An account of the occurrence of Wedge Sea Hare Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda: Aplysiidae) from Andaman Islands, India

Vikas Pandey; Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam; M. Savurirajan; Raj Kiran Lakra; Jawed Equbal; Kunal Satyam; P. Shanmukha Sainath; Rokkarukala Samson

doi:10.11609/jott.3418.10.6.11818-11821

Journal of Threatened Taxa (May 2018)

An account of the occurrence of Wedge Sea Hare Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda: Aplysiidae) from Andaman Islands, India

Vikas Pandey,
Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam,
M. Savurirajan,
Raj Kiran Lakra,
Jawed Equbal,
Kunal Satyam,
P. Shanmukha Sainath,
Rokkarukala Samson

Affiliations

Vikas Pandey: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
M. Savurirajan: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
Raj Kiran Lakra: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
Jawed Equbal: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
Kunal Satyam: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
P. Shanmukha Sainath: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India
Rokkarukala Samson: Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology, Pondicherry University, Brookshabad Campus, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 744112, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3418.10.6.11818-11821
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 6
pp. 11818 – 11821

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In the present article we provide a detailed account on the occurrence of Wedge Sea Hare Dolabella auricularia, from two different locations (Hut Bay and Burmanallah) of Andaman Islands. This species has been reported by Rao (2003) from Andamans but there is no specific location mentioned. First occurrence of this species was observed in Hut Bay coast of Little Andaman and after a three month interval a group of Wedge Sea Hares were again spotted from Burmanallah, South Andaman. In the present article we have given a detailed account on the occurrence and morphological features with field and laboratory pictures of D. auricularia and its biomedical importance based on literature.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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