Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994

Padmanaban, P., Kumar, A. Anand, Kumar, R. Rajendar, Surendar, C. & Vanishree, J., 2020, On the Polyclads from the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve with new records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 445-453 : 448

2. Pseudobiceros uniarborensis Newman & Cannon, 1994 ( 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.