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Issue: Vol. 3931 No. 3: 13 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.7
Page range: 433–437
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 1

A new subspecies of Phascolion Théel, 1875 (Sipuncula: Golfingiidae) from Indian waters

Universidad del País Vasco / EHU, 48080 Bilbao, P.O. Box 644, Spain
Universidad del País Vasco / EHU, 48080 Bilbao, P.O. Box 644, Spain
Universidad del País Vasco / EHU, 48080 Bilbao, P.O. Box 644, Spain
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Centre Mumbai, India
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Centre Mumbai, India
Sipuncula Phascolion pacificum denticulatum ssp. nov. India taxonomy

Abstract

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.