Macrodasys andamanensis Rao, 1993

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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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943770

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scientific name

Macrodasys andamanensis Rao, 1993
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Record from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Little Andaman: Bomila creek, Butler Bay—Rao (1993); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004).

Habitat. Marine; coarse and medium sand with little detritus, 5–10 cm below surface, between low and half tide levels in intertidal zone.

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal.

Remarks. In general, the description of the species appears robust; however, the tail is reported to be pseudosegmented, a condition that is doubtful.

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