First record of Leodice uschakovi (Wu, Sun & Liu, 2013) (Eunicidae, Polychaete) in Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India

By

Swain, Sasmita
Da Silva Souza, Thais Kananda
Zanol, Joana
Murugesan, Perumal

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-8-2

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

940--949

Subjects

intraspecific variation , Musal Tivu , new record , Polychaete , Pumurichan Tivu

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.940

 

Abstract

We record the polychaete species Leodice uschakovi (Wu, Sun & Liu, 2013) for the first time from the two islands of Gulf of Mannar, India. Our find significantly expands the species’ geographic range, as it was previously documented only from waters of Hainan Island, southern China, and El Nido, Philippines. A large number of samples was collected, many more than by previous investigations, from dead corals. We provide detailed morphological data, including some previously overlooked key characters, as well as molecular data and intraspecific characters within the species.