Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994
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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/148695 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187099 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87D9-C735-9732-FF70-64EBFD21D34D |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994 |
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2. Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994 View in CoL ( Figure 3)
Material examined: ZSI/ MBRC /PL-347, 2 ex, Thalayari Is., Keelakarai (9°17’93.29”N 78°89’89.41”E), 25.xii.2018; ZSI/ MBRC /PL-352, 1 ex, Devipattinam (9°29’85.10”N 78°56’56.41”E), 17.ii.2019, from dead coral patches in the intertidal zone .
Diagnosis: Body is delicate and elongated. Pseudotentacles are black with pointed white tips and have grey-white triangle between them. Dorsal surface is dark brown with margins having three distinct bands; inner bright orange band, middle wide grey band and outer by a white rim. laterally only. Combination of smooth dorsal surface, tentacles as upfolds of the anterior margin, ruffled pharynx present, Size 65 mm.
Distribution: India: Thalayari Is., GoM; Lakshadweep Islands; Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Elsewhere: Australia; Indonesia; Maldives; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands and South Africa.
Remarks: This forms its first report from the Gulf of Mannar.
Distribution: India: Thalayari Island, GoM; Vallimunai Island, Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Gujarat; Lakshadweep. Elsewhere: Indian Ocean, from South Africa, Maldives to Indonesia and Australia.
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