RECORD OF HEXABRANCHUS SANGUINEUS (RUPPELL & LEUCKART, 1828) FROM LAKSHADWEEP ARCHIPELAGO, INDIA

摘要

Indian opisthobranchs have received attention only in the recent times with extensive work by Apte and Bhave along the west coast of India (Apte 2009; Apte et al. 2010)..Besides Apte (2009), the only work on the Lakshadweep Opisthobranch fauna was byGardnier (1903) and Rao et al. (1974). Valdes (2002) in his paper on Hexabranchus discussed taxonomic confusion regarding this genus. Valdes (2002) has provided a comprehensive synonymy for the species. H. sanguineus is a widespread species in tropical Indo-west Pacific and it shows remarkable colour variation.