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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5943775

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Macrodasys hexadactylis Rao, 1970
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Macrodasys hexadactylis Rao, 1970 View in CoL

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).

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