Paraturbanella palpibara Rao & Ganapati, 1968

Chatterjee, Tapas, Priyalakshmi, Geetha & Todaro, M. Antonio, 2019, An annotated checklist of the macrodasyidan Gastrotricha from India, Zootaxa 4545 (4), pp. 495-510 : 506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943837
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scientific name	Paraturbanella palpibara Rao & Ganapati, 1968
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Paraturbanella palpibara Rao & Ganapati, 1968 View in CoL

Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Visakhapatnam (Waltair)— Rao & Ganapati (1968a); ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Rao (1989); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004).

Habitat. Marine, intertidal; coarse shell gravel between low and mid water levels.

Distribution. India (Bay of Bengal).

Remarks. A redescription of this species based on new material is advisable because the arrangement of the anterior adhesive tubes, as reported in the original description and drawings, appear very different from the usual layout, and the description of the male reproductive apparatus is incomplete.