Phyllodoce malmgreni Gravier, 1900

Siddique, Alfisa, Purushothaman, Jasmine, Bhowal, Aishee & Mandal, Sumit, 2021, Distribution and diversity of Polychaeta (Phylum: Annelida) in the Northern coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 453-463 : 456-457

10. Phyllodoce malmgreni Gravier, 1900

1900. Phyllodoce malmgreni Gravier, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris (Ser. 4), 2: 207–209, plate X, fig. 29–31.

Diagnosis: Tentacular cirri long subulate, dorsal cirri sub-rhomboidal numerous irregular rows of small papillae at the base of proboscis. Have an incision, dividing the posterior part of the prostomium into two lobes. The nuchal papilla is short and knob-like ( Pleijel, 1993).

Distribution: India- East coast estuaries like Hooghly, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Vellar, Coleroon and West coast estuaries like Ashtamudi, Kochi, Beypore, Korapuzha, Mulki, Kali, Mandovi, Auranga, Narmada ( Khan & Murugesan, 2005), Trivandrum ( Musale &

Desai, 2011). World – Red Sea, Gulf of Aden ( Wehe & Fiege, 2002) .