First record of Ragged Sea Hare Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (Opisthobranchia: Euopisthobranchia: Aplysiidae) in Pulicat Lake, east coast of India

S N Sethi, Mohadev Ram Kokane, Subhendu Kumar Otta, Guneswar Sethi

Marine Biodiversity Records · 2015 · 10 citations · 1 references

Abstract

Specimens of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 were collected from Pulicat Lake along the east coast of India at depths of up to 1 m and the maximum number of this species were recorded at a depth of 20 cm (13°33′57″N 80°10′29″E) on a sandy soil bed. A thorough literature survey on the species revealed this study to be the first report of its occurrence from this region. The present investigation describes a review on the occurrence and morphological features of this specimen.

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