Mesodasys hexapodus Rao & Ganapati, 1968
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943758 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038087C7-FFAE-FF87-BAC7-550C615E12A8 |
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Mesodasys hexapodus Rao & Ganapati, 1968 |
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Mesodasys hexapodus Rao & Ganapati, 1968 View in CoL
Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Visakhapatnam (Waltair)— Rao & Ganapati (1968a); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004).
Habitat. Marine; coarse sand at a depth of 20–30 cm between low and mid-water levels.
Distribution. So far the species appears to be endemic to India.
Remarks. Naidu & Rao (2004) indicated the species to be present also in North America (Florida); however, we could not find any original reference in this regard. Very likely the record of Macrodasys hexadactylis in Florida (see Hummon 2010) may have generated the confusion. Consequently M. hexapodus should be considered endemic to India.
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