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An account of the structure and early development of a new species of a nudibranchiate gastropod, Eolidina (Eolidina) mannarensis

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Title An account of the structure and early development of a new species of a nudibranchiate gastropod, Eolidina (Eolidina) mannarensis
 
Creator Rao, K Virabhadra
Alagarswami, K
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description A small nudibranch of the family Aeolidiidae was at first obtained in the month
of March 1960 from a collection of squid eggs attached to weeds in a shallow water
region of the Gulf of Mannar in the vicinity of the Central Marine Fisheries Research
Station at Mandapam. Subsequently the same form was found to occur in fairly
large numbers creeping over the sides of some large aquaria with circulating sea
water in the Research Station. The glass panes of the aquaria were kept not cleaned
thereafter which promoted a vigorous growth of a few sedentary organisms like the
hydroids, colonial ascidians and polychaetes amidst which the nudibranchs thrived
well depositing strings of their spawn. This form has been referred to the genus
Eolidina Quatrefages, sub-genus Eolidina and described as E. (E.) mannarensis,
a species new to science. The opportunity presented by the availabihty of freshly
laid spawn in the aquaria has enabled studying some aspects of the life-history of
the species.
 
Date 1960
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/942/1/Article_04.pdf
Rao, K Virabhadra and Alagarswami, K (1960) An account of the structure and early development of a new species of a nudibranchiate gastropod, Eolidina (Eolidina) mannarensis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 2 (1). pp. 6-16.