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Non-Indigenous Sea Slug Tenellia adspersa in the Southeast Coast of the Arabian Sea, India


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Nudibranchs are gastropod molluscs belonging to suborder Opisthobranchia. They are easily identified based on their shell-less bodies and a pair of rhinophores (tentacles) on the dorsal side of the head. These organisms are stunningly colourful, hence are often called 'butterflies of the ocean'. About 3000 species of Nudibranchs are known globally, and 311 species have been reported from India.
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Authors

A. M. Dhanya
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India
R. Jeyabaskaran
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India
D. Prema
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India
S. Chinnadurai
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India
K. S. Abhilash
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India
K. K. Sajikumar
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India
V. Kripa
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, P.O. Box. 1603, Ernakulam North P.O, Kochi 682 018, India

Abstract


Nudibranchs are gastropod molluscs belonging to suborder Opisthobranchia. They are easily identified based on their shell-less bodies and a pair of rhinophores (tentacles) on the dorsal side of the head. These organisms are stunningly colourful, hence are often called 'butterflies of the ocean'. About 3000 species of Nudibranchs are known globally, and 311 species have been reported from India.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi01%2F24-26