download (201kB)

Abstract

The long-tailed sea slug Stylocheilus longicauda was recorded for the first time from southwest coast of India. A single specimen measuring a total length of 70.51mm was collected from a floating bottle, along with bunch of goose-neck barnacles from Arabian sea off Narakkal, Vypeen Island, Kochi. Earlier identifications were made based on the morphology of the animal without resorting to description of radula. This makes it difficult to differentiate the species from Stylocheilus striatus which has similar characters. The present description details the external and radular morphology of Stylocheilus longicauda.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mollusca; Opisthobranch; Aplysia; long-tailed sea slug
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Molluscan Fisheries > Gastropods
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2015 06:43
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2022 06:39
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10316

Actions (login required)

View Item