MB-00012: New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon.

Title: MB-00012: New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon.
Abstract: A collection of polychaetes made by the author in December 1961 and April 1962 from a number of places on the coast of Ceylon was examined. Seven new species and one new subspecies are described and sixteen species are recorded new to the fauna of Ceylon. The holotypes and lectotypes have been deposited in the British Museum (Natural History).
Publication Date: May 17, 2018, 11:58 p.m.
Keywords: Branchiomma cingulata , Marphysa mossambica , Diopatra cuprea , Namalycastis indica , Heteromastus similis , Harmothoe ampullifera , Augeneria dayi , Eunice sp. , polychaetes , Branchiocpitella singularis , sri Lanka
Category: Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats; flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
Regions: Sri Lanka
Owner: prds1

Language: English
Supplemental Information: De Silva, P.H.D.H., 1965. New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon. National Museums, Colombo, Ceylon: 537–563.

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