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Issue: Vol. 4624 No. 2: 28 Jun. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-06-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.13
Page range: 296–300
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First record of the heart urchin Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940) (Spatangoida: Brissidae) from the Chennai coast, India

National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai, India 600 025
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai, India 600 025
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala, India 682506
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai, India 600 025
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai, India 600 025
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai, India 600 025
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Anna University Campus, Chennai, India 600 025
Echinodermata Heart urchin Metalia Bay of Bengal Chennai new record

Abstract

The irregular urchin, Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940), a heart urchin of the family Brissidae, is reported for the first time from the southeastern coast of India. A single specimen was collected from fishing by-catch at Chinna Neelankarai (12º 56’ 29.7” N, 80º 15’ 36.6” E),  Chennai on April 5, 2018. Metalia persica was previously recorded only from the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf). This study records Metalia persica for the first time from Indian waters, in the Bay of Bengal, and elucidates features of the anal fasciole.

 

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