Diplodasys remanei 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.5943795 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038087C7-FFA9-FF80-BAC7-577A641A1086 |
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Plazi |
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Diplodasys remanei Rao & Ganapati, 1968 |
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Diplodasys remanei Rao & Ganapati, 1968 View in CoL
Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Scandal point, Visakhapatnam (Waltair)— Rao & Ganapati (1968a); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004).
Habitat. Marine, intertidal; coarse and medium sand, 20–40 cm below surface between mid and low tide level.
Distribution. So far known only from India (Bay of Bengal)
Remarks. The body shape, which is elongate and rather narrow, appears unique among Diplodasys species, approaching that of some Acanthodasys species i.e., A. caribbeanensis Hochberg & Atherton, 2010 and A. comtus Lee, 2012 . The latter species also have the dorsal side covered by large plates, although those of the medial column are provided with spines, a trait not present in D. remanei . Future studies will confirm or disprove the current affiliation of the Indian specimens (and similar species) to the genus Diplodasys .
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