Copidognathus eblingi Chatterjee, 1991

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6595931
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scientific name	Copidognathus eblingi Chatterjee, 1991
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Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Ross Island, among algae Acetabularia sp. — Chatterjee (1991a), Chatterjee & Annapurna (2003).

Distribution. ITE— India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).

Reamrks. Copidognathus eblingi belong to a natural group which contains species: C. punctatissimus ( Gimbel, 1919) from eastern United States ( Gimbel 1919; Newell 1947), C. dentatus Viets, 1940 from northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea ( Viets 1940; Durucan 2019), C. dentipes Bartsch, 1989 from Hawaiian Islands ( Bartsch 1989), C. eblingi from Andaman Islands, India (Bay of Bengal) ( Chatterjee 1991a; Chatterjee & Annapurna 2003), Copidognathus jejuensis Chatterjee & Chang, 2004 from South Korea ( Chatterjee & Chang 2004, 2006), Copidognathus mumbaiensis Chatterjee & Chang, 2004 from Mumbai, India ( Chatterjee & Chang 2004), Copidognathus pesident Bartsch, 1992 from Society Island (Bartsch 1992), Copidognathus tupinamborum Pepato & Tiago, 2005 from Brazil ( Pepato & Tiago 2005). Some of these very closely related species share very similar morphological characters, and require detailed study and molecular sequence for being validated.