Macrodasys hexadactylis Rao, 1970

Chatterjee, Tapas, Priyalakshmi, Geetha & Todaro, M. Antonio, 2019, An annotated checklist of the macrodasyidan Gastrotricha from India, Zootaxa 4545 (4), pp. 495-510 : 498

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scientific name	Macrodasys hexadactylis Rao, 1970
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Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Pudimadaka, Visakhapatnam (Waltair)—Rao (1970); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004).

Habitat (as in Indian records). Marine, intertidal; medium sand, 30–40 cm below surface, between low and half tide level.

Distribution. India (Bay of Bengal); Japan (Kasado island as M. cf hexadactylis ); USA (Florida, Hummon 2010).

Remarks. Nomenclature and functional role of the accessory reproductive organs as indicated in the original description should be revised in light of the recent literature (e.g., Kieneke & Schmidt-Rhaesa 2015).